P R O J E C T S TAT U S
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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
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
COLD LAKE REGION
NEW Export Pipelines
PEACE RIVER REGION
REGULATORY STATUS
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
CURRENT PROJECT
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New information this month
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Suncor Energy Inc.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon
Updated: Oct 2012
Base Operations
Updated: Jul 2012
CNRL says it has successfully completed proactive planned maintenance at Horizon following a 12day outage in October. The plant is now returning to targeted full production capacity.
Suncor says it has its tailings reduction operations infrastructure project and has commenced operations. It is also in the process of starting up the hydrotreating unit and hydrogen plant of the new Millennium Naphtha Unit, which is expected to stabilize secondary upgrading capacity and provide flexibility during maintenance activities for secondary upgrading units in the future.
Operating
Millennium Debottlenecking
2008
Operating
Millennium Mine
294,000
1967
Operating
North Steepbank Extension
180,000
2012
Operating
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3
4,000
2007
Fort Hills
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Phase 1
135,000
2008
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: Jul 2012
23,000
Operating Updated: Jul 2012
Suncor expects to present development plans to the board of directors for a sanctioning decision in 2013.
Debottleneck
Phase 1
Voyageur South
25,000
TBD
165,000
2016
Approved Approved
Imperial Oil says that as of the end of Q2/2012, Kearl Phase 1 is 94 per cent complete, with construction 88 per cent complete. All modules fabricated in Korea and transported through North America have now arrived at site and are being reassembled and integrated into the plant.
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a “longer-term” project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
Phase 1
110,000
2012
Construction
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
Phase 3 Debottleneck
70,000
2020
Approved
Shell Albian Sands Jackpine
Updated: Oct 2012
The regulatory hearing process for the Jackpine mine expansion is now underway. A decision on the project is expected in 2013.
120,000
TBD
Application
Syncrude Canada Ltd. •
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Phase 1
Updated: May 2012
Mildred Lake/Aurora
Updated: Oct 2012
Syncrude has announced it is embarking on a new mine-extension project at Mildred Lake, which will be known as the MLX project. Canadian Oil Sands says MLX will leverage investment in the two mine trains currently being constructed, enabling Syncrude to extend the life of Mildred Lake mining operations by about a decade. Project scoping is underway, and pending regulatory approval, construction and spending would commence in the next 10 years.
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
Expansion
100,000
2017
Application
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
Phase 1A
100,000
2010
Operating
Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Operating
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Stage 3 Expansion
116,300
2006
Operating
Muskeg River
Updated: Aug 2012
Shell reports that the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (Muskeg River and Jackpine) has now reached the milestone of 400 million barrels of cumulative production.
Commercial
Frontier
Updated: Jul 2012
Teck says it anticipates receiving the final supplemental information requests relating to the Frontier regulatory application in Q3/2012 and responding in Q4.
Phase 1
75,000
2021
Application
Approved
Phase 2
80,000
2024
Application
Updated: Aug 2012
Phase 3
80,000
2027
Application
A joint review panel of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and Energy Resources Conservation Board has been established to review the proposed Pierre River mine project. The timeline for the joint review panel to submit its report is 550 days (18 months) from coming into force in July 2012.
Phase 4 Equinox
40,000
2030
Application
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Application
Project partner Suncor Energy says development plans will be submitted to the companies’ respective boards of directors for a sanctioning decision in 2013.
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
Application
Expansion & Debottlenecking
Pierre River
115,000
2002
Operating
155,000
Teck Resources Limited
TBD
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
Joslyn North Mine
Phase 1
Updated: Jul 2012
100,000
2018
Approved
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