P R O J E C T S TAT U S
06 14 project status
Athabasca Region Industrial Heartland Region Cold Lake Region
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Peace River Region Northwestern Saskatchewan
CURRENT PROJECT
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Suncor Energy Inc. Base Operations
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Updated: Feb 2014
Suncor says that during the fourth quarter, maintenance was completed at its Upgrader 2 vacuum tower and related units. The company says that hot bitumen infrastructure commissioned in the third quarter of 2013 has increased the takeaway capacity of bitumen and unlocked additional mining production. Millennium Mine
294,000
1967
Operating
4,000
2007
Operating
Millennium Debottlenecking
23,000
2008
Operating
North Steepbank Extension
180,000
2012
Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3 NORTH ATHABASCA REGION
SASKATCHEWAN REGION
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION
COLD LAKE REGION
NEW EXPORT PIPELINES
PEACE RIVER REGION
NEW INFORMATION THIS MONTH
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Fort Hills
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
Suncor says that project activities in 2014 are expected to focus on the completion of detailed engineering, procurement across all areas of the project, and construction of mine and extraction infrastructure including pilings and foundations. Phase 1
160,000
2017
20,000
TBD
Voyageur South Phase 1
Horizon
Updated: Mar 2014
Canadian Natural says that Horizon achieved strong and reliable operating performance for all of 2013. The 2013 fourth-quarter production volumes of 112,273 barrels per day represent a 35 per cent increase from 2012 fourth-quarter levels, which the company says indicates a step-change in safe, steady and reliable production. The overall Phase 2/3 expansion is 34 per cent physically complete, and projects under construction continue to trend at or below cost estimates.
Phase 2A
Approved Updated: May 2012
120,000
TBD
Application
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Reliability - Tranche 2
Construction
Suncor considers Voyageur South to be a “longer-term” project and has not confirmed a start-up date.
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — MINING
Phase 1
Operating Updated: Feb 2014
Debottleneck REGULATORY STATUS
REGULATORY STATUS
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Mildred Lake/Aurora
Updated: Apr 2014
Canadian Oil Sands Limited says that Syncrude Canada Ltd. has begun unplanned maintenance work on Coker 8-1 and it expects the work will overlap the turnaround of Coker 8-2 scheduled for the second quarter. Alberta has issued the final terms of reference for Syncrude’s MLX project. Base Mine Stage 1 & 2 Expansion
290,700
1978
Operating
Stage 3 Expansion
116,300
2006
Operating
TBD
Construction
135,000
2008
Operating
Centrifuge Tailings Management
5,000
2014
Construction
Aurora South Train 1
100,000
2016
Approved
12,000
2015
Construction
Aurora South Train 2
100,000
2018
Approved
TBD
2023
Announced
Phase 2B
45,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Construction
Imperial Oil Limited Kearl
Updated: Feb 2014
Imperial Oil says that Kearl gross bitumen production continues to ramp up. Production was impacted during the fourth quarter by harsh winter weather and equipment reliability issues that are being addressed. Production rates of 100,000 barrels per day have been reached, and ongoing activities to stabilize performance at these higher levels are progressing. The Kearl expansion project was 72 percent complete at year-end and remains on target for a 2015 start-up. Phase 1
110,000
2013
Operating
Phase 2
110,000
2015
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2020
Approved
Phase 4 Debottleneck
45,000
TBD
Approved
Shell Albian Sands
Mildred Lake Mine Extension (MLX) Teck Resources Limited Frontier
Updated: Dec 2013
Phase 1A
100,000
2010
Operating
Phase 1B
100,000
TBD
Approved
Expansion
100,000
2017
Approved
Muskeg River
Updated: Mar 2014
Minority partner Marathon Oil Corporation says its income from the Athabasca Oil Sands Project was significantly lower in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the third quarter of 2013, primarily as a result of lower price realizations. Commercial
155,000
2002
Expansion & Debottlenecking
115,000
TBD
Pierre River
Operating Approved Updated: Feb 2014
Shell has informed regulators that it is indefinitely halting work on the Pierre River project. The company has asked that the regulatory approval process be suspended.
