Technology development

Tailings and Mine Waste Conference

Technology development Wells, Patrick Sean

Abstract

Technological innovation has been a primary factor in the successes achieved in tailings handling within the oil sands industry in north-eastern Alberta. As a key driver of innovation for Suncor Energy, Inc., The author has been part of the team that stewarded several developments from conception through to full-scale implementation. This paper will present the conceptual shift in thinking which allowed for the introduction of key technologies including Tailings Reduction Operations (TRO).[All papers were considered for technical and language appropriateness by the organizing committee.]

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Title	Technology development
Creator	Wells, Patrick Sean
Contributor	Tailings and Mine Waste Conference (2011 : Vancouver, B.C.); University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued	2011-11
Description	Technological innovation has been a primary factor in the successes achieved in tailings handling within the oil sands industry in north-eastern Alberta. As a key driver of innovation for Suncor Energy, Inc., The author has been part of the team that stewarded several developments from conception through to full-scale implementation. This paper will present the conceptual shift in thinking which allowed for the introduction of key technologies including Tailings Reduction Operations (TRO).[All papers were considered for technical and language appropriateness by the organizing committee.]
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2011-10-06
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0107691
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37806
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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