Syncrude, ikigo gikomeye mu by’umucanga wa peteroli, yibutse ihinduka ryayo mu myaka ya 1990 kuva ku gucukura imashini itwara ibikapu ikajya ku gucukura imigozi

Umucukuzi ukomeye w’umucanga wa peteroli Syncrude aherutse gusuzuma ihinduka ryayo kuva ku gucukura amakamyo n’amakamyo mu mpera z’imyaka ya 1990. “Amakamyo manini n’amakamyo – iyo utekereje ku bucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro muri Syncrude muri iki gihe, ibi akenshi ni byo biza mu mutwe. Ariko, urebye mu myaka 20 ishize, abacukuzi ba Syncrude bari banini. Imashini zigarura amakamyo za Syncrude zari nko muri metero 30 uvuye ku butaka, zifite uburebure bwa metero 120 (ndende kurusha ikibuga cy’umupira w’amaguru), zari ibikoresho bya mbere by’umucanga wa peteroli kandi zashimwe nk’igihangange mu bucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro. Ku ya 11 Werurwe 1999, nimero ya 2Imashini Igarura Ipine ry'Indoboyari yaragiye mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, bikaba byarahinduye intangiriro y'inganda z'ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro muri Syncrude.”
Ibikoresho byo gucukura imicanga ya peteroli biyishyira mu micunga ku buso bw'ikirombe mbere yuko ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro muri Syncrude butangira gukora mu makamyo no mu mapine. Ibikoresho byo gucukura imicanga ya peteroli bicukura imicanga ya peteroli muri ayo mapine bikayishyira ku buryo bwo gutwara imyanda bugana mu mifuka yo kujugunyamo imyanda no mu ruganda ruyikuramo. "Imashini yo gucukura imicanga ya peteroli 2 yakoreshejwe ku kiyaga cya Mildred kuva mu 1978 kugeza mu 1999 kandi ni yo ya mbere mu mashini enye zo gucukura imicanga ya peteroli Syncrude. Yakozwe na Krupp na O&K mu Budage gusa kandi yubatswe kugira ngo ikoreshwe ku kibuga cyacu. Byongeye kandi, No 2 yacukuye toni irenga 1 y'umucanga wa peteroli mu cyumweru kimwe kandi irenga toni 460 mu gihe cyose yari imaze."
Nubwo ibikorwa byo gucukura amabuye y'agaciro bya Syncrude byateye imbere cyane mu ikoreshwa ry'imigozi n'amapine y'indobo, guhinduka kw'amakamyo n'amasupu byatumye habaho kugenda neza no kugabanya ikiguzi gikoreshwa n'ibi bikoresho binini. “Iziga ry'indobo rifite ibice byinshi bya mekanike byo gukora, kimwe na sisitemu ijyana umucanga wumye w'amavuta ijya gucukurwa. Ibi bitera imbogamizi y'inyongera mu kubungabunga ibikoresho kuko iyo izuga ry'indobo cyangwa izuga ry'indobo rigabanutse, tuzatakaza 25% by'umusaruro wacu,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Scott Upshall, umuyobozi w'ubucukuzi bwa Mildred Lake. “Ubushobozi bwa Syncrude bwo guhitamo mu bucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro nabwo bwungukira ku mpinduka mu bikoresho by'ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro. Amakamyo n'amasupu bikorera ku butaka buto, bifasha gucunga neza kuvanga mu gihe cyo gucukura. Nk'ibikoresho byacu byo gucukura bya kera ni urwego runini rw'isi, rutari rushoboka mu myaka 20 ishize.”