• Upstream
  • Pipelines & Transport
  • Downstream
Oil&Gas Advancement
  • Home
  • News
    Groundbreaking new app details every energy resource in the North Sea

    Alliance Takes Tough Stand On New Upstream Oil-Gas Projects

    Saudi Arabia sets its sights on hydrogen export leadership

    Quest For LNG By Europe May Not Be All That Flourishing

    Total-Eni partnership in offshore gas drilling

    Gulf of Mexico Drilling Rights Bids Fetch $263.8 mln To US

    Atlas Petroleum, partners advance Venus oil discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea

    DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets

    DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets

    Carbon+Intel - DNV and energy majors launch JIP to develop low-pressure CO2 transport by ships

    MicroSeismic wins second Department of Energy grant for carbon capture and storage services

    Sempra, ConocoPhillips partner to launch Port Arthur LNG Project in South Texas

    LR green lights Rotoboost's pre-combustion carbon capture system

    LR green lights Rotoboost’s pre-combustion carbon capture system

    German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

    German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

  • Projects
    UN Condemns Energy Giants For Ignoring Science of All Things

    Global oil and gas projects pipeline at US$4 trn

    BP begins gas production at West Nile Delta project

    BP begins gas production at West Nile Delta project

    Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

    Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

    ABB wins $79m order for Bab onshore project in Abu Dhabi

    Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC Announce Open Season for Rockies and Bakken Crude Oil Pipeline System

    Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC Announce Open Season for Rockies and Bakken Crude Oil Pipeline System

    BHP successful in bids for blocks in the offshore Orphan Basin in Eastern Canada

    Operational excellence and safety continue to be a key driver in oil and gas sector

    Gazprom plans to carry forward cost efficient in 2018

    TGS announces new seismic project in the Anadarko basin

  • Whitepapers

    OGA 2017 Post Show Report

    US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

    US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

    Embedded SSD Flash Management

    Enterprise SSD: More Than Just a New Kind of Hard Drive

    Efficiency, Visibility and Reliability Keys to lower costs and greater profitability in oil and gas operations

    Don’t Miss the Unconventional Resource Revolution’s Next Wave

    Better Safety, Better Business: Maintain Compliance and Drive Revenue: Put All of Your Data to Work

    Breaking the Application Barrier: Why Data is the Most Valuable Asset in the Oil and Gas Industry

    Drilling Optimization Through Advanced Analytics Using Historical and Real-Time Data

  • Press Releases
    bp and Oman form strategic partnership to progress significant renewable energy and hydrogen development

    Saudi Arabia’s NEOM hydrogen mega-project cost soars to $8.5 billion

    OERA & ONHYM Reach Agreement to Enhance Offshore Energy Research & Development

    Santos receives major approval for oil and gas development offshore Western Australia

    Eni, Repsol press Maduro for more control to increase oil production from Venezuelan oil fields

    chevron invests in carbon capture and removal technology company, svante

    bp looks to further developments at Tangguh with PSC extension

    Falcon Oil & Gas completes successful drilling operations in Australia

    N’GENIUS solution on the horizon for oil, gas and LNG industry

    QatarEnergy, GE to develop carbon capture roadmap

    QatarEnergy, GE to develop carbon capture roadmap

    Equinor Energy

    Transocean secures offshore drilling rig contract from Wintershall and OMV

  • Market Reports
    CNOOC Limited Announces Caofeidian 11-1/11-6 Oilfield Comprehensive Adjustment Project Commences Production

    Vital Energy acquires oil production assets in Permian basin for $128 million

    INPEX sells Eagle Ford tight oil production and development assets to Repsol

    Matador Resources acquires Delaware basin assets for $1.6 billion

    Funding For Oil And Gas Industry Is Evolving Dramatically

    Marathon Oil Completes Eagle Ford Acquisition

    Neptune Energy producing natural gas from Merakes project in Indonesia

    Fresh Gas Supply Need Is Created By Australian Energy Crisis

    Chevron Announces $15 Billion Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2022

    Chevron Announces $15 Billion Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2022

    Aramco announces second quarter and half-year 2021 results

    Aramco announces second quarter and half-year 2021 results

    Empire Petroleum buys US oil and gas assets from ExxonMobil

    Empire Petroleum buys US oil and gas assets from ExxonMobil

  • Events
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    Groundbreaking new app details every energy resource in the North Sea

    Alliance Takes Tough Stand On New Upstream Oil-Gas Projects

    Saudi Arabia sets its sights on hydrogen export leadership

    Quest For LNG By Europe May Not Be All That Flourishing

    Total-Eni partnership in offshore gas drilling

    Gulf of Mexico Drilling Rights Bids Fetch $263.8 mln To US

    Atlas Petroleum, partners advance Venus oil discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea

    DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets

    DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets

    Carbon+Intel - DNV and energy majors launch JIP to develop low-pressure CO2 transport by ships

