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A Comprehensive Guide to the Alberta Oil Sands
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE ALBERTA OIL SANDS UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS , EXPORT IMPLICATIONS , AND POLITICAL , ECONOMIC , AND INDUSTRY INFLUENCES Michelle Mech May 2011 (LAST REVISED MARCH 2012) A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE ALBERTA OIL SANDS UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS , EXPORT IMPLICATIONS , AND POLITICAL , ECONOMIC , AND INDUSTRY INFLUENCES ABOUT THIS REPORT Just as an oil slick can spread far from its source, the implications of Oil Sands production have far reaching effects. Many people only read or hear about isolated aspects of these implications. Media stories often provide only a ‘window’ of information on one specific event and detailed reports commonly center around one particular facet. This paper brings together major points from a vast selection of reports, studies and research papers, books, documentaries, articles, and fact sheets relating to the Alberta Oil Sands. It is not inclusive. The objective of this document is to present sufficient information on the primary factors and repercussions involved with Oil Sands production and export so as to provide the reader with an overall picture of the scope and implications of Oil Sands current production and potential future development, without perusing vast volumes of publications. The content presents both basic facts, and those that would supplement a general knowledge base of the Oil Sands and this document can be utilized wholly or in part, to gain or complement a perspective of one or more particular aspect(s) associated with the Oil Sands. The substantial range of Oil Sands- related topics is covered in brevity in the summary. This paper discusses environmental, resource, and health concerns, reclamation, viable alternatives, crude oil pipelines, and carbon capture and storage. -
Comparison of CSS and SAGD in Cold Lake
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2015-05-04 Comparison of CSS and SAGD in Cold Lake Shayganpour, Farshid Shayganpour, F. (2015). Comparison of CSS and SAGD in Cold Lake (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25374 http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2240 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Comparison of CSS and SAGD in Cold Lake By Farshid Shayganpour A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL & PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CALGARY, ALBERTA APRIL, 2015 © Farshid Shayganpour, 2015 ABSTRACT Several methods are being used to recover buried heavy oil or bitumen deposits within oil- sands reservoirs. Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) has been a commercial recovery process since the mid 1980’s in the Cold Lake area in northeast Alberta. Also, Several Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) projects are in operation in different types of reservoirs in the Cold Lake area. There is a debate over whether CSS is more efficient in the Cold Lake reservoirs or SAGD. It is very important for producers to know broadly about the performance and efficiency of the oil recovery process. -
Canada's Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Deposits
14 APPENDED DOCUMENTS 14.1 Appendix 1: CANADA'S OIL SANDS AND HEAVY OIL DEPOSITS Vast deposits of viscous bitumen (~350 x 109m3 oil) exist in Alberta and Saskatchewan. These deposits contain enough oil that if only 30% of it were extracted, it could supply the entire needs of North America (United States and Canada) for over 100 years at current consumption levels. The deposits represent "plentiful" oil, but until recently it has not been "cheap" oil. It requires technologically intensive activity and the input of significant amounts of energy to exploit it. Recent developments in technology (horizontal drilling, gravity drainage, unheated simultaneous production of oil and sand, see attached note) have opened the possibility of highly efficient extraction of oil sands at moderate operating cost. For example, the average operating costs for a barrel of heavy oil was CAN$10- 12 in 1989; it was CAN$5-6 in 1996, without correcting for any inflation. This triggered a “mini-boom” in heavy oil development in Alberta and Saskatchewan until the price crash of 1997-1998. However, reasonable prices have triggered more interest in the period 2000-2001, and heavy oil and oil sands development is accelerating. At present, heavy oil production is limited by a restricted refining capacity (upgraders designed specially for the viscous, high sulfur, high heavy metal content crude oil), not by our ability to produce it in the field. Currently (2002), nearly 50% of Canada's oil production comes from the oil sands and the heavy oil producing, high porosity sandstone reservoirs which lie along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. -
Alberta Energy Regulator Index of Aer Orders and Approvals Ogs
