An Alberta-built solution to help address the tailings pond water challenge, cut costs, and support the future of energy.

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About Arkos

Innovation That Runs Deep.

Arkos Infrastructure Partners is helping address one of the energy industry’s toughest environmental challenges while reducing costs, lowering risk, and enabling future production growth for oil sands operators. 

We are industry veterans, engineers, geoscientists and other professionals who recognize the growing urgency around tailings pond management. We understand the complexity of the challenge. We also understand the cost and risk of ongoing tailings water accumulation.

That’s why Arkos has developed a proven solution that safely removes contaminated tailings pond water from the environment — for good. Arkos’ project is complementary to mine operators’ reclamation strategies, supports sustainable production growth, saves costs and reduces risks. Our technology is backed by years of third-party expert validation and over $10 million invested in Class IV engineering.

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Proven Technology, Permanent Storage

Our proven solution safely removes contaminated tailings pond water from the environment — for good.

Cost-Smart
Innovation

We can deliver powerful results for less than $1 per barrel, helping save oil sands operators billions in operating and capital costs over time.

Built for
Scale Today

We’re ready to support the industry’s toughest short and long-term tailings pond challenges.

"We need to start finding a path to more effectively manage oil sands mine water and tailing ponds. Doing nothing while mine water continues accumulating is not a sustainable approach."

The Honourable Rebecca Schulz,
Minister of Environment and Protected Areas

A defining moment for industry leadership.

Tailings ponds have reached a critical threshold containing over 1 billion m3 of processed water.

Across Alberta oil sands mines, tailings ponds continue to grow at unsustainable rates. Today, oil sands operators are navigating growth constraints, rising long-term liabilities, and intensifying regulatory and public pressure as a result.

But these challenges can become tomorrow’s competitive advantage. Our proven and scalable technology is complementary with mine operators’ reclamation initiatives and provides permanent storage of tailings water deep underground to eliminate environmental risk and preserve operational flexibility for operators, while unlocking long-term growth in the global oil market.

Today's challenge. Tomorrow's competitive advantage.

$500 million in projected annual cost savings for the oil sands sector.

In excess of 35 million m3 of tailings water removable per year.

Active support from the Alberta Energy Regulator and with Indigenous leaders and communities.

Ready to scale today with implementation costs under $1 per barrel.

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We’re engaging oil sands operators, regulators, Indigenous leaders, and investors across the province to help continue to move the oil sands industry forward. Fill out the form to reach us directly and let’s explore what innovation, collaboration, and enabling growth could look like for you.

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