28 OCTOBER 2000 MINING ENGINEERING S yncrude Canada produces a large part of Canada’s crude oil supply. The company processes about 225,000 bbl/day. The oil produced is used for jet and automobile fuel, home heating oil, plastics and other consumer synthetics. Crude oil is produced through a process of mining, extracting and up- grading bitumen. A rich supply of bitumen is contained in the Athabasca oil sands deposit in northern Albert

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