Numerical Modelling of Oil Sands Deposits for Mine Plan Engineering

所有加拿大人都希望以可持续和负责任的方式保护和发展自然资源。对加拿大和阿尔伯塔当地利益特别重要的是麦克默里地层的油砂。油砂的地质特征是由地球科学家确定的。开发策略和过程设计属于工程和其他学科的广泛交叉领域。本研究处于地球科学表征和工程设计的交叉领域：资源的量化和相关的不确定性。本文的重点是计算适合油砂作业长期、中期和短期矿山规划的数值模型。现场的具体特征将被处理，包括沉积环境、影响过程性能的油砂的多种岩石和流体性质以及在油砂中采用的开采方法。

Natural resources are an endowment that all Canadians wish to preserve and develop in a sustainable and responsible manner. Of particular importance to Canada and local interest to Alberta are the oil sands of the McMurray Formation. The geologic characteristics of the oil sands are established by geoscientists. The development strategies and process design is within the realm of a wide cross section of engineering and other disciplines. This research lies in the interdisciplinary region between geoscientific characterization and engineering design: the quantification of resources and the associated uncertainty. The focus of this proposal is the calculation of numerical models that are suitable for long, medium and short term mine planning of oil sands operations. Site specific characteristics will be addressed including the depositional environment, the multiple rock and fluid properties of the oil sands that affect process performance and the mining methods employed in the oil sands.