Updated: Feb 2014
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 that an exploration program is planned at Frontier in the winter of 2014 to provide additional data to support the regulatory review process and ongoing engineering work. Phase 1
74,600
2021
Application
Phase 2
84,000
2024
Application
Phase 3
79,300
2027
Application
Phase 4 Equinox
39,400
2030
Application
Total E&P Canada Ltd. •
Joslyn North Mine
Updated: Apr 2014
A project amendment has been filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator and Alberta Environment to increase production to 157,000 barrels per day. Phase 1
Jackpine
TBD
100,000
2019
Approved
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU Athabasca Oil Corporation Birch
Updated: Mar 2014
Athabasca will be reducing its workforce by 15 per cent. The layoffs, focused primarily in its Calgary office, will largely affect employees directly or indirectly tied to projects that are not being funded in the near term. Phase 1
12,000
TBD
Dover West Carbonates (Leduc)
Announced Updated: Dec 2013
A fourth production cycle for the TAGD pilot test was scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2013. Athabasca had been encouraged by results so far. Phase 1 Demonstration
6,000
2016
Phase 2 Demonstration
6,000
TBD
Dover West Sands & Clastics
Approved Application Updated: Nov 2013
Athabasca Oil Corporation is awaiting regulatory approval for the Dover West Sands Phase 1.
Phase 1
100,000
TBD
On Hold
Phase 1
12,000
2016
Application
Phase 2
100,000
TBD
On Hold
Phase 2
35,000
2019
Announced
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Dover West Sands & Clastics (continued)
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Nov 2013
Phase 3
35,000
2020
Announced
Phase 4
35,000
2022
Announced
Phase 5
35,000
2024
Announced
BP p.l.c. •
Terre de Grace
Updated: Apr 2014
BP says that ongoing appraisal activities continue. Pilot
10,000
TBD
Approved
Brion Energy Corporation •
CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC Thickwood
Updated: Feb 2014
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will defer decisions on applications for in situ oilsands projects in the new “shallow thermal area” of the Athabasca region until it has developed formal regulatory requirements. Grizzly Thickwood is one of five impacted projects. Phase 1
6,000
2017
Application
Phase 2
6,000
TBD
Application
Husky Energy Inc. Saleski
Dover
Updated: Apr 2014
Athabasca Oil Corporation has exercised its option to divest its 40 per cent interest in the Dover Commercial Project to PetroChina’s Phoenix Energy Holdings Limited for approximately $1.23 billion. This transaction transfers ownership of the project to Phoenix subsidiary Brion Energy Corporation. Dover Experimental Pilot
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: May 2013
Husky filed the regulatory application for its Saleski pilot in early May 2013. Carbonate Pilot
3,000
2017
Sunrise
Application Updated: Feb 2014
Husky says that Sunrise was 85 per cent complete at the end of the year and is advancing as planned towards start-up in the second half of 2014. Initial engineering is underway for the next phase of the project.
2,000
2017
Approved
Dover North Phase 1
50,000
2016
Approved
Dover North Phase 2
50,000
2018
Approved
Phase 1
60,000
2014
Construction
Dover South Phase 3
50,000
2021
Approved
Phase 2A
70,000
2018
Approved
Dover South Phase 4
50,000
2023
Approved
Phase 2B
70,000
2020
Approved
Dover South Phase 5
50,000
2025
Approved
Phase 1
35,000
2015
Construction
Phase 2
40,000
2018
Approved
Phase 3
40,000
2020
Approved
Phase 4
35,000
2022
Approved
MacKay River
Updated: Oct 2013
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Birch Mountain
Updated: Dec 2013
Phase 1
60,000
2019
Announced
Phase 2
60,000
2023
Announced
Cenovus Energy Inc. East McMurray
Updated: Dec 2013
Cenovus says this project remains part of its portfolio of long-term development opportunities. 30,000
TBD
Steepbank
Announced Updated: Dec 2013
Cenovus says this project remains part of its portfolio of long-term development opportunities. Phase 1
30,000
TBD
Telephone Lake
Announced Updated: Feb 2014
Cenovus says a dewatering pilot project designed to remove an underground layer of non-potable water sitting on top of the oilsands deposit was successfully concluded during the fourth quarter of 2013. Approximately 70 per cent of the top water was removed during the pilot and replaced with compressed air. Regulatory approval for the Telephone Lake project is anticipated in the second quarter of 2014. Phase A Phase B
45,000 45,000
TBD TBD
Application Application
E-T Energy Ltd. Poplar Creek
Updated: Feb 2014
The E-T Energy Poplar Creek pilot project is no longer operating, but the expanded field test is able to proceed subject to regulatory approval and financing. Experimental Pilot
Aspen
Updated: Feb 2014
Alberta has issued the final terms of reference for Imperial’s Aspen project. Phase 1
45,000
2020
Application
Phase 2
45,000
TBD
Application
Phase 3
45,000
TBD
Application
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. Tamarack
Canadian Natural says Birch is in the planning stages.
