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
