Foster Creek Oil Sands Project
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Summary Information
- Operator: Cenovus
- Country: Canada
- Location: Alberta
- Production start: 1996
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 100,000 bpd
Description
- Foster Creek began operating as a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project in 1996 and became the industry's first commercial SAGD project in 2001
- Oil from the project is processed at the Wood River Refinery
- Diluent is supplied by the Polaris Diluent Pipeline System
- Oil is transported on the Cold Lake Pipeline System to Edmonton
Contractors
- **Aker Solutions:**
- Engineering -Design, manufacture & supply of 2 Treater Vessels with desand system & option for electrostatics - 14 OD x 100
- 1 FWKO Vessel c/w insulation; Engineering manual desand system & all related piping - 14 OD x 100
History
- 1996 - First Pilot production
- 2001 - Commercial production started
- 2010 - Foster Creek receives regulatory approval for three phases of expansion (F, G and H)
- 2014 - First oil production from Phase F
- 2017 - Cenovus acquired an additional stake from ConocoPhillips
Geology
Links
- Aker Solutions Oil And Gas Processing References
- Foster Creek receives regulatory approval to expand
- Cenovus provides update on Foster Creek
- ConocoPhillips Announces Sale of Foster Creek Christina Lake Partnership Interest and Western Canada Deep Basin Gas Assets to Cenovus for $13.3 Billion; Significant Transaction Accelerates Value Proposition
