Syncrude

Syncrude Canada Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1964
Seat	Fort McMurray , Alberta Canada
management	Doreen Cole (Managing Director)
Number of employees	4700
Branch	Oil industry
Website	www.syncrude.ca

Photo of the oil sand processing plant "Mildred Lake" with large sulfur heaps in the background. The sulfur is a waste product of the processing

The Syncrude tailings pond of the "Mildred Lake" processing plant

Syncrude Canada Ltd. is a Canadian company in the oil industry. The company, headquartered in Fort McMurray, is a joint venture of the oil producers Suncor Energy (58.74%), Imperial Oil (25%), Sinopec (9.03%), Nexen (7.23%). Syncrude extracts raw bitumen from oil sands in the Alberta region of Canada, mainly Athabasca oil sands in the Fort McMurray region. The raw bitumen is processed into synthetic crude oil in the course of processing . Syncrude's total production capacity is 350,000 bpd of crude oil. Syncrude has been accused of pollution and aboriginal displacement on multiple occasions in the past.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Syncrude: Our Leadership.Retrieved October 7, 2018
2. ^ Syncrude: Economic Contribution, accessed October 7, 2018
3. ^ Syncrude: Ownership & Investors, accessed October 7, 2018
4. ↑ mining-technology.com: Syncrude Athabasca Oil Sands Mine, Alberta.Retrieved October 7, 2018
5. ↑ history.alberta.ca: The Syncrude Plant: The Next Industry Mega-Project, accessed October 7, 2018
6. ^ Syncrude: Upgrading, accessed October 7, 2018
7. ↑ Syncrude: Overview accessed October 7, 2018
8. ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Documents implicate Syncrude in eviction of Fort McMurray Indigenous community.Retrieved October 7, 2018