Long Lake Oil Sands Project
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Summary Information
- Operator: Nexen
- Country: Canada
- Location: 40 km southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Production start: 2008
- Partners: Nexen - 65%, CNOOC - 35%
- Type: Heavy Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 60,000 bbls/d
+++ Description
- Long Lake is an integrated Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and upgrading operation that uses a proprietary OrCrude™ technology as well as hydrocracking and gasification to produce Premium Synthetic Crude oil.
- Full design rates of 72,000 bbls/d of bitumen production is upgraded to approximately 60,000 bbls/d of PSC
- The Long Lake site is located approximately 40 km southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
* The **K1A development** is a satellite which consists of steam-generating equipment, well pad facilities, 37 well pairs, and water and bitumen flowlines.
+++ Contractors
- **Fluor:** Detailed engineering and procurement services for the three main upgrader process units
- **Jacobs Engineering:** Engineering and procurement services
- **Aker Solutions:**
- 2 FWKO Vessels c/w desand system & insulation - 16 OD x 90
- 4 Treaters c/w desand system; 2 transformers; 2 Sample boxes & Insulation 13 ID x 90
- Flash Treater - 10 x 20
- **Kentz:** Carbonyls filtration and dilutent recovery unit (DRU)
+++ History
- 2004 - Fluor awarded detailed engineering and procurement services for the three main upgrader process units
- 2008 - Long Lake Oil Sands Project commissioned
- 2009 - First synthetic crude produced
- 2008 - Nexen acquires a further 15%
- 2012 - Production begins on pad 12
- 2013 - Jacobs awarded engineering contract
- 2014 - K1A started production
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Aker Solutions Oil And Gas Processing References
- Fluor Wins $570 Million Award for Work on Large Canadian Oil Sands Project
- Nexen Provides Long Lake Project Update
- Nexen Acquires Additional Interest in Long Lake
- Nexen Produces First Synthetic Crude Oil at Long Lake
- Nexen Announces Achievement of Two Important Milestones at Long Lake
- Jacobs Receives Contract from Nexen
- Kentz initiates construction work on Nexen Energy award
- CNOOC Limited Announces First Production from K1A