P R O J E C T S TAT U S
PROJECT STATUS 08.12
Athabasca Region Industrial Heartland Region Cold Lake Region
Sourced from company releases, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, and the Daily Oil Bulletin, with files from Strategy West. For changes and updates, please contact Deborah Jaremko at djaremko@junewarren-nickles.com. Disclaimer: Oilsands Review accepts no liability for errors or inaccuracies in the information provided in this report.
Peace River Region Northwestern Saskatchewan
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
COLD LAKE REGION
NEW Export Pipelines
PEACE RIVER REGION
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
•
New information this month
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Suncor says current work on Fort Hills includes progressing design basis memorandum engineering, site preparation and procurement for long-lead items. The company expects to present development plans to the board of directors for sanction in 2013.
Horizon
Updated: May 2012
Canadian Natural says that during the first quarter, a third ore preparation plant and associated hydrotransport unit were successfully integrated into operations. The infrastructure is expected to increase reliability going forward by allowing the company to maintain steady feedstock to the upgrader with two of the three ore preparation plants continually on stream.
Phase 1
135,000
2008
Operating
Phase 2A
10,000
2014
Approved
Phase 2B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
80,000
TBD
Approved
Tranche 2
5,000
2012
Operating
Imperial Oil Limited
Kearl
Updated: May 2012
Imperial Oil says that construction of Kearl Phase 1 is 90 per cent complete and is progressing to expected start-up in late 2012.
Phase 1
110,000
2012
Construction
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
Phase 3 Debottleneck
70,000
2020
Approved
Shell Albian Sands •
Jackpine
Updated: Jun 2012
The joint review panel reviewing the proposed Jackpine mine expansion has extended its period of public comment to August 3.
Expansion
100,000
2017
Application
Phase 1A
100,000
2010
Operating
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Muskeg River
Updated: May 2012
Twenty per cent project owner Marathon Oil Corporation says that production rates were down during Q1 due to reliability issues.
Commercial
155,000
2002
Expansion & Debottlenecking
115,000
TBD
•
Pierre River
Fort Hills
Debottleneck
Phase 1
Voyageur South
Phase 1
2016
Approved Approved Updated: May 2012
120,000
TBD
Application
Mildred Lake/Aurora North & South
Updated: May 2012
Construction is underway on a number of major projects including mine train replacement and relocation, the Aurora North Tailings Management Project, the Syncrude Emissions Reduction Project and the Centrifuge Tailings Management Project.
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Stage 3 Expansion
Operating
116,300
2006
Operating
Teck Recources Limited
Frontier
Updated: May 2012
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. Teck says that no field exploration activities are planned in 2012 and the key focus will be on supporting the regulatory application review, the consultations with stakeholders and the ongoing engineering studies.
Phase 1
75,000
2021
Application
Phase 2
80,000
2024
Application
Phase 3
80,000
2027
Application
Phase 4 Equinox
40,000
2030
Application
Approved
Joslyn North Mine
Updated: May 2012
Project partner Suncor Energy says that current capital expenditures are around further design work, drilling and site preparation. The partners plan to submit development plans to their respective boards of directors for sanction in 2013.
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
Application
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Approved
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Suncor Energy Inc.
TBD
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
A joint review panel of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Energy Resources Conservation Board has been established to review the proposed Pierre River mine project.
25,000 165,000
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a longer-term project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
Operating
Updated: Jun 2012
Updated: May 2012
Base Operations
Updated: May 2012
Birch
Updated: May 2012
Suncor is now mining volumes from the North Steepbank Extension. The company expects that its Millennium Naphtha Unit (MNU) project will be fully operational by mid-year. In April, Suncor announced its upgrader had successfully returned to normal operations following a brief shutdown due to a fractionated performance issue. Suncor has started commissioning assets associated with its tailings reduction operations infrastructure project and anticipates to start using these assets during Q2.
AOSC says the updated contingent resources on its Birch holdings total 1.9 billion barrels. The company plans to submit its Birch regulatory application in late 2012 based on additional drilling and 3-D seismic.
