| Key Data |
| Order year | 1996 |
| Construction started | 1996 |
| Project type | Process and mining operation expansion |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| 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. |
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