scholarly journals Flocculation Behavior of Mature Fine Tailings: Decreasing Water Use in Oil Sands Extraction

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1224-1225
Author(s):  
VA Munoz ◽  
GRD Elliott ◽  
A Demoz ◽  
RJ Mikula
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Mature Fine Tailings ◽  
Fine Tailings

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010 in Portland, Oregon, USA, August 1 – August 5, 2010.

Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry of simulated runoff from treated oil sands mature fine tailings

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (16) ◽  
pp. 2400-2406 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Headley ◽  
Sarah A. Armstrong ◽  
Kerry M. Peru ◽  
Randy J. Mikula ◽  
James J. Germida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Ultrahigh Resolution ◽  
Mature Fine Tailings ◽  
Fine Tailings ◽  
Resolution Mass

Preliminary risk assessment of the wet landscape option for reclamation of oil sands mine tailings: Bioassays with mature fine tailings pore water

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. A. Madill ◽  
Monika T. Orzechowski ◽  
Guosheng Chen ◽  
Brian G. Brownlee ◽  
Nigel J. Bunce
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Mine Tailings ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Mature Fine Tailings ◽  
Fine Tailings

Investigation on the flocculation of oil sands mature fine tailings with alkoxysilanes

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic K. Thompson ◽  
Fernanda L. Motta ◽  
João B.P. Soares
Keyword(s):  
Oil Sands ◽  
Mature Fine Tailings ◽  
Fine Tailings

10. Mature Fine Tailings Management in Oil Sands Mining

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Oil Sands ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Clay Particles ◽  
Mature Fine Tailings ◽  
Effective Technology ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Fine Tailings ◽  
Oil Sands Mining ◽  
Thickened Tailings

Oil sands mining operations produce mature fine tailings (MFT), composed mainly of clay particles suspended in water, that requires decades to consolidate, currently taking up a great deal of storage space in tailings containment facilities. This in turn decreases recycling of process affected water and creates the need to use more land for tailings storage. As mandated by the Alberta Energy Regulator’s Directive 074, oil sands producers must provide tailing management plans to remove and consolidate 50% of the MFT produced into trafficable deposits annually as of 2013. Oil sands producers have failed to meet the Directive 074 goal, as current technology does not provide economical and time efficient methods of consolidating MFT. Current technologies including consolidated tailings, centrifugation, freeze/thaw and thickened tailings were reviewed and compared to recently proposed technologies not currently used in the oil sands. The most effective technology or combination thereof for the treatment and consolidation of MFT is determined with the main focus being cost effectiveness and time efficiency.

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