Oil megaprojects (2018)

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This page summarizes projects that propose to bring more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2018. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects.

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Detailed list of projects for 2018

CountryProject NameYear startupOperatorAreaTypeGrade2P resvs GOR Peak YearPeakDiscoveryCapital Inv.NotesRef
OPEC
Iran South Pars Ph 192018PetroPars, IOECOffshoreCondensate77

[1]

Non-OPEC
Canada Kearl Mine Ph 22018Imperial/ExxonMobilLANDBitumenOil Sands100Application

[2]

Canada Long Lake Upgrader Ph 42018OPTI /NexenLANDBitumen Oil Sands 0Mining, Upgrading, No FID, 60 kbd [3]
Canada Sunrise Ph 42018 Husky Energy Oil Sands Bitumen1.0-2.20suspended 50 kbdSAGD [4] [5] [6]
Canada Gregoire Lake (Phase 2)2018 CNRL LANDBitumenOil Sands30In-Situ, Announced [2]

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Athabasca oil sands

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Husky Energy company

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Shell Canada company

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Suncor Energy company

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Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is a vast sedimentary basin underlying 1,400,000 square kilometres (540,000 sq mi) of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories. It consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock extending from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Canadian Shield in the east. This wedge is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) thick under the Rocky Mountains, but thins to zero at its eastern margins. The WCSB contains one of the world's largest reserves of petroleum and natural gas and supplies much of the North American market, producing more than 16,000,000,000 cubic feet (450,000,000 m3) per day of gas in 2000. It also has huge reserves of coal. Of the provinces and territories within the WCSB, Alberta has most of the oil and gas reserves and almost all of the oil sands.

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Kearl Oil Sands Project

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This page summarizes projects that propose to bring more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market, with the first production of fuel beginning in 2013. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of oil megaprojects.

This page summarizes projects that propose to bring more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2014. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects.

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This page summarizes projects that propose to bring more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2020. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects.

Although there are numerous oil companies operating in Canada, the majority of production, refining and marketing is done by fewer than 20 of them. According to the 2013 edition of Forbes Global 2000, canoils.com and any other list that emphasizes market capitalization and revenue when sizing up companies, as of March 31, 2014 these are the largest Canada-based oil and gas companies. However more recent changes, possibly mergers or a stronger showing in the price of oil could mean a few of the oil sands producers are underrepresented; this is because Canadian companies are increasingly dependent on production from that source, which is hurt severely when oil prices decline below 50 to 60 dollars a barrel since costs per barrel traditionally exceed $28 and non-upgraded bitumen produces 1.7 fewer barrels per metric ton than West Texas Intermediate oil. A few of the larger companies don't show up in the Forbes list because its ranking system takes many different factors into account. Syncrude and Irving Oil are also leaders in the Canadian industry, with Syncrude being the top producer of oil sands crude and Irving Oil operating the largest oil refinery in the country. Also, based on the price paid for a 9% share in Syncrude Canada Ltd by Sinopec the company could be worth as much as US$50 billion. Canadian oil company profits quickly recovered from the financial crisis; In 2009 they were down 90% but in 2010 they reached $8.4 billion; Helping profits is the smaller price gap between West Texas Intermediate oil ($85/bbl) and Western Canadian heavy crude ($65/bbl) with the price of upgraded synthetic oil surpassing WTI when supply falls. The two largest are 2 of the 11 most valuable Canadian companies. 2,412 oil and gas companies are based in Calgary, Alberta alone.

Western Canadian Select is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams. It is a heavy blended crude oil, composed mostly of bitumen blended with sweet synthetic and condensate diluents and 25 existing streams of both conventional and unconventional Alberta heavy crude oils at the large Husky Energy terminal in Hardisty, Alberta. Western Canadian Select—which is the benchmark for emerging heavy, high TAN (acidic) crudes— is one of many petroleum products from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin oil sands. WCS was launched in December 2004 as a new heavy oil stream by EnCana, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Petro-Canada and Talisman Energy Inc.. Husky Energy has managed WCS terminal operations since 2004 and joined the WCS Founders in 2015.

References

  1. Iran Country Overview
  2. 1 2 Canada's Oil Sands - Opportunities and Challenges to 2015: An Update (PDF), NEB
  3. "Existing and Proposed Canadian Commercial Oil Sands Projects, Strategy West, April 2008" (PDF).
  4. "Oil Sands". Husky Energy. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  5. Oil Sands Fact Sheet, Husky Energy, retrieved 2007-11-25
  6. "Canadian Oil Sands Projects - Jan 2008".