Phase 1
Imperial Oil Limited
1,000
2012
Suspended
Phase 1
10,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Announced
Updated: Mar 2014
Ivanhoe Energy says that it has suspended activity on the Tamarack project based on the uncertainty that there is no timeline defined by the Alberta Energy Regulator for a new regulatory framework for shallow SAGD projects, and that there is no clarity as to a path for approval for its Tamarack application. Until there is greater regulatory certainty as to a path to approval, Ivanhoe will limit Tamarack spending to only essential items. Phase 1
20,000
2017
Application
Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Application
Koch Exploration Canada Corporation Dunkirk
Updated: Feb 2014
Alberta has issued the proposed terms of reference for Koch’s Dunkirk SAGD project, one of the first steps in the regulatory process. Phase 1
30,000
2018
Announced
Phase 2
30,000
TBD
Announced
Marathon Oil Corporation Birchwood
Updated: Apr 2013
Marathon filed its regulatory application in 2012. Regulatory approval and project sanctioning were expected in 2013. Demonstration
12,000
2017
Application
Oak Point Energy Ltd. Lewis
Updated: Jan 2013
The ERCB and Alberta Environment have approved Oak Point’s Lewis project, which is estimated to have a capital cost of $65 million. Pilot
1,720
TBD
Approved
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Rigel
START-UP
Harper
Updated: Dec 2013
Prosper Petroleum filed its regulatory application for the Rigel SAGD project in November 2013.
REGULATORY STATUS
10,000
2017
Application
Updated: Apr 2014
Alberta’s enactment of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan in 2013 created new conservation areas that impacted the Harper project. Sunshine received compensation from the government in December 2013.
SilverWillow Energy Corporation
Carbonate Pilot
Audet
Updated: Mar 2014
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will defer decisions on applications for in situ oilsands projects in the new “shallow thermal area” of the Athabasca region until it has developed formal regulatory requirements. SilverWillow Audet is one of five impacted projects. SilverWillow has announced a strategic review process to enhance shareholder value. Pilot
CAPACITY
Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Prosper Petroleum Ltd.
Phase 1
CURRENT PROJECT
12,000
2018
Application Updated: Mar 2014
Southern Pacific says early results indicate inflow control devices on wells at its STP-McKay thermal project have the potential to generate meaningful improvements in production and steam to oil ratios. One well pair has seen an 87 per cent production increase and significant drop in steam to oil ratio since the device was installed.
TBD
Suspended Updated: Dec 2013
Sunshine is completing field work for its environmental analysis, which will support work for significant commercial expansion.
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. STP-McKay
1,000
Legend Lake
Phase A1
10,000
2016
Application
Phase A2
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase B1
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase B2
30,000
TBD
Thickwood
Announced Updated: Feb 2014
Alberta has issued the final terms of reference for Sunshine’s Thickwood expansion project. Phase A1
10,000
2015
Approved
12,000
2012
Operating
Phase A2
30,000
2017
Announced
6,000
2016
Application
Phase B
30,000
2021
Phase 2A
12,000
2018
Application
Phase 2B
6,000
2018
Application
Phase 1 Phase 1 Expansion
Suncor Energy Inc. Dover
Updated: Apr 2014
N-Solv says propane or butane injection on the solvent-only production pilot was expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014. Operations will continue until 2015. Demonstration Plant
500
2013
Firebag
Operating Updated: Feb 2014
Suncor says that production at the Firebag complex had fully ramped up with daily production rates reaching approximately 95 per cent of capacity in the fourth quarter of 2013; however, production was reduced throughout the quarter due to a third-party natural gas outage and subsequent curtailments that impacted the Fort McMurray region.
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West Ells
Announced Updated: Apr 2014
Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. says its priority for the second quarter of 2014 is to secure financing to restart construction of its first 10,000-barrel-per-day commercial SAGD project at West Ells. The company is examining financing alternatives with help from its financial advisers. Phase A1
5,000
2015
On Hold
Phase A2
5,000
TBD
Approved
Phase A3
30,000
2018
Announced
Phase B
20,000
2025
Announced
Phase C1
30,000
TBD
Announced
Phase C2
30,000
TBD
Announced
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — IN SITU Athabasca Oil Corporation
Stage 1
35,000
2004
Operating
Stage 2
35,000
2006
Operating
Cogeneration and Expansion
25,000
2007
Operating
Stage 3
42,500
2011
Operating
Phase 1
12,000
2015
Construction
Stage 4
42,500
2012
Operating
Phase 2
40,000
2017
Application
Stage 5
62,500
2018
Approved
Phase 3
30,000
2018
Application
Stage 6
62,500
2019
Approved
Stage 3-6 Debottleneck
23,000
TBD
Lewis
Application Updated: Aug 2013
After the MacKay River expansion and debottlenecking at both Firebag and MacKay River, Lewis is expected to be Suncor’s next area of in situ development focus.
