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Peace River Region Northwestern Saskatchewan
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COLD LAKE REGION
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CURRENT PROJECT
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PEACE RIVER REGION
CAPACITY
START-UP
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
A sanction decision on Fort Hills is expected in the second half of 2013.
Fort Hills
Updated: May 2013
Phase 1
Canadian Natural says during the first quarter the Horizon project achieved strong, reliable production volumes, reflecting a steady, sustained increase in reliability over the last year as the company focuses on enhanced maintenance strategy and operational discipline. Overall, the Phase 2/3 expansion is 20 per cent complete.
Debottleneck
Voyageur South
Horizon
Phase 1
Tranche 2
135,000
2008
Operating
5,000
2012
Operating
Phase 2A
10,000
2015
Construction
Phase 2B
45,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Construction
Imperial Oil Limited
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2013
165,000
2017
25,000
TBD
Approved Approved Updated: May 2012
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a “longer-term” project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
Phase 1
120,000
TBD
Application
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Mildred Lake/Aurora
Updated: May 2013
Canadian Oil Sands Limited says Syncrude experienced several unplanned outages during the first quarter of 2013, but progress has been made in the operations area, with the facility experiencing optimal 36-month run lengths for two of its three cokers.
Updated: Apr 2013
Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Operating
Imperial Oil announced the start-up of one of three froth treatment trains at Kearl on April 27. Start-up of the remaining two will happen sequentially as planned, bringing production to capacity of 110,000 barrels per day later in 2013. The Kearl expansion project is approximately 32 per cent complete.
Stage 3 Expansion
116,300
2006
Operating
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
Phase 1
110,000
Phase 2
Phase 3 Debottleneck
Kearl
2013
Operating
Teck Resources Limited
110,000
2015
Construction
70,000
2020
Approved
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency estimates the federal review schedule for the project application to be approximately two years, so 2015 would be the earliest approval would be granted. Teck says a field exploration program was completed during the first quarter of 2013 to acquire additional geotechnical information to support future engineering studies.
Shell Albian Sands •
Jackpine
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 1A Phase 1B
Expansion
Muskeg River
100,000 100,000 100,000
2010 TBD 2017
Phase 1
74,600
2021
Application
Phase 2
84,000
2024
Application
Phase 3
79,300
2027
Application
Approved
Phase 4 Equinox
39,400
2030
Application
Approved
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
Operating
Updated: May 2013
Minority partner Marathon Oil Corporation is reporting improved reliability at the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.
Commercial
Expansion & Debottlenecking
Pierre River
155,000 115,000
2002 TBD
Joslyn North Mine
Updated: Mar 2013
Project partner Suncor Energy says an updated timing for the Joslyn sanction decision will be made available when it is ready.
Approved
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU
Updated: Mar 2013
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
Application
Suncor Energy Inc. Base Operations
Operating
A joint review panel of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and Energy Resources Conservation Board is expected to submit its report on the Pierre River project by the end of 2013.
Updated: May 2013
The federal joint review panel has issued conditional approval despite “significant” environmental impacts. Now the project will go through the Alberta regulatory process and obtain approval from the federal environment minister.
Frontier
Updated: Jun 2013
Suncor reported it had reduced its production in June as a result of the precautionary shutdown of Enbridge pipelines in the Fort McMurray region due to flooding. However, Suncor does not anticipate that the reduction will impact its ability to meet its annual production guidance.
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Approved
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Birch
Updated: May 2013
Athabasca says that capital expenditures related to Birch in the first quarter related primarily to regulatory compliance activities and preliminary engineering on future site access infrastructure. The company says it continues to prepare its regulatory application (expected to be filed in 2013) and is still reviewing the optimum size of the first phase.
Phase 1
Dover West Carbonates (Leduc)
12,000
TBD
Announced Updated: May 2013
294,000
1967
Operating
4,000
2007
Operating
AOC says construction continues on a TAGD heater assembly facility near Strathmore, Alta., which is expected to be commissioned in the second quarter. AOC says it has completed a third production phase at its Dover West TAGD pilot, confirming the production of bitumen from between the two horizontal wellbores, indicating good mobilization at temperatures around 90 degrees Celsius. AOC says it is very encouraged by these results and will seek corporate sanction of the demonstration project as soon as regulatory approval (anticipated this year) is received.