Millennium Debottlenecking
2008
Operating
Millennium Mine
294,000
1967
Operating
AOSC says production testing continues while it works on the TAGD pilot. An update from the TAGD proof of concept is expected in Q2. The company has responded to the first round of supplemental information requests from regulators and has launched work on its design basis memorandum.
North Steepbank Extension
180,000
2012
Operating
Phase 1 Demonstration
6,000
2015
Application
Operating
Phase 2 Demonstration
6,000
TBD
Application
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3
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23,000
4,000
2007
Phase 1
Dover West Carbonates (Leduc)
12,000
TBD
Announced Updated: May 2012
P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
Updated: May 2012
Husky Energy Inc.
START-UP
Dover West Sands & Clastics
AOSC says construction of an all-weather access road to the Dover West area is 85 per cent complete, with one bridge remaining to be built. Completion is expected in Q3.
Saleski
Carbonate Pilot
Phase 1
12,000
2015
Application
Sunrise
Phase 2
35,000
2018
Announced
Phase 3
35,000
2020
Announced
BP p.l.c.
Terre de Grace Pilot
Updated: Mar 2012 10,000
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural Resources Limited •
Birch Mountain
Updated: Jun 2012
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: May 2012 TBD
2016
Announced Updated: May 2012
Husky says Phase 1 construction remains on schedule for first production in 2014. All 49 horizontal well pairs have been completed. Construction of the camp is nearing completion and occupancy is expected in Q2. Detailed engineering for facilities and supporting infrastructure continues, as well as early engineering for the next phase.
Phase 1
60,000
2014
Construction
Phase 2
50,000
2016
Approved
Phase 3
50,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 4
50,000
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural says first steam for Phase 1 is expected in 2019, 2023 for Phase 2.
Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
Announced
Announced
Ivanhoe says it has received a second round of supplemental information requests regarding its project application from the ERCB. It continues to expect approval in 2012.
Phase 1 Phase 2
60,000 60,000
2019 2023
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Tamarack
Updated: May 2012
Phase 1
20,000
2013
Application
Cenovus says it continues to search for a strategic transaction to support development of the Telephone Lake project.
Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Application
Birchwood
Demonstration
12,000
2016
1,720
2013
Telephone Lake Borealis
Phase A Phase B
Updated: May 2012
45,000 45,000
TBD
Application
TBD
Application
Dover
Updated: Apr 2012
Dover OpCo says the project is in the final stages of the regulatory review process.
Phase 1
Subsequent Phases
Mackay River
Updated: Sep 2011 Application
Oak Point Energy Ltd.
Dover Operating Corp.
Marathon Oil Corporation
50,000
2015
Application
200,000
TBD
Application
Lewis
Pilot
Updated: Mar 2012 Application
SilverWillow Energy Corporation •
Audet
Updated: Jun 2012
ERCB project approval was granted in January 2012. Dover OpCo says construction is underway.
SilverWillow says for the remainder of 2012 it will focus on analyzing samples and data from this year’s drilling program. It will also be conducting an environmental baseline assessment and preparing preliminary engineering design for a pilot SAGD project to enable preparation of a regulatory application, which is expected to be filed in the second quarter of 2013.
Phase 1
Updated: Apr 2012
35,000
2014
Construction
Phase 2
40,000
2017
Approved
Phase 3
40,000
2019
Approved
Phase 4
35,000
TBD
Approved
Pilot
12,000
2016
Announced
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. •
STP-McKay
Updated: July 2012
Southern Pacific says it has commenced steam injection at the STP-McKay project. First oil is expected within three to four months.
Phase 1
Phase 1 Expansion
The ERCB has released its decision on the 10,000-barrel-per-day project application. It says E-T has not demonstrated the technology is capable of obtaining or sustaining commercial production rates and the application is not approved. The ERCB says E-T can reapply based on more performance data, which the company says it has (the application did not include data from the current test).
Phase 2A
Phase 2B
6,000
Phase 1
10,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Announced
Suncor says that ramp-up of the Firebag Stage 3 expansion is proceeding in line with expectations. Construction of Stage 4 is also proceeding. During Q1, Suncor says it focused on construction of two new well pads, central processing facilities and cogeneration units.
