Ke nānā nei ʻo Syncrude nunui o ke one ʻaila i kāna hoʻololi ʻana mai ka huila bākeke a i ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kaula kaula.

Ua nānā hou ʻo Syncrude alakaʻi i ka ʻaila ʻaila i kāna hoʻololi ʻana mai ka huila bakeke i ka ʻeli kalaka a me ka ʻeli ʻana i nā makahiki 1990. Eia naʻe, ke nānā nei i hope 20 mau makahiki aku nei, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā miners a Syncrude. ʻO nā huila bakeke o Syncrude ma kahi o 30 m ma luna o ka honua, Ma 120 mika ka lōʻihi (ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o kahi kahua pôpeku), ʻo ia ka hanauna mua o nā lako one a ua mahalo ʻia ma ke ʻano he kanaka nunui i ka ʻoihana mining. Ma Malaki 11, 1999, ka No. 2Huila Bkeke Hoihoiua hoʻomaha, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana mining ma Syncrude i loli.
ʻO Draglines e ʻeli i ke one ʻaila a waiho i loko o nā puʻu ma ka ʻili o koʻu ma mua o ka hana ʻana o ka mining ma Syncrude e komo i ka hana kalaka a me ka forklift. ʻeke a i ka mea kanu hoʻoheheʻe.” Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka huila bakeke 2 ma ke kahua ma Mildred Lake mai 1978 a i 1999 a ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā huila bakeke ʻehā ma Syncrude. Ua hoʻolālā wale ʻia e Krupp a me O&K ma Kelemānia a kūkulu ʻia no ka hana ma kā mākou pūnaewele. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka No 2 ma mua o 1 metric ton o ke one ʻaila i hoʻokahi pule a ma luna o 460 metric tons i kona ola ʻana.
ʻOiai ua ʻike nui nā hana eli a Syncrude i ka holomua nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā laina huki a me nā huila bakeke, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaʻa a me nā ʻōpala i ʻae i ka neʻe maikaʻi a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i kēia mau ʻāpana nui o nā lako. ka lima, e like me ka ʻōnaehana conveyor e lawe pū ana i ke one ʻaila maloʻo i ka ʻohi. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi paʻakikī hou no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hana no ka mea i ka wā e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ai ka huila bākeke a i ʻole ka conveyor e pili ana, e nalowale mākou i ka 25% o kā mākou hana, "wahi a Scott Upshall, ka luna mining o Mildred Lake." mea eli. Hoʻohana ʻia nā kaʻa a me nā ʻōpala ma nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻana i ka hui ʻana i ka wā o ka unuhi ʻana. E like me kā mākou mea hana mining mua i ka nui o ka honua, ʻaʻole hiki ke hiki i 20 mau makahiki i hala.