Hangingstone
Updated: Mar 2014
Athabasca says that construction at Hangingstone was 59 per cent complete at year-end 2013. First steam is now expected in the first quarter of 2015, one quarter later than previously scheduled.
BlackPearl Resources Inc. Blackrod
Updated: Mar 2014
BlackPearl says that it has been steaming the second pilot well pair since November with expectations to convert this well pair to SAGD operation in March. The company is testing a commercial well design after incorporating learning’s from the first pilot well pair.
Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Announced
Pilot
800
2011
Operating
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 1
20,000
2015
Application
Updated: Feb 2014
Phase 2
30,000
2018
Application
Suncor says it continues to progress a debottleneck of the MacKay River facility that is intended to increase production capacity by approximately 20 per cent for a total capacity of 38,000 barrels per day by 2015. Suncor also continues to work toward a 2014 sanction decision of the MacKay River expansion project.
Phase 3
30,000
2021
Application
MacKay River
Phase 1 Debottleneck MR2
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Gregoire Lake
Updated: Dec 2013
Canadian Natural says Gregoire Lake is in the planning stages.
33,000
2002
Operating
5,000
2015
Construction
Phase 1
60,000
TBD
Announced
20,000
2017
Application
Phase 2
60,000
TBD
Announced
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Grouse
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
Narrows Lake
Updated: Dec 2013
Canadian Natural says Grouse is in the planning stages. First production is expected between 2017 and 2019.
CAPACITY
Updated: Feb 2014
Cenovus says that site construction, engineering and procurement are progressing as expected, with overall progress for Phase A reaching 16 per cent completion at the end of 2014.
Application
Phase A
45,000
2017
Construction
Updated: Mar 2014
Phase B
45,000
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural says that at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013, steam was being circulated in 36 well pairs on 6 pads to initiate the SAGD process at Kirby South. Subsequent to the fourth quarter of 2013, 15 well pairs have been converted to SAGD production as planned. The wells at Kirby South are responding as expected, and production is targeted to grow to 40,000 barrels per day in the fourth quarter of 2014. All evaporators, steam generators and oil-treating vessels are in service, and the first shipment of crude oil produced was delivered during the fourth quarter of 2013, with production averaging 1,500 barrels per day for the quarter. Production ramp-up continues as expected, with current production of approximately 7,000 barrels per day. Canadian Natural says corporate sanction for Kirby North Phase 1 is anticipated in mid-2014, and engineering is approximately 97 per cent complete.
Phase C
40,000
TBD
Commercial
50,000
2018
Kirby
West Kirby
Cenovus says this project remains part of its portfolio of long-term development opportunities. Phase 1
Phase 1
TBD
Phase 1
72,000
2008
Operating
Kinosis (K1A)
40,000
TBD
Construction
Kinosis (K1B)
40,000
TBD
Approved
KN1 - Kirby North
40,000
2016
Approved
Long Lake
KN2 - Kirby North
60,000
2022
Application
Cavalier Energy Inc. Updated: Mar 2014
10,000
2017
Application
35,000
TBD
Announced
Phase 3
35,000
TBD
Announced
Christina Lake
•
Phase 1A Phase 1B
10,000
2002
Operating
8,800
2008
Operating
Phase C
40,000
2011
Operating
Phase D
40,000
2012
Operating
Phase E
40,000
2013
Operating
Optimization (Phases C,D,E)
22,000
2015
Phase F
50,000
Phase G Phase H
Great Divide
Updated: Apr 2014
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: Apr 2014
ConocoPhillips says over the next few years it plans to execute a disciplined capital program of approximately $16 billion per year, generating 3–5 per cent compound annual production growth and margin growth from major development programs and projects already underway, including in the oilsands. 1,200
1997
Operating
Phase 1
27,000
2007
Operating
Approved
Phase 2
109,000
2015
Construction
2016
Construction
Phase 3 - Tranche 1
45,000
2020
Announced
50,000
2017
Approved
Phase 3 - Tranche 2
45,000
TBD
Announced
50,000
2019
Application
Phase 3 - Tranche 3
45,000
TBD
Announced
Foster Creek
Updated: Feb 2014
Phase F is on schedule and on budget with 90 per cent of the project complete, and first production expected in the third quarter of 2014, with full ramp-up to be completed within 12–18 months. Phase G is 66 per cent complete, with initial production expected in 2015. Phase H is 35 per cent complete, and first production is expected in 2016. Cenovus has adjusted timelines for achieving full production capacity at these expansions as it delays optimization projects until it has had more time to assess new operating strategies. Phase A
Updated: Nov 2013
Connacher says that Great Divide production for the first quarter averaged 13,400 barrels per day, an 18 per cent increase over the prior quarter. Drilling has been completed on six of nine planned infill wells; the remaining three will be drilled during the second quarter. These wells are expected to begin impacting production in the fourth quarter.