Pilot
2007
Operating
E-T Energy Ltd. •
Poplar Creek
Updated: Jun 2012
1,000
12,000
2012
Operating
6,000
TBD
Application
12,000
2015
Application
TBD
Application
Suncor Energy Inc.
Firebag
Cogeneration and Expansion
Updated: May 2012
25,000
2007
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P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU
Stage 1
35,000
2004
Operating
Stage 2
35,000
2006
Operating
Stage 3
62,500
2011
Operating
Stage 3-6 Debottleneck
23,000
TBD
Application
Stage 4
62,500
2013
Construction
Stage 5
62,500
2018
Approved
Stage 6
62,500
2019
Approved
Lewis
Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Updated: Dec 2010
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
MacKay River
Application Application Updated: Feb 2012
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Alberta Oilsands Inc. •
Clearwater West
Updated: Jun 2012
Alberta Oilsands says it has responded to a third round of supplemental information requests from the ERCB regarding the project application. The company expects the regulator will hold a public hearing into the project, due in part to its proximity to the Fort McMurray airport.
Phase 1 Pilot
Phase 2
4,350
TBD
Application
25,000
2016
Announced
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Hangingstone
Updated: May 2012
In early March, AOSC responded to its second round of supplemental information requests from the ERCB. The company anticipates regulatory approval in Q3, and has placed orders for more than 75 per cent of long-lead items required for construction. AOSC says tenders received conform to budget and schedule.
Suncor has commenced production from a new phase of six wells at MacKay River and initiated steam injection into additional wells. Production from these developments is expected to offset natural declines in the future.
Phase 1
12,000
2014
Application
Phase 2
35,000
2017
Announced
MR2
40,000
2016
Application
Phase 3
35,000
2019
Announced
Phase 1
33,000
2002
Operating
BlackPearl Resources Inc. •
Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Harper
Updated: May 2012
Sunshine says that steam cycle injection operations at Harper have proved thermally induced oil mobility. 1,000
2011
Blackrod
Updated: Jun 2012
BlackPearl says production from the pilot has reached commercial production rates. The company has filed the regulatory application for the full 80,000-barrel-per-day project.
Phase 1
20,000
2016
Application
Phase 2
30,000
2018
Application
Application
Phase 3
30,000
2021
Application
Announced
Pilot
800
2011
Operating
Carbonate Pilot
Operating
Legend Lake
Phase 1
10,000
2016
Phase 2
10,000
TBD
Phase 2 Expansion
10,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 3
20,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 3 Expansion
10,000
TBD
Thickwood
Updated: May 2012
Announced Updated: May 2012
Sunshine Oilsands has submitted the regulatory application for its Thickwood SAGD project, anticipating project start-up in 2015.
Phase 1
10,000
2015
Application
Phase 2
20,000
2018
Announced
Phase 2 Expansion
20,000
2021
Announced
West Ells
Updated: May 2012
Sunshine says that following regulatory approval, its external reservoir engineering firm, GLJ Petroleum Consultants, considers the project to have a high degree of certainty of implementation and that development will proceed.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited •
Gregoire Lake
Updated: Jun 2012
Canadian Natural says first steam for Phase 1 is expected in 2021, and 2025 for Phase 2.
Phase 1
40,000
2021
Phase 2
40,000
2025
•
Grouse
Announced Announced Updated: Jun 2012
Regulatory application filed in May. Canadian Natural says it plans to file a regulatory expansion for an expansion at Grouse in 2012.
Commercial
•
Kirby North
50,000
2018
Application Updated: Jun 2012
Canadian Natural says construction preparation work is underway for Kirby North Phase 1, including construction of the main access road and site clearing for the plant. The company plans to complete the engineering design specifications for Phase 1 in 2012.
Phase 1
40,000
2016
Phase 2
40,000
2019
Kirby South
Application
A Phase 1
5,000
2013
Construction
A Phase 2
5,000
2014
Approved
A Phase 3
20,000
2018
Announced
B Phase 1
20,000
2020
Announced
Canadian Natural says construction of Phase 1 is 42 per cent complete and remains on-cost and onschedule for first steam in 2013. The fourth of seven well pads is being drilled, with wells reportedly confirming geological expectations.
B Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 1
40,000
2013
Construction
C Phase 1
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 2
20,000
2020
Application
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P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Cavalier Energy Inc.
CURRENT PROJECT
Hoole
Updated: May 2012
Cavalier owner Paramount Resources says that during the first quarter, Cavalier continued to build its management team with the addition of key technical personnel. The Hoole project application is expected to be submitted in Q4.
Pelican Lake Grand Rapids
Phase A
60,000
2017
Application
Phase B
60,000
TBD
Application
Phase C
60,000
TBD
Application
Pilot
600
2011
Operating
2015
Announced
Phase 2
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 3
30,000
TBD
Announced
Connacher Oil And Gas Limited
Phase 4
30,000
TBD
Announced
•
Christina Lake
Updated: May 2012
Great Divide
Algar Pod 2
10,000
2010
Operating
Expansion 1A
12,000
2014
Application
Expansion 1B
12,000
2016
Application
Pod 1
10,000
2007
Operating
Phase 1
27,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
109,000
2015
Construction
Pilot
1,200
1997
Operating
Phase 1A
10,000
2002
Operating
Phase 1B
8,800
2008
Operating
Phase C
40,000
2011
Operating
Phase D
40,000
2012
Construction
ConocoPhillips Canada Limited
Phase E
40,000
2013
Construction
Surmont
Phase F
50,000
2016
Approved
Phase G
50,000
2017
Approved
Phase H
Foster Creek
40,000
2019
Announced Updated: May 2012
Cenovus says it continues to work on fabrication and facility construction for Phase F, earthworks and site preparation for Phase G, and design engineering for Phase H.
Phase A
Phase B Debottleneck
Updated: Jun 2012
Connacher reports that, with its budget constrained for 2012, operational activities include increasing netbacks by reducing operating costs and increasing realized bitumen prices, maintaining production within its announced guidance, de-risking and preparing various short-term projects for bitumen production increases, and improving production with technology innovations such as SAGD+ at Algar and gas re-injection at Great Divide. The company’s strategic review process continues.
Updated: May 2012
10,000
Construction of Phase D is more than three-quarters complete and production is expected in the fourth quarter of this year. Construction of Phase E is more than 40 per cent complete, with production expected in the fourth-quarter of 2013. Site preparation continues for Phase F.
REGULATORY STATUS
Phase 1
START-UP
Cenovus drilled a second well pair at its Grand Rapids SAGD pilot in Q1.
Cenovus Energy Inc.
CAPACITY
Updated: Mar 2012
Devon Canada Corporation
Jackfish
Updated: Dec 2011
Devon reports that Jackfish 3 construction is now underway, and that Jackfish 2 volumes are ramping up ahead of plan and on target to reach capacity of 35,000 barrels per day by late 2012.
24,000
2001
Operating
6,000
2003
Operating
Phase C Stage 1
10,000
2005
Operating
Phase C Stage 2
20,000
2007
Operating
Phase D
30,000
2009
Operating
Phase E
30,000
2009
Operating
Devon filed the regulatory application for all three phases of the Pike project in June. The company says facility construction and SAGD drilling for the first phase will begin in late 2013 or early 2014, pending corporate approvals.
Phase F
45,000
2014
Construction
1A
35,000
2016
Application
Phase G
40,000
2015
Approved
1B
35,000
2017
Application
Phase H
40,000
2016
Approved
1C
35,000
2018
Application
Announced
Grizzly Oil Sands Ulc
Phase I
•
Narrows Lake
45,000
2017
Updated: Jun 2012
Phase 1
35,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
35,000
2011
Operating
Phase 3
35,000
2015
•
Pike
Construction Updated: Jun 2012
Algar Lake
Updated: May 2012
Phase 1
43,333
2016
Approved
Part-owner Gulfport Energy says Grizzly’s Algar construction is on track for commissioning in Q4, with first production in mid-2013. Grizzly also believes it has delineated sufficient resource at Thickwood Hills to support commercial development of the property and plans to submit a project regulatory application in 2012.
