Process of Extracting Oil From Oil Sands In surface mining oil sands, clearing large land areas of trees and brush is the first step. The topsoil and clay are removed to expose the oil sand.

Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) will focus this year on cutting operating costs in its oil sands mining business, CEO Rich Kruger said Thursday, according to Reuters, as the company seeks to fix long ...

A highway loops around a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., in 2012. For years, the province has struggled with how to manage tailings, a by-product of oil sands mining.

By Nia Williams. Feb 22 (Reuters) - Suncor Energy SU.TO, Canada's second-largest oil producer, will focus this year on cutting operating costs in its oil sands mining business, CEO Rich Kruger ...

The scale of Alberta’s oil sands operations, the world's largest industrial project, is hard to grasp. Especially north of Fort McMurray, where the boreal forest has been razed and bitumen is ...