Kearl Lake Oil Sands Project

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Imperial Oil
  • Country: Canada
  • Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta
  • Production start: 2013
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil - Bitumen
  • Estimated Reserves: 4.6 billion barrels
  • Production Volume: 220,000 bpd

+++ Description

+++ Contractors

  • **Fluor:** Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for infrastructure and offlease facilities for the first phase
  • **CBI:** Procurement, module assembly as well as construction and installation of modular components
  • **Babcock & Wilcox:** Boilers for phases 1&2

+++ History

  • 2007 - Approval from Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) and the Government of Canada
  • 2009 - Fluor awarded EPC contract for infrastructure
  • 2012 - CBI awarded contract for modular components
  • 2013 - Production starts
  • 2015 - Expansion project completed

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Kearl Overview
  2. Regulators Approve Imperial Oil’s Kearl Oil Sands Mining Project
  3. Fluor Secures Kearl Oil Sands Contract in Canada
  4. CB&I Announces Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project Contract
  5. Inter Pipeline Fund: Polaris Pipeline System Enters Commercial Service
  6. ExxonMobil Announces Production Startup at Kearl Oil Sands Project
  7. Enbridge to Build $1.3 Billion Woodland Pipeline Extension
  8. ExxonMobil Announces Kearl Expansion Project Starts Production Ahead of Schedule