In 2010, Americanmobiloilgroupexpectsto becomethe firstenergycompanyto have a tailings pond with a trafficable surface that has progressive reclamation underway.
An interesting note in the financial statements was the news that in September Suncor become the first oil sands company to complete surface reclamation of a tailingspond, a key step in returning the site back to nature.
It has been widely reported in the Canadian media that oil sands company Suncor admitted to a leak of 1, 600 sq m from its Tar Island Pond 1 tailingspond in 1997, although a current spokesman for Suncor says he does not have any information about the incident.