    MicroSeismic wins second Department of Energy grant for carbon capture and storage services

    Sempra, ConocoPhillips partner to launch Port Arthur LNG Project in South Texas

    LR green lights Rotoboost's pre-combustion carbon capture system

    LR green lights Rotoboost’s pre-combustion carbon capture system

    German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

    German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

  • Projects
    UN Condemns Energy Giants For Ignoring Science of All Things

    Global oil and gas projects pipeline at US$4 trn

    BP begins gas production at West Nile Delta project

    BP begins gas production at West Nile Delta project

    Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

    Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

    ABB wins $79m order for Bab onshore project in Abu Dhabi

    Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC Announce Open Season for Rockies and Bakken Crude Oil Pipeline System

    Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC Announce Open Season for Rockies and Bakken Crude Oil Pipeline System

    BHP successful in bids for blocks in the offshore Orphan Basin in Eastern Canada

    Operational excellence and safety continue to be a key driver in oil and gas sector

    Gazprom plans to carry forward cost efficient in 2018

    TGS announces new seismic project in the Anadarko basin

  • Whitepapers

    OGA 2017 Post Show Report

    US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

    US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

    Embedded SSD Flash Management

    Enterprise SSD: More Than Just a New Kind of Hard Drive

    Efficiency, Visibility and Reliability Keys to lower costs and greater profitability in oil and gas operations

    Don’t Miss the Unconventional Resource Revolution’s Next Wave

    Better Safety, Better Business: Maintain Compliance and Drive Revenue: Put All of Your Data to Work

    Breaking the Application Barrier: Why Data is the Most Valuable Asset in the Oil and Gas Industry

    Drilling Optimization Through Advanced Analytics Using Historical and Real-Time Data

  • Press Releases
    bp and Oman form strategic partnership to progress significant renewable energy and hydrogen development

    Saudi Arabia’s NEOM hydrogen mega-project cost soars to $8.5 billion

    OERA & ONHYM Reach Agreement to Enhance Offshore Energy Research & Development

    Santos receives major approval for oil and gas development offshore Western Australia

    Eni, Repsol press Maduro for more control to increase oil production from Venezuelan oil fields

    chevron invests in carbon capture and removal technology company, svante

    bp looks to further developments at Tangguh with PSC extension

    Falcon Oil & Gas completes successful drilling operations in Australia

    N’GENIUS solution on the horizon for oil, gas and LNG industry

    QatarEnergy, GE to develop carbon capture roadmap

    QatarEnergy, GE to develop carbon capture roadmap

    Equinor Energy

    Transocean secures offshore drilling rig contract from Wintershall and OMV

  • Market Reports
    CNOOC Limited Announces Caofeidian 11-1/11-6 Oilfield Comprehensive Adjustment Project Commences Production

    Vital Energy acquires oil production assets in Permian basin for $128 million

    INPEX sells Eagle Ford tight oil production and development assets to Repsol

    Matador Resources acquires Delaware basin assets for $1.6 billion

    Funding For Oil And Gas Industry Is Evolving Dramatically

    Marathon Oil Completes Eagle Ford Acquisition

    Neptune Energy producing natural gas from Merakes project in Indonesia

    Fresh Gas Supply Need Is Created By Australian Energy Crisis

    Chevron Announces $15 Billion Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2022

    Chevron Announces $15 Billion Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2022

    Aramco announces second quarter and half-year 2021 results

    Aramco announces second quarter and half-year 2021 results

    Empire Petroleum buys US oil and gas assets from ExxonMobil

    Empire Petroleum buys US oil and gas assets from ExxonMobil

  • Events
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Oil&Gas Advancement
No Result
View All Result
Home America

Sunrise Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada

Yuvraj_ong by Yuvraj_ong
December 23, 2015
in America, Downstream, Projects
0

Bitumen from the Sunrise oil sands

Sunrise is a bitumen deposit located approximately 37m (59.5km) north-east of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada. As per December 2011 estimates, the deposit is estimated to hold 3.7 billion barrels of bitumen, including 0.36 billion barrels of proved, 2.48 billion barrels of probable and 0.86 billion barrels of possible reserves.

The onshore oil sands project is being jointly developed by Husky Energy and BP, through a 50-50 partnership. Husky Energy will operate the field. The two partners are investing $2.5bn in the first phase of the project development.

The two companies had entered into an agreement in 2008 to establish a partnership with equal ownership for the production, refining and marketing of the Sunrise oil sands project. Under the agreement, Husky transferred 50% of its fully-owned Sunrise project in exchange for 50% ownership in the BP-operated refinery near Toledo in Ohio.

First oil from the deposit is expected in 2014.

Approval to develop the bitumen deposit

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) and conceptual study for the development of the Sunrise field were started ten years ago, in 2002. In February 2004, the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB, formerly Alberta Energy and Utilities Board) and Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD, formerly Alberta Environment) received a public disclosure document from Husky.