Updated: Feb 2014
Cenovus says the Phase F expansion is on schedule and on budget, with about 44 per cent of the project complete and engineering, procurement and plant construction work continuing. Engineering work also continues for Phase G.
Announced
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Pilot
Devon Canada Corporation Jackfish
Updated: Feb 2014
Devon says that construction of the Jackfish 3 project is now nearly complete, with plant start-up expected in the third quarter of 2014. Phase 1
35,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
35,000
2011
Operating
Phase 3
35,000
2014
24,000
2001
Operating
6,000
2003
Operating
Jackfish East
Phase C Stage 1
10,000
2005
Operating
Expansion
Phase C Stage 2
20,000
2007
Operating
Pike
Phase D
30,000
2009
Operating
Phase E
30,000
2009
Operating
1A
35,000
2016
Application
Phase F
45,000
2014
Construction
1B
35,000
2017
Application
Phase G
40,000
2015
Construction
1C
35,000
2018
Application
Phase H
40,000
2016
Construction
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC
Phase J
50,000
2019
Application
•
Future Optimization
15,000
TBD
Announced
Grizzly Oil Sands part owner Gulfport Energy Corporaiton says first production at Algar Lake was achieved during the first quarter of 2014. Grizzly currently has seven of the ten well pairs on full steam circulation and expects to have all ten well pairs on full circulation shortly.
Phase B Debottleneck
Grand Rapids
Updated: Mar 2014
Cenovus has received regulatory approval for the full commercial Grand Rapids project. The company expects to make a decision on the timing of development later this year. Once a decision is made to proceed with Grand Rapids, Cenovus says it will be able to rely on existing infrastructure, including roads, power and camps at its Pelican Lake conventional heavy oil operation. Pilot
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30,000
Operating
Phase 2
Announced Updated: Dec 2013
CNOOC Limited
2013
Phase 1
TBD
Cenovus says this project remains part of its portfolio of long-term development opportunities.
40,000
Cavalier owner Paramount Resources says the company anticipates that regulatory approvals for the initial 10,000-barrel-per-day phase of its Hoole project will be received by mid-2014. Frontend engineering and design work was completed in 2013.
30,000
Winefred Lake
KS1 - Kirby South
Hoole
Approved Updated: Dec 2013
Construction Updated: Sep 2012
20,000
2018
Announced Updated: Mar 2013
Devon says the Pike project continues to move through the regulatory process.
Algar Lake
Updated: Apr 2014
Phase 1
5,500
2014
Phase 2
5,500
TBD
May River
Operating Approved Updated: Mar 2014
Grizzly corporate part owner Gulfport Energy says that in the fourth quarter of 2013, the company submitted an initial 12,000-barrel-per-day SAGD development application with the regulatory authorities covering the eastern portion of the May River lease.
600
2011
Operating
Phase A
60,000
2017
Approved
Phase B
60,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 1
6,000
2016
Application
Phase C
60,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
6,000
TBD
Application
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OSUM Oil Sands Corp.
Harvest Operations Corp. BlackGold
Sepiko Kesik
Updated: Mar 2014
Harvest says that due to extreme winter conditions, the project scaled back construction activities during the first quarter of 2014. The company anticipates resuming full construction activities in the second quarter of 2014 and has revised the project schedule accordingly. Harvest anticipates construction completion of the central processing facility in the second half of 2014, with first steam expected in the fourth quarter of 2014. Regulatory approval for Phase 2 was received in December 2013.
Updated: Jul 2013
OSUM says it anticipates regulatory approval for Sepiko Kesik in 2014, requiring financing in 2015-16. Phase 1
30,000
2018
Application
Phase 2
30,000
2020
Application
Statoil Canada Ltd.
Phase 1
10,000
2014
Construction
•
Phase 2
20,000
TBD
Approved
Statoil and partner PTTEP have entered into a transaction where the KKD asset will be split between the two firms, which currently own 60 per cent and 40 per cent, respectively. Statoil will continue as operator and now 100 per cent owner of the Leismer and Corner projects while PTTEP will own 100 per cent of the Thornbury, Hangingstone and South Leismer areas. Statoil says it will incorporate 14 new technologies at its oilsands operations in the coming years to provide step-changing operations improvement.