Millennium Debottlenecking
23,000
2008
Operating
Phase 1 Demonstration
6,000
2015
Application
North Steepbank Extension
180,000
2012
Operating
Phase 2 Demonstration
6,000
TBD
Application
Millennium Mine
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3
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CAPACITY
START-UP
Dover West Sands & Clastics
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Dec 2012
In 2012 AOC acquired approximately 30,000 acres of oilsands leases contiguous to its existing Dover West assets. The company says its Dover West Sands project could now eventually support development up to 270,000 barrels per day. Regulatory approval and internal sanction for the first 12,000-barrel-per-day phase are expected in 2013. AOC says it is leveraging work done on FEED for its Hangingstone project for Dover West.
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
E-T Energy Ltd. •
Poplar Creek
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 1
12,000
2015
Application
The Alberta government has announced it will cancel several oilsands leases surrounding Fort McMurray in order to enable community growth. E-T Energy is one of the companies that is impacted, and it’s also advertising an interest in an outright sale, joint venture, farm-in or takeover of its Poplar Creek asset. The management team says the next phase of the project will work with an investment of $35 million.
Phase 2
35,000
2018
Announced
Experimental Pilot
1,000
2007
Operating
Phase 3
35,000
2020
Announced
Phase 1
10,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 4
35,000
2022
Announced
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 5
35,000
2024
Announced
BP p.l.c.
Terre de Grace
Updated: Mar 2013
BP says that ongoing appraisal activities include delineation drilling, seismic acquisition and appraisal of water sources.
Pilot
10,000
TBD
Approved
Dover
Updated: Jun 2013
Dover Operating Corp. is now Brion Energy Corporation. The ERCB began a public hearing for the Dover project in Fort McMurray in April. Reportedly, the reason for the hearing was that the Fort McKay First Nation said that without a buffer zone, the project will impact the last remaining traditional land on the west side of the Athabasca River.
Dover North Phase 1
50,000
2016
Application
Dover North Phase 2
50,000
2018
Application
Dover South Phase 3
50,000
2020
Application
Dover South Phase 4
50,000
2022
Application
Dover South Phase 5
50,000
2024
MacKay River
Phase 1
35,000
Phase 2
Thickwood
Updated: Dec 2012
Grizzly filed the regulatory application for the Thickwood project in December 2012.
Phase 1
6,000
2017
Application
Phase 2
6,000
TBD
Application
Application
Saleski
Updated: May 2013
Husky filed the regulatory application for its Saleski pilot in early May 2013.
Carbonate Pilot
•
Sunrise
3,000
2017
Application Updated: Jul 2013
Husky says Phase 1 at Sunrise is approximately 70 per cent complete and on track for first production in 2014. The central processing facility is 60 per cent complete with all critical modules delivered and equipment for Plant 1A installed. Field facilities are approximately 95 per cent complete, all pipelines are complete and the first well pad is being commissioned. All well pads are targeted to be complete by the end of 2013. To date, Husky says more than 2/3 of the total cost estimate has been spent. A design basis memorandum has been completed for the next phase of development, and work continues towards the FEED phase.
Updated: Jun 2013
Phase 1
60,000
2014
Construction
2015
Construction
Phase 2
50,000
2016
Approved
40,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3
50,000
2019
Approved
Phase 3
40,000
2020
Approved
Phase 4
35,000
2022
Approved
Phase 4
50,000
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Husky Energy Inc.
Brion Energy Corporation
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC
Birch Mountain
Updated: Mar 2013
Canadian Natural says Birch is in the planning stages.
Imperial Oil Limited •
Aspen
Phase 1
60,000
2019
Announced
Phase 2
60,000
2023
Announced
Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
Cenovus Energy Inc.
East McMurray
Phase 1
Steepbank
Phase 1
•
Telephone Lake
• Updated: Aug 2012 30,000
TBD
Announced Updated: Aug 2012
30,000
TBD
Updated: Jul 2013
Imperial Oil has filed the proposed terms of reference for the Aspen project’s environmental impact assessment with Alberta Environment. Public review will be accepted until October. Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Tamarack
Announced
Updated: Jul 2013
Ivanhoe Energy has received a letter of non-objection from the Mikisew Cree First Nation regarding the Tamarack project. The company says it has now successfully secured letters of non-objection from five of the seven stakeholders that filed statements of concern and continues efforts to resolve the final two statements of concern.
Announced
Phase 1
20,000
2016
Application
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Application
Cenovus says its dewatering pilot continues and has been running as expected with positive results. Approximately 50 per cent of the water—which is sitting on top of the oilsands deposit— has been displaced and replaced by air. Cenovus plans to complete this pilot in the fourth quarter. Regulatory approval for commercial development is expected in 2014.
Marathon Oil Corporation
Birchwood
Updated: Apr 2013
Phase A
45,000
TBD
Application
Marathon filed its regulatory application in 2012. Regulatory approval and project sanctioning are expected in 2013.
