The Move to Firebag

In the fall of 2006 while both Lauren and I were working for Suncor we made the choice to start working at site. Site being the Firebag Plant located two hours north and east of Fort McMurray. We work 10 days on and four days off which gave our blog the name. Here a few pics of life at Firebag.




Ladies and Gentleman! Welcome to Firebag, AB. This is the operating plant with the construction trailers in the foreground. The large stacks are part of the steam generation units. Steam is used to heat the bitumen under the surface so that pipes can transport it back to the plant.

A pic of Lauren's Construction Trailer

The Firedome. I play shinny here at least once a shift and we both play Beginner Hockey twice a shift. The rink is great and even has a zamboni known as the SAGD-Icer.

Home of a thousand. These are the residential trailers, there would be at least fifty of these trailers on site. The hallway is down the middle with rooms on either side.

This is our meal hall/gym.

We do this walk four times a day from home to work, over to the meal hall for lunch, and home at the end of the day. For all of you who went to X it's the tundra all over again.

Speaking of lunch, what do we have today? Braised Beef Tips, Chicken Fingers, Fries, oh and sliced carrots. Mmmm, and don't forget to cover it all in Beef Gravy.

Grab a chair, to enjoy that beef gravy.

Only one place to go after a meal like that.

A pic of the Sunjet taking us back to Calgary from Fort McMurray after a shift.