MegaStructures - Season 2 Episode 8 Ekati Diamond Mine (Diamond Diggers)
Located in Alberta, Canada is the world’s largest known single deposit of oil worth trillions of dollars. However, the oil is trapped in a complex mixture of sand, water and clay, and the cost of extracting the fuel from the soil will cost billions. The episode profiles the competition between the Syncrude and the Shell Oil companies to extract the black gold. It looks at the various mega machines and systems that are used to extract, transport and the process used to separate the oil from the sand.
Year: 2012
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: National Geographic
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First Air Date: Jan 01, 2004
Last Air date: May 24, 2012
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 158 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 56.254
Language: English, French, Hungarian
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Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz
Inside The Pentagon
World's Busiest Port
Tau Tona - City Of Gold
Las Vegas
Black Gold (Oil Mine)
Ekati Diamond Mine (Diamond Diggers)
Sea Launch
North Sea Wall
Alcatraz
Indy Motor Speedway
Super Port: Rotterdam
Mega Plane (Air Force Transport)
Super Port: Rotterdam
World's Biggest Airliner (Airbus A380)
USS Virginia
Ultimate Casino
Ultimate Roller Coaster
Norad (Spy Fortress)
Berlin's Grand Central (Berlin Train Terminal)
Boston's Big Dig
Ultimate Oil Rigs
Baikonur Cosmodrome
North Branch Correctional Institution
Millau Bridge
Mega Ship
Deep Sea Drillers