Phase 2
43,333
TBD
Approved
Phase 1
5,650
2013
Construction
Phase 3
43,334
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
5,650
2014
Approved
Narrows Lake regulatory approval granted in late May. Sanction by partners Cenovus and ConocoPhillips Canada anticipated later this year.
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P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
May River
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Apr 2012
Grizzly has closed its acquisition of May River from Petrobank Energy and Resources. Development plans are under review.
Phase 1
10,000
2013
Application
Subsequent Phases
90,000
TBD
Disclosed
Harvest Operations Corp.
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
MEG Energy Corporation
Christina Lake
Updated: May 2012
MEG says it has achieved a significant reduction in its steam to oil ratios through the introduction of infill wells and non-condensable gas injection. For Phase 2B, MEG says detailed engineering is more than 96 per cent complete, and all materials and modules have been ordered, with delivery and onsite construction expected to continue through 2012 and into 2013. The company says the project remains on schedule and budget. For Phase 3, MEG says engineering work is underway to determine the optimum size and schedule of project phases.
Phase 1 Pilot
3,000
2008
Operating
Harvest says its 2012 activities for BlackGold will consist of module assembly, facility construction and drilling of 15 SAGD well pairs.
Phase 2A
22,000
2009
Operating
Phase 2B
35,000
2013
Construction
Phase 1
10,000
2014
Construction
Phase 3A
50,000
2016
Approved
Phase 2
20,000
2015
Application
Phase 3B
50,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3C
50,000
2020
Surmont
BlackGold
Updated: May 2012
Husky Energy Inc.
McMullen
Updated: May 2012
Approved Updated: May 2012
Husky says that during Q1, 24 slant wells drilled in 2011 were put on cold production. At the air injection pilot, three horizontal well producers were drilled to further evaluate the resource.
MEG plans to file its regulatory application for Surmont in the second half of 2012.
Phase 1
60,000
2018
Announced
Phase 2
60,000
TBD
Announced
Air Injection Pilot-Experimental
755
2012
Construction
N-SOLV Corporation
Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited
Hangingstone
Updated: Jan 2012
•
Dover
Updated: Jun 2012
JACOS owner Japan Petroleum Exploration is delaying a decision on an expansion at Hangingstone until mid-2012 due to a delay in regulatory approval.
Reports are that first results from a $60-million N-Solv field test are expected in spring 2013.
Expansion
Nexen Inc.
Hangingstone Pilot
Pilot
35,000
2016
11,000
1999
Application Updated: Jan 2012 Operating
Koch Exploration Canada Corporation
•
Demonstration Plant
500
2012
Long Lake
Announced Updated: Jun 2012
Nexen says it has reached two key milestones in its strategy to fill the Long Lake upgrader: first production from one new well pad (ahead of schedule) and steam injection into another. The company says ramp-up is continuing at yet another pad and construction is underway on two more.
Updated: Jun 2012
Long Lake South (Kinosis) Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Approved
Koch’s Canadian subsidiaries are seeking a strategic investor to advance development and monetize certain oilsands interests including the Muskwa asset.
Long Lake South (Kinosis) Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 1
72,000
2008
Operating
Phase 2
72,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
72,000
TBD
Application
Phase 4
72,000
TBD
Announced
•
Muskwa
Pilot
10,000
2015
Application
Laricina Energy Ltd. •
Germain
Updated: Jun 2012
Laricina says detailed engineering is 80 per cent complete. Procurement of long-lead items is complete, piling commenced in January and modules began being transported to the site in March. The company has applied to add a fourth once-through steam generator and associated equipment due to anticipated reservoir behaviour.
Statoil •
Kai Kos Dehseh
Updated: Jun 2012
Statoil says its next projects will be an expansion to Leismer, and the Corner project. Corner will be sanctioned in late 2013 or in early 2014.
