<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wells, Patrick Sean</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suncor Energy Inc.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Technology development</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">analytical methodology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">geotechnical properties</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suncor</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tailings</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tailings treatment</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.infomine.com/publications/docs/Wells2011a.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3 pages </style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Technological innovation has been a primary factor in the successes achieved in tailings handling within the oil sands industry in north-eastern Alberta. As a key driver of innovation for Suncor Energy, Inc., The author has been part of the team that stewarded several developments from conception through to full-scale implementation. This paper will present the conceptual shift in thinking which allowed for the introduction of key technologies including Tailings Reduction Operations (TRO).</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IN: Proceedings Tailings and Mine Waste 2011. November 6-92011 Vancouver British Columbia. 3 pp.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR)</style></custom2><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OSEMB</style></custom4></record></records></xml>