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Petro Canada, Teck, UTS proceed on design of $14B Fort Hills oilsands project (Fort-Hills-Oilsands): n7 @. F% ^/ S
VANCOUVER (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 $14.1 billion.
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The members of the Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership said Thursday& B, B) o; J" |8 `) N
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they are committed to proceed with front-end engineering and design. This will take about a year, “producing a definitive cost estimate and the basis upon which the final go-ahead decision on the project will be made.‘‘
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X# w4 D" J! a4 gThe project _ an oilsands mine and bitumen extraction plant 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and upgrader northeast of Edmonton _ is expected to produce 140,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil in its first phase.0 w Q$ W/ a) Y" N& f
m' j+ C5 e. p eBitumen production is targeted for late 2011, with oil output from the upgrader expected to start around mid-2012.- O$ g9 u3 w1 l, @3 P
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By 2014, Fort Hills is projected to produce up to 280,000 barrels per day.
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2 n2 {- P& _ r, kPetro-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. |
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