Husky Energy Inc. McMullen
Updated: Feb 2014
Husky says that CHOPS production from 27 wells located on three well pads commenced during the fourth quarter of 2013, and at the air injection pilot three additional horizontal production wells were placed on production. Thermal Conduction Pilot
755
2012
Operating
Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited Hangingstone
Updated: Feb 2014
Construction underway. Bantrel has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the field facilities component of the project. Expansion
20,000
2016
Hangingstone Pilot Pilot
Construction Updated: Dec 2012
11,000
1999
Operating
Koch Exploration Canada Corporation Updated: Sep 2013 10,000
2015
Germain
2010
Operating
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
Phase 1
Updated: Mar 2014
5,000
2013
Operating
Phase 2
30,000
2018
Application
Phase 3
60,000
TBD
Application
Phase 4
60,000
TBD
Saleski
Updated: Nov 2012
Application
1,800
2011
Operating
Phase 1
10,700
2016
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: Feb 2014
MEG says that Phase 2B achieved first production in the fourth quarter of 2013. 3,000
2008
Operating
Phase 2A
22,000
2009
Operating
Phase 2B
35,000
2013
Operating
Phase 3A
50,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3B
50,000
2018
Phase 3C
50,000
2020
Surmont
Approved Approved Updated: Oct 2013
Announced Updated: Nov 2012
Phase 1
40,000
TBD
Approved
Phase 2
40,000
TBD
Approved
12,000
2015
Surmont Energy Ltd. Wildwood Phase 1
Updated: Oct 2012 Application
Value Creation Inc. Advanced TriStar
Updated: Feb 2014
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will defer decisions on applications for in situ oilsands projects in the new “shallow thermal area” of the Athabasca region until it has developed formal regulatory requirements. Advanced TriStar is one of five impacted projects.
Updated: Mar 2014
Laricina says the pilot continues to provide a roadmap for Saleski Phase 1. Recently the company drilled a 700-metre sidetrack well in the Grosmont C zone that is currently in the first simultaneous steam injection and production cycle in the two Grosmont C zone wells testing block steaming and production. In the Grosmont D zone, an application was approved to drill a new well intended to progress the recovery process and optimize production.
Phase 1 Pilot
10,000
Corner
Meadow Creek
Laricina says it continues start-up operations as select wells are converted from steam to production. Operations and facilities have normalized after a third-party pipeline break in fall 2013 resulted in a stoppage in steaming and start-up, followed by a plant upset. As a result of the interruptions, the benefit of the steam previously injected to heat the reservoir was mostly lost, delaying ramp-up. The reservoir is once again responding as expected, and bitumen production is starting to ramp-up from the initial wells.
Experimental Pilot
Leismer Demonstration
Chard
Application
Laricina Energy Ltd.
Phase 1 CDP
Updated: Apr 2014
Suncor Energy Inc.
Muskwa Pilot
Kai Kos Dehseh
ATS-1
15,000
2016
Application
ATS-2
30,000
2018
Application
ATS-3
30,000
2020
TriStar
Application Updated: Feb 2014
Value Creation says it is funded for the Tri-Star project but has not yet decided on a construction timeline. Pilot
1,000
TBD
Approved
COLD LAKE REGION — IN SITU Baytex Energy Corp. Gemini
Updated: Dec 2013
Baytex says the SAGD well pair for its Gemini SAGD pilot was drilled in the third quarter of 2013, and the company remains on track for steaming by early 2014. Pilot
1,200
2014
Operating
Commercial
5,000
2017
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: Apr 2014
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved Canadian Natural’s application to modify steaming at phases 23 and 24 of its Primrose and Wolf Lake operations after bitumen was released to surface in other areas of the Primrose site. The steaming restrictions imposed by the AER in 2013 remain in place. Wolf Lake
13,000
1985
Operating
Phase 1
41,000
TBD
Application
Primrose South
45,000
1985
Operating
Phase 2
41,000
TBD
Application
Primrose North
30,000
2006
Operating
Phase 3
41,000
TBD
Application
Primrose East
32,000
2008
Operating
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
Devon Canada Corporation Updated: Mar 2014
Devon says the Walleye project is currently on hold. 9,000
2017
Application
Husky Energy Inc. Caribou Demonstration
10,000
TBD
Approved
2006
Imperial Oil Limited Cold Lake
Updated: Feb 2014
Phase 1-10
110,000
1985
Operating
Phase 11-13
30,000
2002
Operating
Phase 14-16
40,000
2014
Construction
Taiga
Updated: Jul 2013
OSUM says engineering work is underway and some long-lead items have been ordered. Project sanction was expected in 2013. Financing is required. Phase 1
23,000
2016
Approved
Phase 2
22,000
2018
Approved
Application
Phase 3
20,000
2018
Announced
Updated: May 2013
Phase 1
10,000
2007
Operating
Phase 2
10,000
TBD
Approved
PEACE RIVER REGION — IN SITU Andora Energy Corporation •
Sawn Lake
Updated: Apr 2014
Andora majority owner Pan Orient Energy says that final construction of the SAGD facility is currently being completed and steam injection is scheduled for April 2014. After three months of steam injection, bitumen production is anticipated at approximately the end of July 2014. Demonstration
1,400
2014
2,000
2011
Construction
Cliffdale
Updated: Feb 2014
Pilot Harmon Valley Pilot
Operating Updated: Feb 2013
TBD
2011
TBD
TBD
Operating
Murphy Oil Company Ltd.
