Chimphona chachikulu chamchenga wamafuta Syncrude chimayang'ana mmbuyo pa kusintha kwake kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 kuchoka pa gudumu la ndowa kupita ku migodi ya fosholo.

Wotsogolera mchenga wamafuta Syncrude posachedwapa adawonanso kusintha kwake kuchokera ku gudumu la ndowa kupita ku migodi ya galimoto ndi fosholo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990. "Malori akuluakulu ndi mafosholo - pamene mukuganiza za migodi ku Syncrude lero, izi ndizo zomwe zimabwera m'maganizo. Komabe, poyang'ana mmbuyo zaka 20 zapitazo, ogwira ntchito mumigodi a Syncrude anali okulirapo. Syncrude’s bucket wheel reclaimers anali pafupifupi 30 m pamwamba pa nthaka, Pa 120 metres kutalika (kutalika kuposa bwalo la mpira), inali mbadwo woyamba wa zida za mchenga wamafuta ndipo idatamandidwa ngati chimphona mumakampani amigodi. Pa March 11, 1999, nambala 2Bucket Wheel Reclaimeradapuma pantchito, zomwe zikuwonetsa chiyambi cha bizinesi yamigodi ku Syncrude kusintha.
Ma draglines amafukula mchenga wamafuta ndikuuyika mumilu m'mphepete mwa mgodi usanayambe migodi yopanga ku Syncrude kulowa m'magalimoto ndi ma forklift. matumba ndi ku fakitale yochotsamo.” Bucket wheel reclaimer 2 inagwiritsidwa ntchito pamalo pa Mildred Lake kuyambira 1978 mpaka 1999 ndipo inali yoyamba mwa zotengera zotengera zidebe zinayi ku Syncrude. Adapangidwa ndi Krupp ndi O&K ku Germany okha ndipo adapangidwa kuti azigwira ntchito patsamba lathu. Kuphatikiza apo, No 2 idakumba mchenga woposa tani imodzi yamafuta m'sabata imodzi ndi matani opitilira 460 pa moyo wake wonse.
Ngakhale kuti ntchito ya migodi ya Syncrude yawona kupita patsogolo kwakukulu pakugwiritsa ntchito zingwe zokokera ndi mawilo a ndowa, kusintha kwa magalimoto ndi mafosholo kwathandiza kuyenda bwino komanso kuchepetsa ndalama zomwe zimagwirizana ndi zida zazikuluzikuluzi. chogwirira, momwemonso njira yolumikizira yomwe imatengera mchenga wowuma wamafuta kupita kumtunda. Izi zimapanga vuto lina lokonzekera zipangizo chifukwa pamene gudumu la ndowa kapena chotengera chogwirizana chikutsitsidwa, Tidzataya 25% ya zomwe timapanga," anatero Scott Upshall, woyang'anira migodi ya Mildred Lake. zida zamigodi. Magalimoto ndi mafosholo amagwira ntchito pazigawo zing'onozing'ono, zomwe zimathandiza kuyendetsa bwino kusakaniza panthawi yokolola. Monga zida zathu zam'mbuyomu zamigodi, kuchuluka kwa dziko lapansi kunali kosatheka zaka 20 zapitazo. ”