Nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ Syncrude nke na-ere mmanụ na-eche echiche banyere mgbanwe ya na 1990s site na wiil bọket gaa na igwu ihe e ji gwupụta shọvel eriri.

N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ụlọ ọrụ na-egwupụta ájá mmanụ Syncrude lere anya na mgbanwe ya site na wiil bọket gaa na gwongworo na shọvel na ngwụcha afọ 1990. "Gwongworo na shọvel buru ibu - mgbe ị na-eche maka igwupụta na Syncrude taa, ihe ndị a na-abata n'uche. Agbanyeghị, na-eleghachi anya azụ afọ 20 gara aga, ndị na-egwupụta ájá Syncrude buru ibu karịa. Ndị na-egwupụta wiil bọket Syncrude dị ihe dị ka mita 30 n'elu ala, N'ogologo mita 120 (karịa ubi bọọlụ), ọ bụ ọgbọ mbụ nke ngwa mmanụ ájá ma a kpọrọ ya nnukwu onye na-egwupụta ájá. Na Machị 11, 1999, Nọmba nke 2Ihe Mweghachi Wịịl Ịwụcha Bọketlara ezumike nká, nke mere ka mmalite nke ụlọ ọrụ igwu ala na Syncrude gbanwee.”
Draglines na-egwupụta ájá mmanụ ma na-etinye ha n'ime ikpo n'elu ebe a na-egwupụta ihe tupu ọrụ mmepụta ihe na Syncrude abanye na gwongworo na forklift. Ndị na-egwupụta wiil bọket na-egwupụta ájá mmanụ site na ikpo ndị a wee tinye ha na sistemụ mbupu nke na-eduga na akpa mkpofu na ụlọ ọrụ mwepụta ihe. "E jiri wiil bọket reclaimer 2 mee ihe na Mildred Lake site na 1978 ruo 1999 ma bụrụ nke mbụ n'ime wiil bọket anọ na Syncrude. Krupp na O&K mere ya naanị na Germany ma rụọ ya maka ọrụ na saịtị anyị. Na mgbakwunye, No 2 gwupụtara ihe karịrị tọn mmanụ 1 n'ime otu izu na ihe karịrị tọn 460 n'oge ndụ ya niile."
Ọ bụ ezie na ọrụ igwu ala nke Syncrude ahụla ọganihu dị ukwuu n'iji draglines na wiil bọket, mgbanwe gaa na gwongworo na shọvel enyela ohere maka mmegharị ka mma ma belata ọnụ ahịa metụtara ngwa ndị a buru ibu. "Wil bọket nwere ọtụtụ akụkụ igwe iji jikwaa, dịka sistemụ mbupu na-eso nke na-ebuga ájá mmanụ akọrọ na mwepụta. Nke a na-emepụta ihe ịma aka ọzọ maka mmezi akụrụngwa n'ihi na mgbe a na-ebelata wiil bọket ma ọ bụ ihe eji ebufe ihe metụtara ya, anyị ga-efunahụ 25% nke mmepụta anyị," ka Scott Upshall, onye njikwa igwu ala Mildred Lake kwuru. "Ike nhọrọ Syncrude na igwu ala na-eritekwa uru site na mgbanwe na ngwa igwu ala. Gwongworo na shọvel na-arụ ọrụ na obere ala, nke na-enyere aka ijikwa ngwakọta nke ọma n'oge mwepụta. Dịka ngwa igwu ala anyị gara aga, oke ụwa, nke na-agaghị ekwe omume afọ 20 gara aga."