As part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) joint venture which supplies over 10% of Canada’s oil needs, Shell Albian Sands is an open pit bitumen oil sands mining operation. Producing a capacity of 155,000 barrels per day, this mine generates some of the highest volumes of tailings (the materials remaining suspended in water after bitumen is separated from oil sand) in the world. Using large diameter 26-30"/650-750mm pipelines, Shell

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