Horizon Oil Sands is an

oil sand Oil sands, tar sands, crude bitumen, or bituminous sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. Oil sands are either loose sands or partially consolidated sandstone containing a naturally occurring mixture of sand, clay, and wa ...

s mining and upgrading project in

Bitumount, Alberta The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the second largest municipality in Alberta by area and is home to oil sand deposits known as the Athabasca oil sand ...

, Canada. The project includes a surface oil sands mining and bitumen extraction plant, complemented by on-site bitumen upgrading with associated infrastructure. Initial examination of the Horizon project began in 2004. Construction started in 2005 and it started operating on February 28, 2009. Horizon is owned and operated by Canadian Natural Resources. The company holds leases that are estimated to contain approximately of bitumen initially in place (BIIP), with best estimate contingent resources other than reserves of of bitumen and of proved and probablereserves. The Horizon Oil Sands are located on these leases just north of Fort McMurray, Alberta in the Athabasca region.

Controversy

On April 25, 2007, two employees were killed when a roof situated at the location collapsed. In addition, four other people were injured in the incident. On September 3, 2008, a contract employee was killed when their backhoe overturned in a tailings pond.

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* Oil companies of Canada Companies based in Alberta Bituminous sands of Canada {{oilfield-stub