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
REGULATORY STATUS
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
COLD LAKE REGION
NEW Export Pipelines
PEACE RIVER REGION
CURRENT PROJECT
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CAPACITY
START-UP
Fort Hills
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2013
A sanction decision on Fort Hills is expected in the second half of 2013.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
Horizon
Updated: Mar 2013
Canadian Natural says reliabilty at the Horizon plant continues to steadily improve. The company continues its strategy of staged, flexibly scheduled expansion to 250,000 barrels per day and work remains on track. Projects currently under construction are trending at or below estimates.
Phase 1
Debottleneck
Voyageur South
165,000
2016
Approved
25,000
TBD
Approved Updated: May 2012
Phase 1
135,000
2008
Operating
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a “longer-term” project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
Tranche 2
5,000
2012
Operating
Phase 2A
10,000
2014
Construction
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Phase 1
120,000
TBD
Phase 2B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Approved
Canadian Oil Sands Limited says Syncrude is expected to produce between 105 million and 115 million barrels in 2013, incorporating a planned turnaround of Coker 8-1 in the second half of the year.
Imperial Oil Limited •
Kearl
Updated: Apr 2013
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.
Phase 1
110,000
2013
Construction
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
Phase 3 Debottleneck
70,000
2020
Approved
Shell Albian Sands
Jackpine
Updated: Dec 2012
Mildred Lake/Aurora
Application
Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
Stage 3 Expansion
Updated: Mar 2013
290,700
1978
Operating
116,300
2006
Operating
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Construction
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier
Updated: Mar 2013
Teck says it received the final supplemental information requests relating to the Frontier regulatory application in Q3/2012 and filed its responses in January 2013. 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. A field exploration program is being developed for 2013 to acquire additional resource delineation and geotechnical information to support future engineering studies.
A decision from the federal joint review panel on the Jackpine expansion project is expected in 2013.
Phase 1
75,000
2021
Application
Phase 1A
100,000
2010
Operating
Phase 2
80,000
2024
Application
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
80,000
2027
Application
Expansion
100,000
2017
Application
Phase 4 Equinox
40,000
2030
Application
Muskeg River
Commercial
155,000
2002
Operating
Expansion & Debottlenecking
115,000
TBD
Approved
Pierre River
Project partner Suncor Energy Inc. says an updated timing for the Joslyn sanction decision will be made available when it is ready.
Updated: Nov 2012
Updated: Mar 2013
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.
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
Joslyn North Mine
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Approved
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU
Phase 1
100,000
2018
Application
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
Application
Birch
Updated: Mar 2013
The regulatory application for the Birch project is expected to be filed in 2013.
Suncor Energy Inc. Updated: Mar 2013
Phase 1
In March 2013, Suncor and Alberta Environment reported a release of process-affected water from its oilsands base plant into the Athabasca River, the result of a frozen and broken pipeline. The company says the incident is unacceptable and is investigating.
Dover West Carbonates (Leduc)
Updated: Mar 2013
Base Operations
12,000
TBD
Announced Updated: Mar 2013
294,000
1967
Operating
4,000
2007
Operating
AOS 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 degress Celsius. AOS 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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