Specifications - Athabasca Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada

Key Data
Operator	Shell
Equity	Shell Canada Limited (60%), Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Western Oil Sands L.P. (20%)
Corridor pipeline	493km
Muskeg River Mine
Construction began	Late 1999
Muskeg River Contractors (MRC)	Fluor Daniel, AGRA Monenco Simons, GKO Engineering, Colt Engineering Corporation, AGRA Earth & Environmental, SaskPower International Inc, ATCO Group, General Electric, Koln Crippen
Production rate	155,000bpd
Reserves	5 billion barrels of mineable bitumen
Recoverable barrels	1.65 billion barrels of bitumen
Duration	30 years
Scotford Upgrader
Technology	Hydrogen-addition
Output	Premium quality low sulphur low viscosity synthetic crude oils
Heavy pressure vessels	55m long, 4.4m in diameter
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