 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Petro Canada, Teck, UTS proceed on design of $14B Fort Hills oilsands project (Fort-Hills-Oilsands)
" W9 N( [$ [/ T0 o, oVANCOUVER (CP) _ Petro-Canada (TSX:PCS), Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B) and UTS Energy Corp. (TSX:UTS) have conceptualized the design for the Fort Hills oilsands project, with the first phase budgeted at $14.1 billion.: O, }& S5 ~! S# F
. I+ {5 Z+ L2 OThe members of the Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership said Thursday* t- c5 F; j( }+ X. T
5 m6 C8 |& M( p7 p1 O' ^+ ~; \! Y
they are committed to proceed with front-end engineering and design. This will take about a year, “producing a definitive cost estimate and the basis upon which the final go-ahead decision on the project will be made.‘‘
1 C# c: e+ C3 Y
# \# A- f' b( [0 {+ w7 L7 rThe project _ an oilsands mine and bitumen extraction plant 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and upgrader northeast of Edmonton _ is expected to produce 140,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil in its first phase.. ^$ L( k, V6 F, N
# `4 K& N, ?6 O/ N% ]
Bitumen production is targeted for late 2011, with oil output from the upgrader expected to start around mid-2012.& K3 I0 B6 D2 {9 `
2 y( U$ Y2 V& e$ I9 }# u/ _By 2014, Fort Hills is projected to produce up to 280,000 barrels per day.) e, L5 I2 \3 _5 S' b. r3 O z1 ~
: U- @; b3 B" G Z/ L; `- r0 [
Petro-Canada has a 55 per cent interest in the Fort Hills partnership, with 30 per cent held by UTS Energy and 15 per cent by Teck Cominco. |
|