Amavuta yumusenyi w'igihangange Syncrude asubiza amaso inyuma akareba inyuma yimyaka ya 90 kuva mu ruziga rwindobo akajya gucukura imigozi

Umucukuzi w’amavuta w’umucanga Syncrude aherutse gusuzuma uko yavuye mu ruziga rw’indobo akajya mu gikamyo no gucukura amasuka mu mpera za za 90. Ati: “Amakamyo manini n’amasuka - iyo utekereje gucukura amabuye y'agaciro muri Syncrude muri iki gihe, ubusanzwe ibyo ni byo biza mu mutwe. Ariko, usubije amaso inyuma mumyaka 20 ishize, abacukuzi ba Syncrude bari binini. Isubiramo ry'indobo ya Syncrude yari ifite metero 30 hejuru yubutaka, Kuri metero 120 z'uburebure (kurenza ikibuga cyumupira wamaguru), nicyo gisekuru cya mbere cyibikoresho byumucanga wa peteroli kandi cyashimiwe nkigihangange mubucukuzi bwamabuye y'agaciro. Ku ya 11 Werurwe 1999, No 2Indoboyagiye mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, ibyo bikaba byatangiye inganda zicukura amabuye y'agaciro muri Syncrude zahindutse. ”
Draglines icukura umucanga wamavuta hanyuma ukayishyira mubirundo hejuru yubucukuzi bwamabuye y'agaciro mbere yuko ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro muri Syncrude bwinjira mu gikamyo no mu bikorwa bya forklift. Abasubira mu ruziga rw'ibimuga noneho bacukura umucanga w'amavuta muri ibyo birindiro bakabishyira kuri sisitemu ya convoyeur iganisha kujugunywa. imifuka no ku ruganda rukuramo. ”Gusubiramo uruziga rw'indobo 2 rwakoreshejwe ku kibanza cya Mildred Lake kuva mu 1978 kugeza 1999 kandi rwabaye urwa mbere muri bane basubizaga indobo muri Syncrude. Yakozwe gusa na Krupp na O&K mubudage kandi yubatswe kugirango ikore kurubuga rwacu. Byongeye kandi, No 2 yacukuye toni zirenga 1 z'umusenyi wa peteroli mu cyumweru kimwe na toni zirenga 460 mu buzima bwayo. ”
Mu gihe ibikorwa byo gucukura amabuye y'agaciro ya Syncrude bimaze gutera intambwe igaragara mu ikoreshwa rya dragine n'inziga z'indobo, kwimura amakamyo n'amasuka byatumye habaho kugenda neza no kugabanya ibiciro bijyana n'ibikoresho binini. “Uruziga rw'indobo rufite ibice byinshi bya mashini fata, kimwe na sisitemu ya convoyeur iherekeza itwara umucanga wamavuta yumye kubikuramo. Ibi bitera izindi ngorane zo gufata neza ibikoresho kuko iyo igare ry'indobo cyangwa convoyeur bifitanye isano bigabanutse, tuzatakaza 25% by'umusaruro wacu, "ibi bikaba byavuzwe na Scott Upshall, umuyobozi ushinzwe ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro ya Mildred Lake. ibikoresho byo gucukura amabuye y'agaciro. Amakamyo n'amasuka bikora kubibanza bito, bifasha gucunga neza kuvanga mugihe cyo gukuramo. Nk’ibikoresho byacu byabanje gucukura amabuye y'agaciro ku isi, bikaba bitashobokaga mu myaka 20 ishize. ”