Commercial application to build and operate the 200,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) oil sands project was submitted to the two provincial authorities in August 2004. ERCB approved the project in December 2005, while ESRD gave its nod in October 2006. An amended version of the project was approved in January 2009.

Development of the Canadian onshore oil sands

The project is scheduled to be developed in three phases with the goal of reaching an ultimate production capacity of 200,000bbl/d. The first phase will have a production capacity of 60,000bbl/d.

“Husky transferred 50% of its fully-owned Sunrise project for 50% ownership in the BP-operated refinery near Toledo in Ohio.”

Front end engineering and design (FEED) for the first phase was completed in January 2010. Detailed engineering, procurement and construction was launched in November 2010.

Main components of phase one include construction of a central processing facility (CPF), with two 30,000 barrels per day plants; development of surface facilities and site infrastructure; drilling of 49 well pairs on eight well pads; five water supply wells and four disposal water wells; and diluent and diluted bitumen (dilbit) pipelines to / from Edmonton.

As of November 2012, construction on phase one was 50% complete. Phase two is in the pre-engineering stage.

The produced bitumen will be transported to BP-operated Toledo refinery through existing pipelines.

Steam assisted gravity drainage technology

Bitumen from the Sunrise oil sands will be produced by employing an enhanced oil recovery technology known as steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). The technology keeps the surface land disturbance to a minimal level and does not require large tailings ponds or open pit mining.

SAGD is applied by drilling a pair of horizontal wells into the reservoir, with a spacing of five metres. The upper well is used as injector well, while the lower well is used as a producer well.

Steam is continuously injected into the upper well to heat the reservoir bitumen and reduce its viscosity. This causes the heated oil to flow into the producer well (lower horizontal well), where it is pumped out.

Contracts for Husky Energy and BP’s Sunrise project

SNC-Lavalin was contracted in March 2008 to provide FEED services for the Sunrise project. WorleyParsons was commissioned to provide engineering services for the energy island section of the project.

“The produced bitumen will be transported to BP-operated Toledo refinery through existing pipelines.”

In December 2010, Saipem was given an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth about $1bn for the Sunrise CPF.

Apart from production and storage of extracted bitumen, the scope of the contact includes oil treatment, removal of oil from produced water, water treatment and steam generation.

Worley Parsons will serve as an EPC contractor for the field facilities. Midstream pipeline and terminal services will be provided by Enbridge as part of a $475m contract announced in September 2010. Atco Structures & Logistics was contracted in May 2011 to provide site services for the project.

Previous Post

Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada

Next Post

Suncor Project Voyageur, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Related Posts

DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets
Downstream

DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel to strengthen customers oil and gas, renewables assets

March 23, 2023
Carbon+Intel - DNV and energy majors launch JIP to develop low-pressure CO2 transport by ships
Downstream

MicroSeismic wins second Department of Energy grant for carbon capture and storage services

March 23, 2023
German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead
Downstream

German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

March 22, 2023
Downstream

Study States European Natural Gas Rates To Multiply By 2024

March 1, 2023
Downstream

Russian Tax Overhaul Looks To Offset Oil Firms Revenue Dip

February 27, 2023
Downstream

EPA Urged To Keep Methane Emissions From Flares In Check

February 24, 2023
Next Post

Suncor Project Voyageur, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Latest Post

Carbon+Intel - DNV and energy majors launch JIP to develop low-pressure CO2 transport by ships
Downstream

MicroSeismic wins second Department of Energy grant for carbon capture and storage services

March 23, 2023
Exploration Development

Sempra, ConocoPhillips partner to launch Port Arthur LNG Project in South Texas

March 23, 2023
LR green lights Rotoboost's pre-combustion carbon capture system
News

LR green lights Rotoboost’s pre-combustion carbon capture system

March 23, 2023
German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead
Downstream

German Energy Regulator Does Not Dwarf Tough Road Ahead

March 22, 2023
North Sea Hydrogen Pipelines Have A Huge Potential- Study
News

North Sea Hydrogen Pipelines Have A Huge Potential- Study

March 18, 2023
Downstream

Study States European Natural Gas Rates To Multiply By 2024

March 1, 2023
Oil&Gas Advancement

About Us

Oil and Gas Advancement is an information centric knowledge sharing platform focused on the latest news in the B2B oil and gas sector bringing to our audiences B2B updates on upstream, downstream, pipeline and transport categories providing information on the latest projects and developments.

Resources

  • Advertise with us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Download Mediapack

System

  • Search
  • Site Map
  • RSS Feed
  • Upstream
  • Pipelines & Transport
  • Downstream

© 2018 Copyright Valuemediaservices 2018 All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Projects
  • Whitepapers
  • Press Releases
  • Market Reports
  • Events
  • Contact Us

© 2018 Copyright Valuemediaservices 2018 All rights reserved.