Phase B
45,000
TBD
Application
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12,000
2017
Application
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Oak Point Energy Ltd.
CURRENT PROJECT
Updated: Jan 2013
Harper
The ERCB and Alberta Environment have approved Oak Point’s Lewis project, which is estimated to cost $65 million. 1,720
TBD
Approved
SilverWillow Energy Corporation •
Audet
Updated: Jul 2013
12,000
2016
Updated: Jul 2013
12,000
2012
Operating
6,000
2015
Application
Phase 2A
12,000
2017
Application
Phase 2B
6,000
2017
Application
Suncor Energy Inc. Dover
Updated: Mar 2013
•
500
2013
Firebag
Application
TBD
Announced
Phase B1
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase B2
30,000
TBD
Announced Updated: Apr 2013
Sunshine says the capital cost forecast for the West Ells project has increased to $496 million from the previous estimate of $468 million. Steam injection is now expected to begin near the end of the third quarter or start of the fourth quarter rather than in the third quarter as previously scheduled.
Approved
30,000
2018
Announced
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase B
20,000
2025
Announced
Phase C1
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase C2
30,000
TBD
Announced
Operating
2007
Operating
Stage 3
42,500
2011
Operating
Stage 4
42,500
2012
Operating
Stage 5
62,500
2018
Approved
Stage 6
62,500
2019
Approved
Stage 3-6 Debottleneck
23,000
TBD
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU Alberta Oilsands Inc. •
Clearwater West
Application
Phase 1 Pilot Phase 2
Announced
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Announced
•
Updated: May 2013
Suncor says that engineering design specifications continue in preparation for a sanction decision in 2014 for the MacKay River expansion project.
Updated: Jul 2013
The Alberta government has announced it will cancel several oilsands leases surrounding Fort McMurray in order to allow for community growth, including those associated with Alberta Oilsands’ Clearwater project. Compensation will include lease licence and application fees, wasted exploration and development expenditures, reclamation costs and interest of five per cent. AOI says it has spent approximately $51 million in the acquisition and development of Clearwater.
Updated: Nov 2012
TBD
2021
Phase A3
2006
40,000
30,000
Construction
25,000
MacKay River
Announced
Phase B
Construction
35,000
Phase 2
Application
2018
2014
Cogeneration and Expansion
TBD
2015
30,000
2014
Stage 2
40,000
10,000
Phase A2
5,000
Operating
Phase 1
Phase A1
5,000
2004
Lewis
Announced Updated: May 2013
Phase A2
35,000
MR2
2016
30,000
Phase A1
Stage 1
Debottleneck
10,000
Phase A2
West Ells
In mid-July, Firebag production was reported at approximately 150,000 barrels per day, due to ramp-up of Stage 4. Suncor anticipates the project will reach full design capacity of 180,000 barrels per day early in 2014.
Phase 1
Phase A1
Sunshine says regulatory approval is anticipated in the first half of 2013. The company is completing field work for its environmental analysis, which will support plans for significant commercial expansion.
Operations commenced at the N-Solv pilot in December 2012. Solvent injection and first oil are expected in May 2013. Operations will continue until 2015. Demonstration Plant
Operating Updated: May 2013
Thickwood
STP-McKay
Phase 1 Expansion
TBD
Sunshine says regulatory approval for the first 10,000-barrel-per-day phase is expected later in 2013. The company is completing field work for its environmental analysis, which will support work for significant commercial expansion.
Announced
Southern Pacific says production at STP-McKay increased 16 per cent in June over the previous month, averaging 1,187 barrels per day. A single well pair was treated with high-pressure steam stimulation in late May in order to improve communication between injector and producer. This appears to have been successful and Southern Pacific has applied to perform this on the remaining five wells on Pad 101. Phase 1
1,000
Legend Lake
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. •
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2013
Carbonate Pilot
SilverWillow says the design basis memorandum for its 12,000-barrel-per-day project is nearing completion. In the near term, the company says it will continue environmental baseline studies, prepare and submit its regulatory application, and determine requirements for pilot tests to confirm caprock integrity. Pilot
START-UP
Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Lewis
Pilot
CAPACITY
4,350
TBD
Application
25,000
2016
Announced
Hangingstone
Updated: Jul 2013
Athabasca Oil Corporation has filed the regulatory application for a phased expansion at Hangingstone to 82,000 barrels per day. Field construction on the 12,000-barrel-per-day first phase is underway.
