Syncrude Tailings Dam
Fort McKay 174, AB
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The Syncrude Tailings Dam, impounding the Mildred Lake Settling Basin, is an embankment dam that is, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. It is located 40 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, at the northern end of the Mildred Lake lease area owned by Syncrude Canada Ltd. The dam and the tailings reservoir within it are constructed and maintained as part of ongoing operations by Syncrude in extracting oil from the Athabasca oil sands.
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