Pengrowth Energy Corporation Lindbergh
Updated: Mar 2014
Alberta has issued the final terms of reference for Pengrowth’s Lindbergh expansion project The company says the pilot continues to perform exceptionally well, with production volumes from the two well pairs at Feb. 1, 2014, at approximately 1,900 barrels per day, with an instantaneous steam to oil ratio of approximately two. Construction of Lindbergh’s first commercial phase remains on schedule and on budget, with 65 percent of the capital committed or spent as at March 3, 2014.
Phase 1
2017
Baytex Energy Corp.
OSUM Oil Sands Corp.
Pilot
17,500
Orion
Operating
Imperial says that the Nabiye expansion was 65 per cent complete at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013. Plant construction progressed somewhat slower than planned due to lower contractor productivity and harsh winter conditions. Target start-up, although under pressure, remains year-end 2014.
Updated: Mar 2014
Phase 2
Shell had previously put up for sale its Orion asset, but says it has not received any offers that reflect its value and has ended sale activities.
Updated: Jun 2013 30,000
REGULATORY STATUS
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Updated: Nov 2010
Tucker Phase 1
START-UP
Lindbergh (continued)
Walleye Phase 1
CAPACITY
1,260
2012
Operating
11,240
2015
Construction
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Cadotte
Updated: Nov 2012
Pilot Seal/Cadotte
On Hold Updated: Feb 2014
Murphy says the two-well pilot is showing promise, with the second well showing the best response. Production in early 2014 had reached as high as 670 barrels per day with a steam to oil ratio of 1.8:1. Pilot
TBD
TBD
Operating
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
REGULATORY STATUS
CURRENT PROJECT
Northern Alberta Oil Ltd.
CAPACITY
START-UP
Peace River (continued)
Updated: Dec 2013
Updated: Apr 2014
Carmon Creek - Phase 1
40,000
2017
Construction
Company owner Deep Well Oil & Gas says final construction of the SAGD facility is currently being completed and steam injection is scheduled for the end of April 2014. Once construction and initial testing is completed, the reservoir will be steamed for approximately three months, after which first bitumen production is anticipated around the end of July 2014.
Carmon Creek - Phase 2
40,000
2018
Approved
•
Sawn Lake
REGULATORY STATUS
Pilot
700
TBD
Approved
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Harmon Valley South
Pilot
TBD
TBD
Seal Main
Updated: Dec 2013
Pilot Commercial
75
2011
Operating
10,000
2015
Application
Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. Updated: Apr 2014
Petrobank says it commenced CSS steaming operations at one of the two horizontal THAI production wells in late-December 2013 and initiated steaming operations at the second well in mid-February 2014. First production is expected in May 2014. The company is planning a nine-month production cycle followed by a second steam and production cycle. With success of these two CSS wells, Petrobank intends to prepare and submit an application for full field CSS development. Petrobank will merge with Touchstone Exploration Inc. and continue to operate under the latter’s corporate name. Experimental THAI Demonstration
Updated: Apr 2013
Commercial
3,000
TBD
Announced
10,000
TBD
Announced
SASKATCHEWAN REGION — IN SITU Cenovus Energy Inc. 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. Commercial
30,000
TBD
On Hold
NORTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER BP p.l.c.
Dawson
TBD 10,000
2014
Operating
TBD
Announced
Royal Dutch Shell plc Peace River
Updated: Dec 2013
Shell has sanctioned the Carmon Creek project, which will be the most significant project ever undertaken in the Peace River region. Cadotte Lake
Pilot Expansion
Operating
Penn West has announced that in 2014 it will divest its oilsands assets in the Peace River region as part of a strategy to prioritize light oil development.