33,000
2002
Operating
Phase 1
12,000
2014
Construction
5,000
TBD
Construction
Phase 2
40,000
2017
Application
20,000
2016
Application
Phase 3
30,000
2018
Application
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START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
BlackPearl Resources Inc. •
CURRENT PROJECT
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Blackrod
Updated: Jul 2013
BlackPearl says that a second well pair (to be longer and placed deeper in the reservoir) at the Blackrod pilot was drilled during the first quarter, and steam injection is expected to be in the third quarter. A project team has been assembled and detailed engineering is underway for the 20,000-barrel-per-day first commercial phase, which will cost between $750 million and $800 million. Pilot
800
2011
•
Christina Lake
Updated: Jul 2013
Cenovus says steam injection at Phase E started in June, with first production achieved in midJuly, and ramp-up to 40,000-barrel-per-day capacity in six to nine months, similar to Phase D. Procurement, plant construction and major equipment fabrication continue for Phase F, which is now about 30 per cent complete. Engineering work continues for Phase G.
Operating
Phase 1A
10,000
2002
Operating
Phase 1B
8,800
2008
Operating
Phase C
40,000
2011
Operating
Phase D
40,000
2012
Operating
Phase 1
20,000
2015
Application
Phase 2
30,000
2018
Application
Phase E
40,000
2013
Operating
Phase 3
30,000
2021
Application
Phase F
50,000
2016
Construction
Phase G
50,000
2017
Approved
Phase H
50,000
2019
Application
Optimization (Phases C, D, E)
22,000
2015
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Gregoire Lake
Updated: Mar 2013
Canadian Natural says Gregoire Lake is in the planning stages.
•
Phase 1
60,000
TBD
Phase 2
60,000
TBD
Grouse
Announced Announced Updated: Mar 2013
Canadian Natural says Grouse is in the planning stages. First production is expected between 2017 and 2019. Commercial
50,000
TBD
Kirby North
Foster Creek
Application Updated: Jul 2013
Cenovus says that plant construction for the combined F, G and H expansion is approximately 60 per cent complete. The central plant for Phase F is about 78 per cent complete and first production is expected in the third quarter of 2014. Pipe rack and equipment module assembly are essentially complete for Phase G, and piling work was completed in May. Overall, Phase G is about 56 per cent complete, with initial production expected in 2015. At Phase H, site preparation, piling work and major equipment procurement continue to progress as planned. Phase A
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
Phase F
45,000
2014
Construction
Phase G
40,000
2015
Construction
Phase B Debottleneck
Application Updated: May 2013
Canadian Natural says that as of March 31, detailed engineering is 45 per cent complete. Construction of the main access road is complete and site preparation will continue into the third quarter. The project will be submitted for corporate sanction in the third quarter. Phase 1
40,000
2016
Application
Phase 2
60,000
2023
Application
Phase H
40,000
2016
Construction
Updated: May 2013
Phase J
50,000
2019
Application
Future Optimization
15,000
TBD
Kirby South
Canadian Natural says construction of Phase 1 remains ahead of schedule and on budget. Drilling is on track to complete the seventh and final well pad in Q2. Late in the second quarter, the focus will shift from construction to commissioning with first steam now scheduled for Q3, ahead of the original schedule of November 2013. Phase 1
40,000
2013
Construction
Phase 2
20,000
2020
Application
•
Hoole
Cavalier expects the first phase at Hoole to cost between $450 million and $475 million. The company continues front-end engineering and design work for the first 10,000-barrel-per-day phase at Hoole, along with geotechnical work and drilling additional source water and disposal wells. The company anticipates regulatory approvals by mid-2014 and continues to evaluate funding alternatives. 10,000
2017
Application
Phase 2
35,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 3
35,000
TBD
Announced
Announced Updated: Jul 2013
Pilot
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 1
Grand Rapids
Cenovus is planning minor facility upgrades at the Grand Rapids pilot in the third quarter, which are expected to help increase production from the two operational well pairs. Regulatory approval for the commercial project is anticipated by the end of 2013.
Cavalier Energy Inc. •
CAPACITY
•
600
2011
Operating
Phase A
60,000
2017
Application
Phase B
60,000
TBD
Application
Phase C
60,000
TBD
Narrows Lake
Application Updated: Jul 2013
Cenovus says that site preparation, engineering and procurement are progressing as expected. Construction of the Phase A plant is scheduled to start later in the third quarter. Phase A
45,000
2017
Construction
Phase B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Phase C
40,000
TBD
West Kirby
Approved Updated: Aug 2012
Phase 1
30,000
TBD
Announced
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CURRENT PROJECT
Winefred Lake
Phase 1
CAPACITY
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
Updated: Aug 2012 30,000
TBD
Announced
CNOOC Limited •
Long Lake
Updated: Jul 2013
CNOOC subsidiary and Long Lake operator Nexen Inc. released its 2012 sustainability report in July.
