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Fact Sheet

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OIL SANDS PROJECTS IN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS:
Abbreviations and definitions:

bpd: barrels per day


bbpd: barrels of bitumen per day
In situ: In its original place (Latin). In the oil sands industry, in situ refers to processes, which
remove the oil from the oil sand without removing the sand from the ground.
SAGD: Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

While efforts have been made to obtain the most recent information, it should be noted that projects
are constantly being re-evaluated by industry.

Average Daily
Company Project Name Production How to Contact:
Suncor Energy Inc. Steepbank Mine Currently producing 263,300 bpd P.O. Box 4001
Millennium Mine Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3E3
Surface Mining Ph: (780) 743-6411
400,000 bpd by 2008 www.suncor.com
Investment:
$2.8 billion

In situ Firebag Project 35,000 bbpd by 2004


Investment: 140,000bbpd by 2008
$450 million
Syncrude Canada Base Mine Currently producing 250,000 bpd P.O. Bag 4009
Ltd. North Mine Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4L1
(Mildred Lake) Ph: (780) 790-6403
Surface Mining Aurora Mine www.syncrude.com

Investment: Syncrude 21 350,000 bpd by 2006 (from


$8 billion expansion Mildred Lake and Aurora)
Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine Currently producing 155,000 bbpd P.O Box 5670
Energy Inc. Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4W1
Ph: (780) 713-4400
Surface Mining www.albiansands.ca

Investment:
$5.7 billion
Canadian Natural Horizon Oil Sands 110,000 bpd by 2008 P.O. Box 5630
Resources Ltd. Project Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3G6
Surface Mining & 300,000 bpd by 2010 Ph: (780) 714-6161
In situ www.cnrl.com
EUB approval (look under Current Projects)
Investment:
$6.8 - $8 billion
In situ Kirby Project
Project currently
on hold
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Average Daily
Company Project Name Production How to Contact:
L.P/UTS Energy Fort Hills UTS together with its partner, 1000, 350-7 Avenue SW
Corporation Petro-Canada, acquired the Fort Calgary, AB T2P 3N9
Petro-Canada Hills Oil Sands Project Ph: (403) 538 7030
50,000 bbpd by 2009 www.uts.ca
Surface Mining
www.petro-canada.ca
Project deferred at
this time
Investment:
$2 billion

Petro-Canada MacKay River Currently producing 25,000 bbpd 9902 Franklin Ave.
In situ Fort McMurray, AB T9H 2K5
Investment: Ph: (780) 743-3823
$290 million www.petro-canada.ca/
In situ Meadow Creek oilsands
EUB approval
received in 2003
In situ Lewis
Publicly disclosed;
no regulatory
approval yet
Japan Canada Oil Hangingstone Currently producing 5,500 bbpd P.O. Box 5120
Sands Inc. Project Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3G2
Ph: (780) 799-4000
In situ Long term commercial plan of www.jacos.com
35,000 – 45,000 bbpd
Investment:
$300 million
Devon Canada Devon Dover Currently producing 4,000 bbpd P.O. Box 5540
Corp. SAGD Project Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3G5
In situ Ph: (780) 743-1382
Investment: www.devonenergy.com
$10 million

In situ
Investment: Jackfish 30,000 bbpd by 2007
$550 million
OPTI Canada/ Long Lake Project 70,000 bbpd by 2006 Suite 300
Nexen Inc. 603- 7th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2T5
EUB approval Ph: 1-877-818-6784
In situ www.longlake.ca
www.opticanada.com or
Investment: www.nexeninc.com
$450 million

Average Daily
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Company Project Name Production How to Contact:
SynEnCo Energy Northern Lights 100,000 bpd by 2009 Bay 105
9912 Franklin Ave.
Surface Mining Fort McMurray, AB T9H 2K5
Ph: (780) 743-8103
Proposed but no www.synenco.com
EUB approval yet

Investment:
$3.5 billion
Encana Corporation Christina Lake 70,000 bbpd by 2007 150 – 9th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2S5
In situ Ph: (403) 290-2000
www.encana.com
Investment:
$400 million

ConocoPhillips Surmont Plant 25,000 bbpd by 2006 Suite 2000


Canada 400 – 3rd Avenue SW
100,000 bbpd by 2013 Calgary, AB T2P 5A6
In situ www.conocophillips.com/
canada
Investment:
$300 million
Shell Canada Jackpine Mine 200,000 bbpd by 2010 400 – 4th Avenue SW
Limited Calgary, AB T2P 2H5
Ph: 1-800-250-4355
Surface Mining www.shell.ca

EUB approval
Deer Creek Energy Joslyn Creek 2000 bbpd In situ Suite 1410
Limited 530 – 8th Avenue SW
Phase ll expected to expand Calgary, AB T2P 3S8
In situ & Surface production level by 10,000 bbpd Ph: (403) 264-3777
Mining www.deercreekenergy.com
EUB approval for The surface mining portion is
Phase 2 tentative.
Investment:
$270 million
Husky Energy Sunrise Thermal 50,000 bbpd by 2008 Box 6525, Station “D”
Project 707 – 8th Avenue SW
In Situ Calgary, AB T2P 3G7
www.huskyenergy.ca
Proposed but no
EUB approval yet
Investment:
$1.6 billion
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Average Daily
Company Project Name Production How to Contact:
Orion Oil Canada Whitesands pilot Proposed pilot project to test P.O. Box 5540
Ltd. project THAI (“Toe-to Heel” Air Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3G5
Injection) Ph: (780) 743- 1382
In situ

Investment:
$30 million
Imperial Oil Ltd. Kearl Mine 100,000 bpd by 2010 Imperial Oil Resources
Exxon Mobil Canada 3535 Research Road NW
Ltd. Construction expected to start in Calgary, AB T2I 2K8
2008
Surface Mining www.imperialoil.com

Proposed but no
EUB approval yet
Investment:
$5-$8 billion
Uranium Power Proposed to drill for suspected 206 – 475 Howe St.
Corporation crude oil pools and natural gas Vancouver, BC V6C 2B3
below the Oil Sands deposits Ph: (604) 685-8355
Proposed to drill but
no EUB approval yet

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