Shapefiles for Land Disturbance due to Oil Sands Projects: 2020 (Detailed)

Description

This item is a set of shape files representing land disturbance and reclamation footprint:

• As of December 31, 2020 for all of the oil sands mines;
• As of December 31, 2016 for  the ConocoPhillips Surmont, Husky Sunrise, Athabasca Oil Corporation Corner and Leismer, and Nexen Long Lake oil sands in situ projects*;
• As of December 31, 2015 for the Cenovus Foster Creek and Suncor Firebag and MacKay River oil sands in situ projects*;
• As of December 31, 2014 for the CNRL Peace River oil sands in situ project*;
• As of December 31, 2007 for the remaining oil sands in situ projects.

It includes the following data for projects in statuses of "active", "approved" (which includes being under construction) or "other" (which includes "announced", "cancelled", "suspended", etc.):

- Project boundaries and project points (calculated as centroids of the project boundaries) for all active, approved and "other" projects in the oil sands;

- Shapes for cleared, disturbed and reclaimed land;

- Shapes for dry and wet tailings areas.

*These in situ projects have been participating in a pilot project on submitting geospatial data on reclamation and disturbance footprint

It also contains a simplified version of the supporting geodatabase.

Details

Posted Date:	Sep 1, 2022	Source:	Alberta Environment and Parks
Date Range:	Dec 31, 2007 - Dec 31, 2020	Location:	Athabasca Oil Sands, Cold Lake Oil Sands, Industrial Heartland, Peace River Oil Sands

Attachments

• DetailedLandcover_2020 (.zip) (12 Mb)

Usage Considerations

The system from which this data has been extracted is called RIS - the Reclamation Information System - within Alberta Environment and Parks.

In order to view and use these files, you will need ArcGIS or similar software.

Note that approved project boundaries are not the same as leased land. Leased land is an area of land that has been let out to an oil sands developer by the Government of Alberta on behalf of Albertans. That developer holds the rights to develop and use oil sands resources in the area of the lease. However, holding a lease does not automatically give an oil sands developer the ability to proceed with a project. Each oil sands project must go through a formal approval process that is project or site specific. In order to proceed, developers must receive approvals issued by the Government of Alberta which contain conditions that the government deems appropriate. These approvals grant the developer the right and responsibility to proceed with the project or activity under the authority of law.

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