Phase 1
72,000
2008
Operating
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC •
Algar Lake
Updated: Jul 2013
Grizzly has begun commissioning the Algar Lake project and expects first production during the third quarter of 2013. Grizzly has announced more details on its inventory of future development, featuring six additional projects including one in bitumen carbonates.
Phase 1
5,500
2013
Phase 2
5,500
2014
•
May River
Construction Approved Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 2
72,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
72,000
TBD
Application
Phase 4
72,000
TBD
Announced
Grizzly says it has completed a 29-well delineation drilling program. Corporate part-owner Gulfport Energy says the company continues to work towards filing regulatory applications for a 12,000-barrel-per-day SAGD project at May River by the end of 2013.
Long Lake South (Kinosis) Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 1
6,800
TBD
Announced
Long Lake South (Kinosis) Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
6,800
TBD
Announced
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited •
Harvest Operations Corp.
Great Divide
Updated: Jul 2013
Connacher completed its 2013 drilling program in the second quarter, consisting of four infill wells on one pad and four new well pairs on another. Construction of associated surface facilities and tie-ins continues. Steaming of the new well pairs is expected to begin at the end of the third quarter, with conversion to production expected by the end of the fourth quarter. Steaming of the first of the infill wells began in the second quarter, and production is expected from all four by the end of the fourth quarter. The SAGD+ trial (which Connacher says has increased production rates by 30 per cent in the first four months of 2013 compared to the first four months of 2012) is ongoing. The company is also working to reduce the amount of diluent in its dilbit.
Pod One
10,000
2007
Operating
Algar
10,000
2010
Operating
Expansion 1A
12,000
TBD
Approved
Expansion 1B
12,000
TBD
Approved
ConocoPhillips Canada •
Surmont
Updated: Jul 2013
ConocoPhillips says engineering on Phase 2 is complete and construction is ongoing. Over 3,000 regular employees and contractors are on site.
Pilot
1,200
1997
Operating
Phase 1
27,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
109,000
2015
Construction
Devon Canada Corporation
Jackfish
Updated: May 2013
Devon says production at Jackfish continues to achieve record rates, averaging 54,000 barrels per day in the first quarter of 2013, an 18 per cent increase over the first quarter of 2012. Construction on Jackfish 3 is approximately 60 per cent complete.
BlackGold
Updated: May 2013
Harvest says that construction of the central processing facility is approximately 92 per cent complete and the processing facility construction is approximately 50 per cent complete.
Phase 1
10,000
2014
Construction
Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Application
Husky Energy Inc. •
McMullen
Updated: Jul 2013
Husky says that during the second quarter, drilling and completions activities for cold production at McMullen continued. Three wells were drilled and eight slant development wells, which were drilled in the first quarter, were put on production. At the air injection pilot, ongoing testing and monitoring of the horizontal production wells continued as planned. Husky has also filed an amendment application to the Alberta Energy Regulator to allow the remaining three horizontal wells to be brought on production later in the year.
Air Injection Pilot-Experimental
755
2012
Operating
Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited •
Hangingstone
Updated: Jul 2012
Site clearing and civil work began in February 2013. Drilling of first horizontal well pairs scheduled to commence in August.
Expansion
Hangingstone Pilot
Pilot
20,000
2016
Construction Updated: Dec 2012
11,000
1999
Operating
Koch Exploration Canada Corporation •
Muskwa
Updated: Jul 2013
Phase 1
35,000
2007
Operating
The Alberta government has announced it will cancel several oilsands leases surrounding Fort McMurray to enable community growth. Koch is one of the companies that is affected.
Phase 2
35,000
2011
Operating
Phase 3
35,000
2015
Construction
Laricina Energy Ltd.
Jackfish East
Expansion
20,000
2018
Pike
Updated: Sep 2012 Announced Updated: Mar 2013
•
Pilot
10,000
2015
Germain
Application
Updated: Jul 2013
Steaming has commenced at the Germain SAGD project, with first production expected to follow later in the fall. This is Laricina Energy’s first commercial-scale oilsands installation.
Phase 1 CDP
5,000
2013
Construction
1A
35,000
2016
Application
Phase 2
30,000
2016
Application
1B
35,000
2017
Application
Phase 3
60,000
TBD
Application
1C
35,000
2018
Application
Phase 4
60,000
TBD
Application
Devon says the Pike project continues to move through the regulatory process.
