P R O J E C T S TAT U S
05.12 PROJECT STATUS
Athabasca Region Industrial Heartland Region Cold Lake Region
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Peace River Region Northwestern Saskatchewan
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon
Updated: Apr 2012
Canadian Natural reports that it has successfully completed unplanned maintenance on the fractionating unit in its primary upgrading facility and restarted operations. The outage lasted from February 5 to March 13.
Phase 1
135,000
2008
Operating
Phase 2A
10,000
2014
Approved
Phase 2B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
80,000
TBD
Approved
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
COLD LAKE REGION
NEW Export Pipelines
CURRENT PROJECT
North Steepbank Extension
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3
Fort Hills
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New information this month
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
180,000
2012
Operating
4,000
2007
CAPACITY
Operating Updated: Nov 2011
Current capital expenditures for Fort Hills are around design base memorandum engineering.
Debottleneck
Phase 1
Voyageur South
Phase 1
25,000
TBD
Approved
165,000
2016
Approved
120,000
TBD
Updated: Nov 2010 Application
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Imperial Oil Limited •
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
PEACE RIVER REGION
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING •
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
Kearl
Updated: Apr 2012
Mildred Lake/Aurora North & South
Updated: Mar 2012
Imperial Oil says that construction of Kearl Phase 1 is approximately 87 per cent complete and progressing on schedule. Reassembly of modules reduced in size to be transported on U.S. interstate routes continues at site.
Canadian Oil Sands reports that front-end engineering and design is now complete for its $4.6-billion Mildred Lake mine train replacements. The target in-service date for the $1.6-billion Syncrude Emissions Reduction Project has now been extended into the first quarter of 2012.
Phase 1
110,000
2012
Construction
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3 Debottleneck
70,000
2020
Approved
Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Operating
Stage 3 Expansion
116,300
2006
Operating
Shell Albian Sands
Jackpine
Updated: Jan 2012
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency recently invited public comment on a revised draft agreement to establish a joint panel for review of the Pierre River Mine project, as well as revisions to the existing joint panel agreement for the review of the Jackpine Mine expansion project.
Teck Recources Limited •
Frontier
Updated: Apr 2012
Expansion
100,000
2017
Approved
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has announced that a period of public comment is underway and participant funding is being allocated. Comments are being accepted until June 4.
Phase 1A
100,000
2010
Operating
Phase 1
75,000
2021
Application
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
80,000
2024
Application
Muskeg River
Commercial
155,000
2002
Operating
Phase 3
80,000
2027
Application
Expansion & Debottlenecking
115,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 4 Equinox
40,000
2030
Application
Pierre River
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
Application
Updated: Jan 2012
Updated: Jan 2012
Suncor Energy Inc. •
Base Operations
Updated: Apr 2012
Suncor reported in March that one of its two upgraders was being taken down for unplanned maintenance due to fractionator performance issues. The work was expected to take three to five weeks to complete and is not anticipated to result in changes to production guidance. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Suncor began to mine ore from the North Steepbank Extension.
Millennium Debottlenecking
Millennium Mine
23,000 294,000
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
Joslyn North Mine
Updated: Nov 2011
Project partner Suncor Energy says that current capital expenditures are around geological, engineering, regulatory and environmental studies.
Phase 1
Joslyn South Mine
Phase 1
Northern Lights Mine
100,000
2018
Approved Updated: Dec 2010
100,000
TBD
Announced Updated: Nov 2010
2008
Operating
Phase 1
57,250
TBD
On Hold
1967
Operating
Phase 2
57,250
TBD
On Hold
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