Equipment works on a tailings pond near the Syncrude tar sands mining operations near Fort McMurray.
Equipment works on a tailings pond near the Syncrude tar sands mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. Syncrude currently produces 350,000 barrels per day of high quality light, low sulphur crude oil according to company reports. Picture taken September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)