Oil Sands News
Statoil has submitted an ERCB application for a solvent
co‐injection pilot project at its Leismer SAGD facility.
The primary goal of the project is to simultaneously increase the
recovery and production rates while reducing energy requirements
and greenhouse gas emissions. Subject to regulatory approval and a
long‐term condensate‐type diluent supply, the
Leismer project is expected to start in the second quarter of 2012,
and could be online commercially by 2017. The company noted that
this process could also be applied at Corner, another of its SAGD
projects, which is slated to commence in 2015.
SilverBirch has submitted a regulatory application for its
Frontier Project (which includes the company's Equinox
project), seeking approval for a 277,000 bpd oilsands mining and
bitumen extraction project. Construction on the project, which is
half owned by each of SilverBirch and operator Teck Resources, is
anticipated to start in 2016. The company expects
