This guideline sets out procedures for determining the volume of fluid tailings contained within tailings deposits. It is intended to provide guidance to operators of oil sands mines to meet the objective of controlling fluid tailings volumes to an approved plan consistent with the tailings management facility (TMF) and as outlined in Guidelines for Performance Management of Oil Sands Fluid Fine Tailings Deposits to Meet Closure Commitments. It is aimed at standardizing sampling and measurement of fluid tailings including the fluid fine tailings in conventional tailings settling ponds as well as treated deposits that may have significant coarse sand content but are still in a fluid state.
The purpose of this document is to provide oil sands mining operators with guidelines for creating FFT management plans, consistent with the intent of Directive 074 and other government policy and regulations. The purpose of FFT management plans is to facilitate closure of oil sands mines by accelerating the conversion of FFT into stable closure landscapes.
A comprehensive and general review of oil sands mine cycle. This report describes the different ways in which various oil sands tailings deposit types are produced, their important performance factors and how the deposit performance can be assessed through the period of their placement to their readiness for reclamation.