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CAPACITY
START-UP
Saleski
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Jul 2013
Laricina has received regulatory approval for the first commercial phase at Saleski, which it says is a critical next step for the industry and the province in the development of the bitumen carbonates, a massive untapped resource. Laricina is also one of the corporations that will be impacted by the Government of Alberta’s recent announcement that it will cancel several oilsands leases surrounding Fort McMurray to enable community development, though this does not impact Saleski or Germain. Experimental Pilot
1,800
2011
Operating
Phase 1
10,700
2015
Approved
Phase 2
30,000
2017
Announced
Phase 3
60,000
2020
Announced
Phase 4
60,000
2023
Announced
Phase 5
60,000
2026
Announced
Phase 6
60,000
TBD
Announced
MEG Energy Corp. Christina Lake
Updated: Apr 2013
MEG achieved record production at Christina Lake in the first quarter of 32,521 barrels per day. Wider deployment of its enhanced modified steam and gas push technology is underway. The company says initial steaming at 2B remains on schedule for Q3, with full plant operations targeted to ramp up in Q4. Phase 1 Pilot
3,000
2008
Operating
Phase 2A
22,000
2009
Operating
Phase 2B
35,000
2013
Construction
Phase 3A
50,000
2016
Approved
Phase 3B
50,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3C
50,000
2020
Surmont
Approved Updated: Apr 2013
MEG says that during Q1, a total of 24 stratigraphic wells, one water source well and three water test wells were completed at Surmont. Phase 1
41,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
41,000
TBD
Application
Phase 3
41,000
TBD
Application
Osum Oil Sands Corp. •
Sepiko Kesik
Updated: Jul 2013
Osum says it anticipates regulatory approval for Sepiko Kesik in 2014, requiring financing in 2015-16.
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Phase 1
30,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
30,000
2020
Application
Statoil Kai Kos Dehseh
Updated: Jun 2013
Project partner PTT Exploration and Production says the FEED concept design, optimization and bidding process for the up to 40,000-barrel-per-day Leismer expansion has been completed. FEED approval is expected during Q2. Meanwhile, FEED for the Corner project is ongoing. PTT says it is working with Statoil to optimize the design and project investment, which will be completed in Q2/2013 with expected significant cost reduction. Leismer Demonstration
10,000
2010
Operating
Corner
40,000
2017
Approved
Leismer Commercial
10,000
TBD
Approved
Leismer Expansion
20,000
TBD
Approved
Corner Expansion
40,000
TBD
Application
Hangingstone
20,000
TBD
Application
Leismer Northwest
20,000
TBD
Application
Leismer South
20,000
TBD
Application
Thornbury
40,000
TBD
Application
Thornbury Expansion
20,000
TBD
Application
40,000
TBD
Suncor Energy Inc. Chard Phase 1
Updated: Nov 2012
Meadow Creek
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Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Approved
P R O J E C T S TAT U S
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Surmont Energy Ltd. Wildwood Phase 1
Updated: Oct 2012 12,000
2015
Application
Value Creation Inc. Advanced TriStar
Updated: Dec 2012
Value Creation has submitted an environmental assessment report for the Advanced TriStar project.
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ATS-1
15,000
2016
Application
ATS-2
30,000
2018
Application
ATS-3
30,000
2020
TriStar
Application Updated: Jul 2013
Value Creation is one of several companies to be impacted by the Alberta government’s pending cancellation of oilsands leases around Fort McMurray. Pilot
1,000
2014
Application
COLD LAKE REGION — IN SITU Baytex Energy Corp. Gemini
Updated: May 2013
Baytex says that during the first quarter preliminary work continued on the Gemini SAGD project, including installation of groundwater monitoring wells and facility engineering and design. Construction of the SAGD pilot is expected to begin in the second quarter. Pilot
1,200
TBD
Approved
Commercial
5,000
2016
Approved
Birchwood Resources Inc. Sage
Updated: Jan 2013
Birchwood has filed its regulatory application for the $230-million Sage project. Propak Systems of Airdrie, Alta., will execute modular surface facility construction. Pilot
5,000
2015
Application
Canadian Natural Resources Limited •
Primrose & Wolf Lake
Updated: Jul 2013
The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered Canadian Natural to restrict steaming, enhance monitoring and accelerate clean-up at Primrose following four releases of bitumen emulsion that reportedly has spread more than 25,000 barrels over four hectares and has resulted in environmental damage including wildlife mortality. Investigation is ongoing, but Canadian Natural does not expect the issue to impact annual production volumes. Primrose East
32,000
2008
Operating
Primrose North
30,000
2006
Operating
Primrose South
45,000
1985
Operating
Wolf Lake
13,000
1985
Operating
Devon Canada Corporation Walleye
Updated: Mar 2013
Devon says the Walleye project has been deferred by a year and will be assessed for inclusion in its 2014 budget. Phase 1
