VERTICAL “WICK ” DRAINS AND ACCELERATED DEWATERING OF FINE TAILINGS

• Main Authors: In Oil Sands, Patrick Sean Wells, Suncor Energy Inc, Fort Mcmurray, Jack Caldwell Robertson Geoconsultants
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Fort McMurray; Mine Lake
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.625.4186; http://www.infomine.com/library/publications/docs/Wells2009.pdf

Suncor Energy Inc. is committed to a programme of accelerated research and field trials of tailings technologies with a focus on the closure and final reclamation of soft tailings areas. The work described in this paper was undertaken specifically with regard to Ponds 5 and 6, located in Suncor’s Le...