Sentence examples for sand industry from inspiring English sources
Canada with its large-scale oil sand industry is a major producer of unconventional oil.
One wild card is the generous government subsidies that are needed to keep the tar sand industry afloat.
Increased production and expansion of the oil sand industry in Alberta are of great benefit to the economy, but they carry major environmental challenges.
This successful incorporation of TOSW in CLSM mixture will provide a safe recycling method for oil sand wastes while reducing the environmental footprint of both construction and oil sand industry.
Extraction processes in the oil sand industry (northern Alberta, Canada) produces significant amount of waste slurries [0.25 m3/barrel of crude oil produced (Mikula et al. 1996)] characterized by caustic pore fluids and ore minerals suspended in bitumen contaminated liquids.
In the case of Red Wing, MN - a southeastern Minnesota town of 16,459 located along the Mississippi River - its Mayor Dennis Egan actually obtained a gig as head lobbyist for the frac sand industry trade group Minnesota Industrial Sand Council while serving as the city's Mayor.
The tar sands industry directly employs more than 150,000 people.
In the early 21st century, Fort McMurray became the capital of Canada's burgeoning tar sands industry.
But more alarming is the way the tar sands industry is undermining Canadian democracy.
During a three-day visit last year to Alberta, home of the giant tar sands industry.
Equally as ominous for the tar sands industry are political developments in Alberta and Canada.
