Oil Sands Question and Response (OSQAR) Blog

Athabasca River water use: 5 things you need to know

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Suncor’s environmental performance has been called into question recently by some critics of oil sands development. You may have come across a spoof website, social media and news release mocking our What Yes Can Do campaign. The spoof effort makes misleading and untrue statements about our company, including assertions about our impact on the Athabasca River.

Grand scale restoration for caribou

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With the fleeting days of summer upon us, it’s time to finally tackle those jobs we had been quietly neglecting in the dog days of the season: staining the deck, fixing the fence or slapping a new coat of paint on the house.

Fort McMurray: a diamond in the making

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As part of OSQAR’s 100th edition milestone celebration, we asked Suncor employees to share with us their views and ideas on oil sands development. 

How Low Should We Go? Athabasca River water use

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Oil sands operators want to use as little water as possible. The more we withdraw, the more we have to treat. And, ultimately, the more we will have to store in tailings ponds at the same time we’re trying to reduce them. Using less water is not just good public relations: it makes sense for the river, and it makes sense for our operations.

What’s being done to protect the Athabasca River?

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A major concern for stakeholders near the oil sands is the health of Alberta’s Athabasca River.  Not only does it provide drinking water for a number of riverside communities as well as feed Lake Athabasca, from which First Nations take their fish, it is also a source of water for the industry itself.