Phase 1 CDP
5,000
TBD
Construction
Corner
40,000
2017
Approved
Phase 2
30,000
2015
Application
Corner Expansion
40,000
TBD
Application
Phase 3
60,000
TBD
Application
Hangingstone
20,000
TBD
Application
Phase 4
60,000
TBD
Application
Leismer Commercial
10,000
TBD
Approved
Saleski
Leismer Demonstration
10,000
2010
Operating
Leismer Expansion
20,000
TBD
Approved
Leismer Northwest
20,000
TBD
Application
Leismer South
20,000
TBD
Application
Updated: May 2012
Laricina says an additional well pair has been drilled at the pilot, awaiting tie-in for steaming in Q2. Production and injection cycles are ongoing. The company has responded to the first round of supplemental information requests from the regulator regarding the commercial project application.
Phase 1
Pilot
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10,700
2014
Application
Thornbury
40,000
TBD
Application
1,800
2011
Operating
Thornbury Expansion
20,000
TBD
Application
P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Suncor Energy Inc.
Chard
Phase 1
Updated: Dec 2010 40,000
TBD
Announced
Meadow Creek
Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Updated: Dec 2010 Approved
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Approved
Surmont Energy Ltd.
Wildwood
Phase 1
Updated: Apr 2012 12,000
2015
Announced
Value Creation Inc.
Advanced TriStar
Updated: May 2012
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Phase 11-13
30,000
2002
Operating
Phase 14-16
40,000
2014
Construction
Koch Exploration Canada Corporation •
Gemini
Updated: Jun 2012
Koch’s Canadian subsidiaries are seeking a strategic investor to advance development and monetize certain oilsands interests including the Cold Lake (Gemini) asset.
Stage 1
1,200
TBD
Approved
Stage 2
10,000
TBD
Approved
Osum Oil Sands Corp.
Taiga
Updated: Apr 2012
The ERCB has scheduled a public hearing into the Taiga project for May 23.
Value Creation says it is preparing the regulatory application for the Advanced TriStar project.
Phase 1
23,000
2016
Application
ATS-1
15,000
2016
Announced
Phase 2
22,000
2017
Application
ATS-2
30,000
2019
Announced
Pengrowth Energy Corporation
ATS-3
30,000
2022
Announced
COLD LAKE REGION — IN SITU Birchwood Resources Inc. •
Sage
Updated: Jun 2012
Birchwood has released its public disclosure document and has held an open house with area residents, some of whom were concerned by the development.
Pilot
5,000
2015
Announced
Canadian Natural Resources Limited •
Primrose & Wolf Lake
Updated: Jun 2012
Canadian Natural says its near-term priorities at Primrose include maximizing steam-plant utilization by adding pads, a future facility debottleneck/expansion, assessment of a potential Grand Rapids formation expansion, and optimization of steaming techniques to improve on the 15 per cent recovery factor. Two pilots will be conducted in 2012.
Lindbergh
Phase 1 Commercial
12,500
2014
Application
Phase 2 Commercial
17,500
2016
Announced
Pilot
1,200
2012
Operating
Royal Dutch Shell plc •
Orion
Phase 1
10,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
10,000
TBD
Approved
Primrose East
32,000
2008
Operating
Primrose North
30,000
2006
Operating
PEACE RIVER REGION — IN SITU
Primrose South
45,000
1985
Operating
Wolf Lake
13,000
1985
Operating
Devon Canada Corporation •
Walleye
Updated: Jun 2012
Andora Energy Corporation •
Sawn Lake
Northern Alberta Oil Ltd.
9,000
2015
Application
Husky Energy Inc.
Caribou
Demonstration
Tucker
Updated: Nov 2010 10,000
TBD
Approved Updated: Feb 2012
Production at Tucker has increased significantly, exiting 2011 at over 9,000 barrels per day versus 4,000 barrels per day the previous year. Husky says it has addressed subsurface challenges by remediating older wells with new completion and stimulation techniques and initiating revised start-up procedures.
Phase 1
30,000
2006
Operating
Imperial Oil Limited
Cold Lake
Updated: May 2012
Imperial says drilling has been completed at Cold Lake on a three-well cyclic solvent process pilot that is expected to start up in late 2013.
