Great Canadian Oil Sands

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf oil sands company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Suncor_Energy
gptkbp:employs thousands of workers over its history
gptkbp:environmentalImpact significant land disturbance and tailings ponds
gptkbp:founded 1957
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Sun_Oil_Company_(Sunoco)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Canadian Oil Sands
gptkbp:industry gptkb:oil
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alberta,_Canada
gptkb:Fort_McMurray,_Alberta
gptkbp:notableEvent official opening by Premier Ernest Manning in 1967
visited by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in 1967
gptkbp:opened 1967
gptkbp:originalProjectName gptkb:Great_Canadian_Oil_Sands_Project
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Suncor_Energy
gptkbp:product synthetic crude oil
gptkbp:significance first large-scale commercial oil sands operation in the world
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Suncor_Energy
gptkbp:technology surface mining
hot water extraction process
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oil_Sands_Development
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7