Watch the tailings pond debate unfold

tailings pondHow do you manage a tailings pond where the tailings are so fine and light that they won't settle?

You can quickly find all the industry applications that deal with this subject just by typing   mature fine tailings   into the AppIntel search box. How else can you find what other operators are trying?

One operator has been working on this problem for a very long time. He started an experimental scheme to address the mature fine tailings. But the experimental scheme didn't go well.

Now they have an ongoing discussion with the AER trying to come up with a new solution. Read his Supplemental Information Requests to see the discussion with the AER on this issue.

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How to find your competitor's tailings pond management applications

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How will you find these applications any other way?

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Without AppIntel you can't find similar floods. Using AppIntel's search engine you can search for tailings pond near 85-4W4 .

Without AppIntel you can't get application documents within moments -- you need to wait days for weeks for service from the AER.

Without AppIntel you can't search by UWI. Up to 30% of applications don't have UWI's. At Appintel we add them.

Without AppIntel you can't tell if there are any confidential documents associated with an application. How do you get confidential documents released if you don't know they exist?

Without AppIntel you won't get an email alert when someone submits an application within 20 miles of your operation. You won't get an email when someone submits an application with find tailings pond somewhere in the document.

Tailings ponds - the public outcry

Most of the public outcry against oil sands mines in Alberta focuses on tailings ponds. Critics claim that tailings ponds are proof that Canadian oil is dirty oil.

There is a great debate over what constitutes the political dirty oil and where it might be found in the world.

No matter how the politicians and the press spin the story, oil companies have always been trying to reduce ponds, increase recycle, and reduce effluent.

Process water recycle requirements

Most regulatory approvals of new mines, projects, and plants require significant water recycle and set limits on additional water reuse. Achieving the high recycle required by regulation is a significant problem.

Operators are spending lots of capital and investing lots of time in regulatory negotiation. You can learn from their struggles if you can see their applications.

Find out how others are handling tailings ponds.
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Why reinvent the regulatory wheel?

Other operators have already pioneered tailing pond management. If you learn from their field tests, you can be a quick copy of their success. And you can avoid their mistakes.

Reading the applications of others can tell you how they designed their tailing pond strategy. Even better, you can learn how the regulatory aspects of tailing ponds are changing.

The supplemental information request goldmine

Applications show the concerns of the regulator focused on reviewing the working details of any scheme. Their supplemental information requests (SIRs) indicate the current hot buttons.

Discussion around SIRs show how operators are dealing with the new regulatory confrontation. AppIntel includes the application documents, the supplemental information requests and the disposition documents. And you can get them in moments from AppIntel -- not days or weeks.

Alerts - Keeping abreast of the tailing pond regulatory shifts

The only way to stay abreast of regulatory change is to read the AER applications of other operators. Technical papers don't expose new technology quickly enough. Technical forums don't reveal enough detail.

Now you can get an email each time an applicable application is submitted. You can set AppIntel to send you an email when an application includes   fine tailings pond.

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Tags: Thermal, Compliance, Facilities, Heavy Oil

Granger Low   15 May 2017



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