Foster Creek Oil Sands Project

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

Links

1. Aker Solutions Oil And Gas Processing References
2. Foster Creek receives regulatory approval to expand
3. Cenovus provides update on Foster Creek