Key Data:
Project type
Process and mining operation expansion
Estimated investment
$8.4bn
Completion
Stage 3 - 2006; Stage 4 - 2010; Stage 5 - 2015
Production
128 million barrels of Syncrude sweet blend crude per year by 2006; 185-200 million barrels per year by 2015
Key Players:
Sponsors
Syncrude Canada Ltd, AEC Oil Sands, LP, AEC Oil Sands Limited Partnership, Athabasca Oil Sands Investments Inc, Canadian Oil Sands Investments Inc, Gulf Canada Resources Limited, Imperial Oil Resources, Mocal Energy Ltd, Murphy Oil Company Ltd, Nexen Inc
Lead contractors and designers
SNC Lavalin Inc, Fluor Daniel, Kellogg Brown & Root (KB&R)
Other contractors
ABB/Devcan, AC&S Insulation, AGRA Earth & Environment Ltd, AGRA-Monenco Inc, Aluma Systems, Bond-A-Ply Ltd, Brown & Root Inc, Burnco, Casman Construction Ltd, Century Sales, Chemco Electrical Contractors Ltd, Clearwater Welding, Colt
Engineering Inc, Cross Construction Ltd, Demers Contracting Ltd, Denesoline Environment Ltd, E3 Electrical, Emerson Process, Empire Iron Works Inc, Esch Mechanical Ltd, Fort McKay Enterprises Ltd, Fort McKay Environmental, Fort McKay
Trucking, Fort McKay Metis Corp, Fort McMurray Refrigeration Ltd, Harris Rebar, Honeywell Inc, Horton, CBI Inc, Krupp Canada Ltd, L. Roberts Enterprises Ltd, Lafarge Canada Ltd, Laird Electric Ltd, Ledcor Industries Inc, Magna Projects Ltd,
McMurray Resources Ltd, Neegan Development Ltd, Normac Industrial Coatings Ltd, North American Construction Group, NWS Ltd, Park Derochie, PCL Industrial Ltd, Premay Equipment, PTI Lodge, RS Line, RTD Quality Services, Steeplejack
Industrial, Sterling Crane, TBG Contracting Ltd, Technip, TIW Western Ltd, TransAlta Utilities Ltd, Tuc's Contracting and Waiward Steel.