Ke nānā nei ʻo Syncrude nunui o ke one ʻaila i kāna hoʻololi ʻana mai ka huila bakeke a i ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kaula kaula.

Ua nānā hou ʻo Syncrude i ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ka huila bakeke i ke kalaka a me ka ʻeli ʻana i ka ʻeli ʻana i nā makahiki 1990. ʻO 120 mika ka lōʻihi (ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o kahi kahua pôpeku), ʻo ia ka hanauna mua o nā lako one a ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he kanaka nunui i ka ʻoihana miningHuila Bkeke Hoihoiua hoʻomaha, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana mining ma Syncrude i loli.
Huli nā Draglines i ke one aila a waiho i loko o nā puʻu ma ka ʻili o koʻu ma mua o ka hana ʻana i ka mining ma Syncrude e komo i ka hana kalaka a me ka forklift. ʻO ka mua o nā huila ʻehā ma Syncrude i hoʻolālā wale ʻia e Krupp a me O&K ma Kelemānia a ua kūkulu ʻia no ka hana ma kā mākou pūnaewele.
ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻia ka holomua nui o ka hana ʻeli ʻana a Syncrude i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā laina huki a me nā huila bakeke, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaʻa a me nā ʻōpala i ʻae i ka neʻe maikaʻi a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻoi aku ka nui. E lilo ana ka 25% o kā mākou hana ʻana, "wahi a Scott Upshall, ka luna mining o Mildred Lake.