Improving predictions for oil sands tailings Carleton University professor leads a team to help settle questions around the behaviour and permeability of tailings

Carleton University professor leads a team to help settle questions around the behaviour and permeability of tailings

By Andrew Snook

September 29, 2022

Getting an oil sands tailings pond to the point where it can be rehabilitated (like Suncor’s Wapisiw site, pictured above) takes a long time. Carleton University researchers are looking for ways to speed up that process. Courtesy of Suncor

As the oil and gas industry experiences a much-needed boost in demand for Alberta’s oil sands oil, thousands of kilometres away at Ottawa’s Carleton University, research is underway to assist with the management of the tailings deposits.

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