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Alberta Oil-Sands Tour Itinerary
Day One (Thursday or Friday)
Day Two (Friday or Saturday)
About the Discovery Centre Tour of the Suncor Operation
Tour the Suncor oil sands facility and get a close up view of what it takes to extract oil from the tar sands. Visit Suncor Energy, the world’s first commercially successful oil sands plant. View the advanced technology and massive equipment that is used to produce this incredible resource. 100-ton scoop shovels load 380-ton payload trucks with rich, black oil sand and transport it to seven story high sizers that crush the ore into bite-sized pieces. Company trained tour guides will explain the process from mining to pipeline while traveling the designated tour route through the Steepbank, Millennium and base plant sites.
Note: A boxed lunch is served during the tour and Government issued photo identification is required to enter the Suncor site.
Our
tours of the Fort McMurray oil sands will depart June through August 2010.
Day One (Thursday or Friday)
- Depart Calgary Airport at 1:55 PM
- Arrive Fort McMurray Airport at 3:12 PM
- Shuttle to Discovery Centre
- Discovery Centre Orientation Tour
- Shuttle to the Merit hotel
- Dinner and free evening
- Overnight at the Merit hotel
Day Two (Friday or Saturday)
- Breakfast at The Pantry restaurant in the Merit hotel
- Shuttle to Discovery Centre to catch tour
- Discovery Centre Tour of the Suncor operation
- Shuttle to airport
- Depart Fort McMurray Airport at 3:45 PM
- Arrive Calgary Airport at 5:04 PM
About the Discovery Centre Tour of the Suncor Operation
Tour the Suncor oil sands facility and get a close up view of what it takes to extract oil from the tar sands. Visit Suncor Energy, the world’s first commercially successful oil sands plant. View the advanced technology and massive equipment that is used to produce this incredible resource. 100-ton scoop shovels load 380-ton payload trucks with rich, black oil sand and transport it to seven story high sizers that crush the ore into bite-sized pieces. Company trained tour guides will explain the process from mining to pipeline while traveling the designated tour route through the Steepbank, Millennium and base plant sites.
Note: A boxed lunch is served during the tour and Government issued photo identification is required to enter the Suncor site.