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(Reuters) -Three of Canada's biggest oil producers, Suncor Energy, Cenovus Energy and Imperial Oil, on Thursday projected higher production in 2025, betting on resilient demand for Canadian crude ...
The ERCB estimates that by 2017 oil sands production will make up 88% of Alberta's predicted oil production of 3.4 million barrels per day (540,000 m 3 /d). [6] The fivefold increase in oil prices from 1998 to 2007 made Canadian oil sands production profitable.
TSX: CLO – Claymore Oil Sands Sector ETF tracks the Sustainable Oil Sands Sector Index; TSX: CLU – Claymore US Fundamental ETF (Canadian Dollar Hedged) tracks the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Canadian Dollar Hedged Index; TSX: CRQ – Claymore Canadian Fundamental Index ETF tracks the FTSE RAFI Canada Index
The Athabasca oil sands is the only large oil field in the world suitable for surface mining, while the Cold Lake oil sands and the Peace River oil sands must be produced by drilling. [14] With the advancement of extraction methods, bitumen and economical synthetic crude are produced at costs nearing that of conventional crude.
The recent differential between the price Canadian oil sand producers fetch compared to the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark of the U.S. has been close to record levels. That differential ...
Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a heavy sour blend of crude oil [1] that is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams [2] and, historically, its cheapest. [3] It was established in December 2004 as a new heavy oil stream by EnCana (now Cenovus), Canadian Natural Resources, Petro-Canada (now Suncor) and Talisman Energy (now Repsol Oil & Gas Canada). [4]
Suncor's Base Mine is a key part of the company's operations in northern Alberta, producing around 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of bitumen used to feed upgraders at its oil sands base plant that ...
The revised forecast predicted that Canadian oil sands production would continue to grow, but at a slower rate than previously predicted. There would be minimal changes to 2008–2012 production, but by 2020 production could be 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m 3 /d) less than its prior predictions.