proJect StatuS
current proJect capacit Y
Start-up
reGulatorY
StatuS
reservoir test
600
2008
Operating
Axe lake
SaGD test
TBD
TBD
Application
commercial SaGD 30,000
TBD
Application
current proJect
capacitY -
bitumen
(bbl/D)
capacitY -
proDuctS
(bbl/D)
Start-up
AThABAScA REgION—uPgRADINg
canadian Natural resources
phase 1
135,000
114,000
2008
horizon
tranche 2 & 3
135,000
118,000
TBD
tranche 4
145,000
125,000
TBD
Nexen
long lake
phase 1
phase 2
phase 3
phase 4
phase 5
phase 6
72,000
72,000
72,000
72,000
72,000
72,000
58,500
58,500
58,500
58,500
58,500
58,500
2008
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
suncor energy
base u1 and u2
millennium
Vacuum unit
millennium coker
unit
phase 1
phase 2
281,000
225,000
1967
suncor—original
operations
43,000
35,000
2005
116,000
97,000
2008
Voyageur
156,000
78,000
127,000
63,000
TBD
TBD
syncrude
Mildred lake
Stages 1 and 2 290,700
Stage 3 expansion 116,300
Stage 3 Debottleneck 46,500
Stage 4 expansion 139,500
250,000
100,000
40,000
120,000
1978
2006
TBD
TBD
Value creation
terre de grace
upgrader
phase 1 2,000 N/Q TBD
phase 2 10,000 N/Q TBD
INDuSTRIAL hEARTLAND REgION—uPgRADINg
Athabasca oil sands Project
155,000
158,000
2003
scotford upgrader 1
expansion
90,000
91,000
2010
phase 1
100,000
97,750
TBD
scotford upgrader 2
phase 2
phase 3
phase 4
100,000
97,750
TBD
100,000
100,000
97,750
97,750
TBD
TBD
BA energy
heartland upgrader
phase 1
54,400
54,400
54,400
46,300
46,300
46,300
TBD
TBD
TBD
50,000
50,000
50,000
46,400
46,400
46,400
2013
TBD
TBD
DeVelopment proGreSS
month
upDateD
Oilsands Quest says testing shows Axe Lake could be developed using “typical” SAGD.
Oilsands Quest has filed environmental applications for both projects with the
Saskatchewan government and plans to file the application for the commercial project
with Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources following a successful SAGD test.
MAy 2010
reGulatorY
StatuS
DeVelopment proGreSS
month
upDateD
Operating
Annual production guidance for 2010 is 90,000 to 105,000 barrels per
day as Canadian Natural moves closer to sustainable production.
Canadian Natural hopes to sanction Tranche 2 by the end of 2010.
Tranches 3 and 4 continue to be re-profiled based on learnings from
Phase 1.
MAy 2010
Approved
Announced
Operating
Approved
Announced
Announced
Announced
Announced
Nexen says since its turnaround in Q4, the upgrader has experienced
90 per cent uptime, compared to 50 per cent before and is producing
high-quality premium synthetic crude (PSC TM). The company says
the gasification process is working, creating a low-cost fuel source
which reduces its need to purchase natural gas for operations.
APr 2010
Operating
Operating
Suncor says both of its upgraders are now back up and running after
maintenance relating to t wo fires, one in December and the other in
february.
Operating
MAy 2010
Suspended
Approved
Capital plans and sequencing for the next stages of Suncor’s growth to
be announced in Q4-2010.
Operating
Operating
Announced
Announced
Project partner Nexen says production was lower in Q1 than the
previous quarter as a turnaround of the LC finer originally planned for
Q2 was advanced to January. The turnaround was completed in mid
March. Nexen says a coker turnaround is scheduled at Syncrude in Q3.
Sinopec plans to buy Conoco Phillips’s 9.03 per cent share of Syncrude
for $4.65 billion.
Application
Application
BP will become majority partner in Terre de Grace project for
$900 million.
MAr 2010
Operating
Under
construction
Application
Project partner Marathon Oil reports Expansion 1 is on track and
anticipated to begin mining operations in the second half of 2010, and
upgrader operations in late 2010 or early 2011.
Application
APr 2010
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association says hearing for all phases to
occur sometime in 2010.
Application
Application
Approved
Approved
Approved
BA owner company Value Creation has received a cash injection of
$900 million with the agreement for BP to become majority partner in
Terre de Grace project.
MAr 2010
Approved
Approved
Approved
The Alberta government reports that negotiations are under way
with N WU to build the upgrader as part of its bitumen royalty in-kind
initiative.