Phase 1-10
110,000
1985
Operating
Updated: Jun 2012
Andora Energy majority owner PanOrient Energy Corp. anticipates that activities related to the Sawn Lake asset will come into focus over the remainder of 2012, with a clear course of action to be communicated shortly after the sale of assets in Thailand, which occured in mid-June.
Devon filed its regulatory application for Walleye in June. The company says construction will start in 2013. Phase 1
Updated: Jun 2012
Shell is looking to sell the Orion property, reportedly to focus on in situ operations at Peace River.
Updated: May 2012
Pengrowth achieved first steam at the Lindbergh pilot in February. The company says the reservoir is responding to steam injection and production performance so far indicates good oil mobility, straightforward treating and minimal solids production, all of which are encouraging at this early stage. Full SAGD operations are expected in Q2.
SAGD Demonstration
1,400
TBD
Sawn Lake
Approved Updated: Mar 2012
Company owner Deep Well Oil & Gas says DeGolyer & MacNaughton Canada has completed its reservoir modelling for a proposed horizontal cyclic steam stimulation pilot at Sawn Lake, concluding the project would yield commercial viable extraction. Deep Well is currently preparing a pilot plan and options for capitalization.
CSS Pilot
700
TBD
Approved
Petrobank Energy And Resources Ltd.
Dawson
Updated: May 2012
Petrobank says it has concluded that the Dawson reservoir would benefit from being pre-conditioned for THAI operations by producing conventional cold heavy oil from the current horizontal production wells. The two-well THAI pilot is now expected in 2013, with commercial development to follow, subject to operational success.
Phase 2
THAI Demonstration-Experimental
10,000
TBD
Announced
TBD
2013
Construction
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P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Updated: Dec 2011
Alberta’s environmental assessment director has deemed complete Shell Canada’s environmental impact assessment report for the Carmon Creek expansion. Cadotte Lake
Carmon Creek - Phase 1
Carmon Creek - Phase 2
12,500
1986
Operating
40,000
2015
Application
40,000
2018
Application
Southern Pacific Resource Corp.
Red Earth
Updated: May 2012
Southern Pacific is analyzing results from its latest CSS test at Red Earth. The company says it will finalize future development plans by the end of Q2.
Commercial
10,000
TBD
Announced
Pilot
1,000
2009
Operating
Pilot Expansion
3,000
TBD
Announced
SASKATCHEWAN REGION — IN SITU Oilsands Quest Inc. •
Axe Lake
Updated: Jun 2012
Oilsands Quest says that some of the bids received to acquire, restructure or recapitalize its business could, if subject to further negotiation, be capable of being brought before the court for approval. The company and its court-appointed monitor, Ernst & Young Inc., have agreed that the best interests of Oilsands Quest and its stakeholders will be best served if Ernst & Young takes over operational responsibilities, including completion of a transaction.
Commercial
TBD
On Hold
Reservoir Test
600
2008
On Hold
SAGD Pilot
TBD
TBD
On Hold
30,000
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER Terre de Grace
Pilot
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2012 8,400
Mildred Lake/Aurora North & South
Updated: May 2012
Construction is underway on a number of major projects including mine train replacement and relocation, the Aurora North Tailings Management Project, the Syncrude Emissions Reduction Project and the Centrifuge Tailings Management Project.
Base Plant Stage 1 & 2 Debottleneck
Stage 3 Debottleneck
Stage 3 Expansion (UE-1)
250,000
1978
Operating
75,000
TBD
Announced
100,000
2006
Operating
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER Nexen Inc. •
Long Lake
Updated: Jun 2012
Nexen says it has reached two key milestones in its strategy to fill the Long Lake upgrader: first production from one new well pad (ahead of schedule) and steam injection into another. The company says ramp-up is continuing at yet another pad and construction is underway on two more.
Phase 1
58,500
2008
Operating
Phase 2
58,500
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
58,500
TBD
Application
Phase 4
58,500
TBD
Announced
Value Creation Inc.
Advanced TriStar
Updated: May 2012
Value Creation says it is preparing the regulatory application for the Advanced TriStar project.
ATS-1
12,750
2016
Announced
ATS-2
25,500
2019
Announced
ATS-3
25,500
TBD
Announced
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION — UPGRADER
BP p.l.c.
