Athabasca oil sands region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Athabasca_oil_sands_region
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf oil sands region
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Cold_Lake_oil_sands
Peace River oil sands
gptkbp:annualProduction over 2 million barrels per day (as of 2020)
gptkbp:area ~141,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:associatedFirstNation gptkb:Cree
gptkb:Dene
gptkbp:canExtract surface mining
in-situ recovery
gptkbp:climate subarctic
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Athabasca_oil_sands
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:debatedBy climate change
energy security
indigenous rights
gptkbp:discoveredBy late 18th century
gptkbp:economicImportance major contributor to Alberta's GDP
major employer in northern Alberta
gptkbp:ecosystem boreal forest
gptkbp:environmentalImpact greenhouse gas emissions
water usage
land disturbance
tailings ponds
gptkbp:environmentalMonitoring Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program
gptkbp:estimatedReserves ~1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:Asia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:oil
bitumen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Athabasca oil sands region
gptkbp:largestDepositOf bitumen in the world
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Alberta
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Fort_McMurray
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Athabasca_River
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Syncrude
gptkb:Imperial_Oil
gptkb:Canadian_Natural_Resources_Limited
gptkb:Suncor_Energy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Western_Canadian_Sedimentary_Basin
gptkbp:pipeline gptkb:Keystone_Pipeline
gptkb:Trans_Mountain_Pipeline
gptkb:Enbridge_pipeline_system
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Alberta_Energy_Regulator
gptkbp:river gptkb:Athabasca_River
gptkb:Muskeg_River
Steepbank River
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Highway_63
railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alberta_Highway_63
gptkb:Athabasca_Oil_Sands_Project
gptkb:Primrose/Wolf_Lake
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7