9,000
2017
10,000
TBD
Application
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Husky Energy Inc. Caribou Demonstration
Updated: Nov 2010
Tucker
Approved Updated: Jun 2013
The AER’s bitumen production reports are showing Tucker production exceeding a monthly average of 10,000 barrels per day for the first time in March 2013. Phase 1
30,000
2006
Operating
Imperial Oil Limited Cold Lake
Updated: Apr 2013
Imperial says that at the end of Q1/2013, the Nabiye expansion project was 42 per cent complete. Phase 1-10
110,000
1985
Operating
Phase 11-13
30,000
2002
Operating
Phase 14-16
40,000
2014
Construction
Osum Oil Sands Corp. •
Taiga
Updated: Jul 2013
Osum says engineering work is underway and some long-lead items have been ordered. Project sanction is expected in 2013. Financing is required. Phase 1
23,000
2015
Approved
Phase 2
22,000
2017
Approved
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Pengrowth Energy Corporation Updated: May 2013
Pengrowth’s management has sanctioned the first 12,500-barrel-per-day commercial phase at Lindbergh, based on positive pilot results in 2012. Subject to environmental approval (expected this summer), construction is expected to begin.The company says operations at the pilot project continue to show strong results. 1,200
2012
Operating
Phase 1
12,500
2015
Approved
Phase 2
17,500
2017
Announced
Phase 3
20,000
2018
Announced
Royal Dutch Shell plc Orion
Updated: May 2013
Shell had previously put its Orion asset up for sale, but says it has not received any offers that reflect its value and has ended sale activities. Phase 1
10,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
10,000
TBD
Approved
PEACE RIVER REGION — IN SITU Sawn Lake
Updated: May 2013
Andora Energy majority owner Pan Orient Energy says activities are currently underway for the drilling of the SAGD well pair in the third quarter and start-up of steam operations in the fourth quarter of 2013. The company says $2.2 million was spent in the first quarter of 2013 on design and engineering, site preparation and equipment purchases. 1,400
2014
Approved
Baytex Energy Corp. Cliffdale
Updated: May 2013
Baytex says that successful operations continued at its 10-well Cliffdale CSS module in the first quarter, with bitumen production averaging over 500 barrels per day with a cumulative steam to oil ratio of 2.4:1. In late March, the company received approval for a new 15-well CSS module. Facility construction is underway and drilling operations are expected to commence mid-year. Pilot
Pilot
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
Updated: Feb 2013 TBD
2011
TBD
TBD
Operating
Murphy Oil Company Ltd. Cadotte
Updated: Nov 2012
Pilot Seal/Cadotte Pilot
On Hold Updated: Nov 2012
TBD
TBD
Operating
Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. Sawn Lake
Updated: Dec 2012
Company owner Deep Well Oil & Gas says WorleyParsons has launched preliminary engineering work on the Sawn Lake pilot project. The work will include a pilot plan, process flow diagrams, material balances for hydrocarbons, sulphur and water, description of the capacity and content of emissions. Pilot
700
TBD
Approved
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Harmon Valley South
Updated: May 2013
Penn West says it continues to progress its three-well thermal pilot at Harmon Valley South, which is expected to commence steam injection in the second half of 2013.
Andora Energy Corporation
Demonstration
CAPACITY
Harmon Valley
Lindbergh
Pilot
CURRENT PROJECT
2,000
2010
Operating
Pilot
TBD
TBD
Seal Main Pilot Commercial
Construction Updated: Mar 2013
75
2011
Operating
10,000
2015
Application
Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. Dawson
Updated: May 2013
Petrobank commenced cold production operations from both horizontal THAI production wells in late 2012 and says the wells produced at a combined rate of approximately 20 barrels per day in the first quarter of 2013. These wells are helping to pre-condition the well for THAI operations. Experimental THAI Demonstration
10,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
10,000
TBD
Announced
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Royal Dutch Shell plc
CURRENT PROJECT
Updated: May 2013
Shell has received regulatory approval for the Carmon Creek project, for which it applied more than three years ago. A final investment decision could come this year. Cadotte Lake
12,500
1986
Operating
Carmon Creek - Phase 1
40,000
2015
Approved
Carmon Creek - Phase 2
40,000
2018
Horizon
Red Earth
Phase 1
Approved
Updated: Apr 2013
Southern Pacific says the cyclic steam stimulation pilot at Red Earth is currently shut in. Pilot
1,000
2009
On Hold
Pilot Expansion
3,000
TBD
Announced
10,000
TBD
Announced
Commercial
SASKATCHEWAN REGION — IN SITU
Updated: May 2013
Canadian Natural says during the first quarter the Horizon project achieved strong, reliable production volumes, reflecting a steady, sustained increase in reliability over the last year as the company focuses on enhanced maintenance strategy and operational discipline. Overall, the Phase 2/3 expansion is 20 per cent complete.