Phase 2
Red Earth
Southern Pacific says the cyclic steam stimulation pilot at Red Earth is currently shut in.
Updated: Dec 2013
Penn West has announced that in 2014 it will divest its oilsands assets in the Peace River region of Alberta as part of a strategy to prioritize light oil development. These assets comprise the Peace River Oil Partnership, which was established in 2010 with an affiliate of China Investment Corporation.
•
Southern Pacific Resource Corp.
12,500
1986
Operating
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•
Terre de Grace
Updated: Apr 2014
BP says that ongoing appraisal activities continue. Pilot
8,400
TBD
Approved
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon
Updated: Mar 2014
Canadian Natural says that Horizon achieved strong and reliable operating performance for all of 2013.The 2013 fourth-quarter production volumes of 112,273 barrels per day represent a 35 per cent increase from 2012 fourth-quarter levels, which the company says indicates a step-change in safe, steady and reliable production. The overall Phase 2/3 expansion is 34 per cent physically complete, and projects under construction continue to trend at or below cost estimates. Phase 1 Reliability - Tranche 2 Phase 2A
110,000
2009
Operating
5,000
2014
Construction
12,000
2015
Construction
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CURRENT PROJECT
CAPACITY
START-UP
Horizon (continued)
REGULATORY STATUS
Updated: Mar 2014
Phase 2B
45,000
2016
Construction
Phase 3
80,000
2017
Construction
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. Tamarack
Phase 1
34,784
2017
Application
Suncor Energy Inc.
CAPACITY
REGULATORY STATUS
START-UP
Value Creation Inc. Advanced TriStar
Updated: Feb 2014
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will defer decisions on applications for in situ oilsands projects in the new “shallow thermal area” of the Athabasca region until it has developed formal regulatory requirements. Advanced TriStar is one of five impacted projects.
Updated: Mar 2014
Ivanhoe Energy says that it has suspended activity on the Tamarack project based on the uncertainty that there is no timeline defined by the Alberta Energy Regulator for a new regulatory framework for shallow SAGD projects, and that there is no clarity as to a path for approval for its Tamarack application. Until there is greater regulatory certainty as to a path to approval, Ivanhoe will limit Tamarack spending to only essential items.
ATS-1
12,750
2016
Application
ATS-2
25,500
2018
Application
ATS-3
25,500
2020
TriStar
Application Updated: Feb 2014
Value Creation says it is funded for the Tri-Star project but has not yet decided on a construction timeline. Pilot
820
TBD
Approved
INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION — UPGRADER
Base Operations
Updated: Feb 2014
Suncor says that during the fourth quarter, maintenance was completed at its Upgrader 2 vacuum tower and related units. The company says that hot bitumen infrastructure commissioned in the third quarter of 2013 has increased the takeaway capacity of bitumen and unlocked additional mining production. U1 and U2
North West Upgrading Inc. •
Redwater Upgrader
Updated: Apr 2014
North West says construction activities continue, with approximately 600 personnel currently engaged at the site. Contracts are now in place for all major process units. A list of EPC contractors is available at: http://goo.gl/iPYvtq.
225,000
1967
Operating
Phase 1
50,000
2017
Construction
Millennium Vacuum Unit
35,000
2005
Operating
Phase 2
50,000
TBD
Approved
Millennium Coker Unit
97,000
2008
Operating
Phase 3
50,000
TBD
Approved
Shell Albian Sands
Syncrude Canada Ltd. •
CURRENT PROJECT
Mildred Lake/Aurora
Updated: Apr 2014
Canadian Oil Sands Limited says that Syncrude Canada Ltd. has begun unplanned maintenance work on Coker 8-1 and it expects the work will overlap the turnaround of Coker 8-2 scheduled for the second quarter. Alberta has issued the final terms of reference for Syncrude’s MLX project. Base Plant Stage 1 & 2 Debottleneck
250,000
1978
Operating
Stage 3 Expansion (UE-1)
100,000
2006
Operating
75,000
TBD
Announced
Stage 3 Debottleneck
CNOOC Limited Long Lake
Updated: Nov 2013 58,500
Updated: Mar 2014
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.
SOUTH ATHABASCA REGION — UPGRADER
Phase 1
Scotford Upgrader 1
Minority partner Marathon Oil Corporation says its income from the Athabasca Oil Sands Project was significantly lower in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the third quarter of 2013, primarily as a result of lower price realizations.
2009
Operating
Phase 1
46,300
TBD
On Hold
Phase 2
46,300
TBD
Approved
Phase 3
46,300
TBD
Approved
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