![Athabasca Middle Region, 2006 (Existing) Athabasca Middle Region, 2006 (Existing)](http://oilsandstruth.org./sites/oilsandstruth.org/files/images/map10-athabasca-middle-2006-existing.preview.jpg)
This map shows the existing footprint of development as of 2006 in the Athabasca Middle Region-- an area just South of Fort McMurray and including the community of Anzac. Includes the largest plant in operation in any tar sands region of Alberta at the OPTI-Nexen- Long Lake North site approximately 7km's from the community of Anzac. [Note: this plant operates its energy needs through the burning of waste products ("asphaltene") from its own operation]