CAPACITY
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Peace River
CURRENT PROJECT
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
North West Upgrading Inc.
Redwater Upgrader
Updated: Feb 2012
Final sanction is anticipated in 2012.
Phase 1
77,000
2013
Approved
Canadian Natural says that during the first quarter, a third ore preparation plant and associated hydrotransport unit were successfully integrated into operations. The infrastructure is expected to increase reliability going forward by allowing the company to maintain steady feedstock to the upgrader with two of the three ore preparation plants continually on stream.
Phase 2
77,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3
77,000
TBD
Approved
Operating
Twenty per cent project partner Marathon Oil Corporation says volumes were down from the Athabasca Oil Sands project during Q1 due to reliability issues. Alberta’s environmental impact assessment director has deemed complete the environmental impact assessment report for Shell Canada’s Quest carbon capture and storage project from the Scotford upgrader.
Horizon
Phase 1
Updated: May 2012
114,000
2009
Phase 2A
10,000
2014
Approved
Phase 2B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
80,000
TBD
Approved
Tranche 2
5,000
2012
Operating
Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
Tamarack
Updated: May 2012
Ivanhoe says it has received a second round of supplemental information requests regarding its project application from the ERCB. It continues to expect approval in 2012.
Phase 1
34,784
2014
Application
Suncor Energy Inc.
Base Operations
Updated: May 2012
Suncor is now mining volumes from tne North Steepbank Extension. The company expects that its Millennium Naphtha Unit (MNU) project will be fully operational by mid-year. In April, Suncor announced its upgrader had successfully returned to normal operations following a brief shutdown due to a fractionated performance issue. Suncor has started commissioning assets associated with its tailings reduction operations infrastructure project and anticipates to start using these assets during Q2.
Millennium Coker Unit
97,000
2008
Operating
Millennium Vacuum Unit
35,000
2005
Operating
U1 and U2
225,000
1967
Operating
Fort Hills
Updated: May 2012
Suncor says current work on Fort Hills includes progressing design basis memorandum engineering, site preparation and procurement for long-lead items. The company expects to present development plans to the board of directors for sanction in 2013.
Shell Albian Sands Scotford Upgrader 1
Commercial
Expansion
Updated: May 2012
158,000
2003
Operating
91,000
2011
Operating
Value Creation Inc.
Heartland
Updated: Nov 2010
Construction was suspended in September 2008.
Phase 1
46,300
TBD
On Hold
Phase 2
46,300
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
46,300
TBD
Approved
new export pipelines Enbridge •
Northern Gateway
Updated: Jun 2012
The joint review panel conducting the Gateway review has finalized the schedule for the remaining public hearings. The questioning phase of the of the final hearings will start in September. Final arguments will take place April 2013, with report and findings to follow in December 2013. Alberta to Kitimat, B.C.
525,000 plus 70,000 diluent line
2017
Application
Kinder Morgan Canada •
Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX)
Updated: Jun 2012
Phase 1
145,000
TBD
On Hold
Regulatory application to be filed late in 2013. Kinder Morgan confirms committed shippers as BP Canada, Canadian Oil Sands Limited, Cenovus Energy Inc., Devon Canada Corporation, Husky Energy, Imperial Oil Limited, Nexen, Statoil Canada and Tesoro Canada.
Phase 2 & 3
145,000
TBD
On Hold
Voyageur Upgrader 3
Updated: May 2012
Suncor says that current work is on validating project scope, developing the project execution plan, engineering and progressing site preparation. The company and its partner plan to submit development plans to their respective boards of directors for sanction in 2013.
Phase 1
127,000
2016
Approved
Phase 2
63,000
TBD
Approved
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Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., Washington Expansion up State and offshore to 850,000
2017
Announced
TransCanada Pipelines •
Keystone Expansion
Updated: Jun 2012
The U.S. Department of State has confirmed its expectation to issue a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, with its realigned route around the Nebraska Sand Hills, by the first quarter of 2013. Cushing, Okla., to U.S. Gulf Coast
500,000
TBD
Application