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Imperial Oil ups costs of Kearl oil sands initial development 18% to $12.9B

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Imperial Oil has raised the expected final cost for the Kearl oil sands initial development to $12.9 Kearl, jointly owned between Imperial Oil (operator) and ExxonMobil Canada, will be one of Canada’s largest open-pit mining operations with regulatory approval for up to 345,000 barrels a day of production.

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Imperial Oil sanctions Kearl Oil Sands expansion project

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Imperial Oil Limited’s board of directors has approved the expansion phase of the Kearl Oil Sands Project, a surface mining operation under construction northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Imperial Oil’s share of the Kearl Oil Sands asset is 71%. billion (US$10.6 billion (US$8.7 per barrel.

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Enbridge to twin southern section of its Athabasca oil sands pipeline for about $1.2B

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will twin the southern section of its Athabasca Pipeline from the Kirby Lake, Alberta terminal to the Hardisty, Alberta crude oil hub at an estimated cost of approximately C$1.2 The line is expected to be capable of accepting initial volumes by early 2015, with its full initial capacity available by 2016. Enbridge Inc.

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Suncor targeting 1M barrels per day by 2020, some 80% from oil sands; new strategic alliance with Total

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Suncor is targeting 1 million barrels per day output in 2020, with its growth in the oil sands underpinned by its alliance with Total. Approximately 80% of that production will be from the oil sands. Click to enlarge. Canada-based Suncor Energy Inc., Canada-based Suncor Energy Inc.,

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Total to Acquire UTS Corporation and Its 20% Interest in Fort Hills Oil Sands Project for C$1.15B

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a Total subsidiary, has signed an agreement with UTS Energy Corporation (UTS) to acquire UTS Corporation with its main asset, a 20% interest in the Fort Hills oil sands mining project in Alberta, Canada. per share) the cost of the acquisition for Total amounts to approximately CAD 1.15 Total E&P Canada Ltd., billion (US$1.09

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Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

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The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. The total cost of the project is projected to be C$1.35 The project will capture and store up to 1.2 billion (US$1.28

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Athabasca Oil Corporation green-lights $536M Hangingstone SAGD oil sands project

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The Board of Directors of Canada-based Athabasca Oil Corporation has given the go-ahead to the company’s $536-million Hangingstone 1 SAGD (steam-assisted gravity drainage) Project; the company also reaffirmed that its Light Oil Division is on track to meet its year-end production target of 10,000 to 11,000 barrels of oil.

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