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Husky Oil applies for a $400 million, 10,000 barrels a day oil sands project

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Husky Oil

Suncor recently applied for a 40,000 oil sands project

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) received an Oil Sands Conservation Act application and Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act application from Husky Oil Operations Limited, according to a press release.

Husky Oil Operations Limited applied to construct, operate, and reclaim the McMullen Willow Creek Project just south of Fort McMurray, at an initial cost of $4o0 million according to according to documents filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator.

The project would be located about 40 kilometres southwest of the town of Wabasca-Desmarais and Fort McMurray.

It would recover up to about 10,000 barrels per day of bitumen from the Wabiskaw Member over a period of 20 years using horizontal, low-pressure cyclic steam stimulation (CSS).

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The project would include a central processing facility (CPF) supported by eight production pads comprising up to 12 wells each and associated infrastructure.

Construction of the project is anticipated to begin in 2019 with initial steam injection (first steam) in 2022.

This follows the recent announcement of application from Suncor for a project that would recover 40,000 barrels per day from the McMurray Formation using steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology.

 

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