P R O J E C T S TAT U S
project status
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Athabasca Region Industrial Heartland Region Cold Lake Region
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Peace River Region Northwestern Saskatchewan
navigator.oilsandsreview.com For more detailed project data, visit oilsandsreview.com. To explore projects in the Athabasca oilsands region using our interactive web tool, visit the Canadian Oilsands Navigator. CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
Updated: Aug 2013
135,000
2008
•
NEW INfORmATION THIS mONTH
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2013
Phase 1
5,000
2014
Construction
2015
Construction
Phase 2B
45,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Construction
Phase 1
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
80,000
2020
Approved
Phase 4 Debottleneck
45,000
TBD
Approved
Updated: May 2012
120,000
TBD
Mildred Lake/Aurora
Updated: Oct 2013
Base mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Operating
Stage 3 Expansion
116,300
2006
Operating
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
TBD
2023
Announced
mildred Lake mine Extension (mLX) Teck Resources Limited
Shell Albian Sands
Frontier
Jackpine
Updated: Jul 2013
2010
Operating
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Expansion
100,000
2017
Approved
Muskeg River
Updated: Aug 2013
155,000
2002
Expansion & Debottlenecking
115,000
TBD
Pierre River
Approved
100,000
2018
Application
TBD
Application
Base Operations
1967
Operating
4,000
2007
Operating
millennium Debottlenecking
23,000
2008
Operating
North Steepbank Extension
180,000
2012
Operating
79,300
2027
Application
39,400
2030
Application
Updated: Mar 2013
100,000
2021
Approved
Athabasca Oil Corporation Birch •
Updated: Oct 2013
Athabasca says that expenditures related to Birch in the first nine months of 2013 related primarily to regulatory compliance and preliminary project engineering. The company is still reviewing optimal project size.
Updated: Aug 2013
294,000
Phase 3 Phase 4 Equinox
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU
Suncor Energy Inc.
Suncor says production was impacted during the second quarter as a result of a planned turnaround at Upgrader 1 and unplanned third-party outages. Suncor worked to mitigate the impact using existing storage capacity and continuing to transport product on its proprietary pipeline. Following these events, production has been restored and the company is reporting strong performance. The next major turnaround is expected to happen in 2016 at Upgrader 2.
Application Application
Phase 1
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.
100,000
2021 2024
Project partner Suncor Energy says an updated timing for the Joslyn sanction decision will be made available when it is ready.
Updated: Mar 2013
Phase 1
74,600 84,000
Joslyn North Mine
Operating
Phase 2
Phase 1 Phase 2
Total E&P Canada Ltd.
minority partner marathon Oil Corporation is reporting reduced SCO production during the second quarter due to a planned turnaround and unplanned mine downtime. Commercial
Updated: May 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.
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. 100,000
Application
The proposed terms of reference for Syncrude’s mildred Lake Extension (mLX) project have been filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator.
Operating
Phase 3
Approved
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Updated: Aug 2013
2013
Approved
TBD
Voyageur South
Imperial Oil says production ramp-up continues, line-fill operations are advanced and diluted bitumen sales are expected to begin in the third quarter. The company expects to reach full capacity later in 2013. The Kearl expansion is about 43 per cent complete and remains on track for start up in 2015. 110,000
2017
25,000
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a “longer-term” project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
Imperial Oil Limited Kearl
165,000
Debottleneck
Operating
10,000
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3
NEW ExpORT pIpELINES
Fort Hills
Phase 2A
millennium mine
COLD LAKE REGION
A sanction decision on Fort Hills is expected in the second half of 2013.
Horizon
Phase 1A
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
CURRENT PROJECT
Canadian Natural says that Horizon reliability continues to improve after completion of the project’s first major maintenance turnaround in may. June and July SCO production was 101,000 and 110,000 barrels per day, respectively.
Phase 1
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
REGULATORY STATUS
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Reliability - Tranche 2
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
pEACE RIVER REGION
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
Phase 1
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
Phase 1 •
12,000
TBD
Dover West Carbonates (Leduc)
Announced Updated: Oct 2013
Athabasca plans a fourth production cycle for the TAGD field test in the fourth quarter of 2013, and reports encouraging results thus far. In Q3, the company received regulatory approval for the 2,000-barrel-per-day TAGD pilot, which will be sanctioned once funding is secured. Phase 1 Demonstration
2,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2 Demonstration
6,000
TBD
Application
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