
STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Economy, low prices cool off Alberta's oil-sands boom
Syncrude's plant north of Fort McMurray, where bitumen is extracted from the oil sands mined in the area, is Canada's largest single source of crude oil.

STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Syncrude's plant north of Fort McMurray, where bitumen is extracted from the oil sands mined in the area, is Canada's largest single source of crude oil.
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