Southern Pacific Resource Corp.
2009
Operating
Tranche 2
5,000
TBD
Operating
Phase 2A
10,000
2015
Construction
Phase 2B
45,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Axe Lake
Updated: Dec 2012
Cenovus Energy acquired the Axe Lake project in fall 2012. The company has not yet announced plans for the asset, stating only that it is a good “bolt-on” addition to the emerging Telephone Lake project, which is adjacent. 30,000
TBD
On Hold
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER BP p.l.c. Terre de Grace
Updated: Mar 2013
BP says that ongoing appraisal activities include delineation drilling, seismic acquisition and appraisal of water sources. 8,400
TBD
Approved
114,000
Construction
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. •
Tamarack
Updated: Jul 2013
Ivanhoe Energy has received a letter of non-objection from the Mikisew Cree First Nation regarding the Tamarack project. The company says it has now successfully secured letters of non-objection from five of the seven stakeholders that filed statements of concern and continues efforts to resolve the final two statements of concern. Phase 1
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Pilot
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Peace River
Commercial
CAPACITY
34,784
2016
Application
Suncor Energy Inc. Base Operations
Updated: Jun 2013
Suncor reported it had reduced its production in June as a result of the precautionary shutdown of Enbridge pipelines in the Fort McMurray region due to flooding. However, Suncor does not anticipate that the reduction will impact its ability to meet its annual production guidance. U1 and U2
225,000
1967
Operating
Millennium Vacuum Unit
35,000
2005
Operating
Millennium Coker Unit
97,000
2008
Voyageur Upgrader 3
Operating Updated: Mar 2013
Suncor has announced it will not proceed with the Voyageur Upgrader. Total is no longer a partner on the project. Phase 1
127,000
2016
Cancelled
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CAPACITY
START-UP
Voyageur Upgrader 3 continued Phase 2
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2013 63,000
TBD
Cancelled
Syncrude Canada Ltd. Mildred Lake/Aurora
Base Plant Stage 1 & 2 Debottleneck
250,000
1978
Operating
Stage 3 Expansion (UE-1)
100,000
2006
Operating
75,000
TBD
Announced
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER CNOOC Limited •
Long Lake
Updated: Jul 2013
CNOOC subsidiary and Long Lake operator Nexen Inc. released its 2012 sustainability report in July. Phase 1
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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: Dec 2012
Value Creation has submitted an environmental assessment report for the Advanced TriStar project. ATS-1
12,750
2016
Application
ATS-2
25,500
2018
Application
ATS-3
25,500
2020
Application
CAPACITY
START-UP
TriStar
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Jul 2013
Value Creation is one of several companies to be impacted by the Alberta government’s pending cancellation of oilsands leases around Fort McMurray. Pilot
Updated: May 2013
Canadian Oil Sands Limited says Syncrude experienced several unplanned outages during the first quarter of 2013, but progress has been made in the operations area, with the facility experiencing optimal 36-month run lengths for two of its three cokers.
Stage 3 Debottleneck
CURRENT PROJECT
840
2014
Application
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION — UPGRADER North West Upgrading Inc. •
Redwater Upgrader
Updated: Jul 2013
The North West Redwater Partnership says that while the owner and EPC teams continue with design and major equipment procurement activities, contractors are active on civil site preparation. Foundation preparation work has commenced for a reactor vessel assembly building, which, starting in summer 2013, will be utilized for final assembly of very heavy vessels segments that will be received at site in early 2014. Following sufficient site grading, work will commence on deep undergrounds. Foundation work for process equipment will commence later in 2013. Phase 1
50,000
2016
Construction
Phase 2
50,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
50,000
TBD
Approved
Shell Albian Sands Scotford Upgrader 1
Updated: May 2013
Minority partner Marathon Oil Corporation says upgrader availability was 100 per cent during the first quarter of 2013, allowing the facility to maximize production of lighter synthetic crudes. This improved realizations and profit margins. Commercial
155,000
2003
Operating
Expansion
100,000
2011
Operating
Value Creation Inc. Heartland
Updated: Mar 2013
Reports are that Value Creation could be up and running within 18 months of project sanction, but funding remains unclear. Phase 1
46,300
TBD
On Hold
Phase 2
46,300
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
46,300
TBD
Approved
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