INDEX OF AER ORDERS AND APPROVALS OAK OAK FIELD 0659 September 2021 Page 1 of 1 FIELD DESIGNATION 0659 2011-05-01 OAK FIELD POOL DESIGNATION 0659 304001 2009-09-01 BLUESKY A 0659 432001 2010-04-01 ROCK CREEK A 0659 606001 2001-02-01 KISKATINAW A 0659 606002 2001-02-01 KISKATINAW B 0659 606003 2013-07-01 KISKATINAW C 0659 658001 2001-02-01 WABAMUN A ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR INDEX OF AER ORDERS AND APPROVALS OGS OGSTON FIELD 0664 September 2021 Page 1 of 2 FIELD DESIGNATION 0664 2012-04-01 OGSTON FIELD POOL DESIGNATION 0664 304001 2010-04-01 BLUESKY A 0664 773502 2008-05-01 KEG RIVER SAND B 0664 797502 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH B 0664 797503 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH C 0664 797504 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH D 0664 797505 2010-04-01 GRANITE WASH E 0664 797506 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH F 0664 797507 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH G 0664 797508 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH H 0664 797509 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH I 0664 797510 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH J 0664 797511 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH K 0664 797512 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH L 0664 797514 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH N 0664 797515 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH O 0664 797516 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH P 0664 797517 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH Q 0664 797518 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH R 0664 797519 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH S 0664 797520 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH T 0664 797521 2015-12-01 GRANITE WASH U 0664 797522 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH V 0664 797523 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH W 0664 797524 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH X 0664 797525 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH Y 0664 797526 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH Z 0664 797527 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH AA 0664 797528 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH BB 0664 797529 2008-06-01 GRANITE WASH CC 0664 797530 2013-07-01 GRANITE WASH DD ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR INDEX OF AER ORDERS AND APPROVALS OGS OGSTON FIELD 0664 September 2021 Page 2 of 2 SPACING PATTERN SU 2462 16 Jan 1996 SU 2462A 15 Apr 1998 SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL SCHEMES App 9171E 17 Nov 2015 Class II Cardinal Energy Ltd. -
High Resolution Monitoring and Modeling of Steam Injection in the Athabasca Oil Sands at UTF: a Case Study
High Resolution Monitoring and Modeling of Steam Injection in the Athabasca Oil Sands at UTF: A Case Study Evan Bianco* University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB [email protected] and Douglas Schmitt University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Summary This case study explores rock physical properties of heavy oil reservoirs subject to the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) thermal enhanced recovery process. Previously published measurements [e.g. Wang et. al, 1990, and Eastwood, 1993] of the temperature dependant properties of heavy oil saturated sands are extended by fluid substitutional modeling and wireline data in order to assess the effects of pore fluid composition, pressure and temperature changes on the seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands. Rock physics modeling is applied to the shallow McMurray reservoir (135-160m depth) encountered by the Underground Test Facility (UTF) within the bituminous Athabasca oil sands deposit in order to construct a petrophysical velocity model of the SAGD process. Although the injected steam pressure and temperature controls the fluid bulk moduli within the pore space, the stress dependant elastic frame modulus is the most poorly known yet most important factor governing the changes of seismic properties during this recovery operation. The results of the fluid substitution are used to construct a 2-D synthetic seismic section in order to establish seismic attributes for analysis and interpretation of the physical SAGD process. The findings of this modeling promote a more complete description of 11 high resolution time lapse 2-D seismic profiles collected at the UTF. This work presented is intended to provide an overview of the U of A’s geophysical involvement with the UTF project. -
Alberta Oil Sands Industry Quarterly Update
ALBERTA OIL SANDS INDUSTRY QUARTERLY UPDATE WINTER 2013 Reporting on the period: Sep. 18, 2013 to Dec. 05, 2013 2 ALBERTA OIL SANDS INDUSTRY QUARTERLY UPDATE Canada has the third-largest oil methods. Alberta will continue to rely All about reserves in the world, after Saudi to a greater extent on in situ production Arabia and Venezuela. Of Canada’s in the future, as 80 per cent of the 173 billion barrels of oil reserves, province’s proven bitumen reserves are the oil sands 170 billion barrels are located in too deep underground to recover using Background of an Alberta, and about 168 billion barrels mining methods. are recoverable from bitumen. There are essentially two commercial important global resource This is a resource that has been methods of in situ (Latin for “in developed for decades but is now place,” essentially meaning wells are gaining increased global attention used rather than trucks and shovels). as conventional supplies—so-called In cyclic steam stimulation (CSS), “easy” oil—continue to be depleted. high-pressure steam is injected into The figure of 168 billion barrels TABLE OF CONTENTS directional wells drilled from pads of bitumen represents what is for a period of time, then the steam considered economically recoverable is left to soak in the reservoir for a All about the oil sands with today’s technology, but with period, melting the bitumen, and 02 new technologies, this reserve then the same wells are switched estimate could be significantly into production mode, bringing the increased. In fact, total oil sands Mapping the oil sands bitumen to the surface. -
Environmental Assessment – Joint Review Panel in the MATTER of FRONTIER OIL SANDS PROJECT Teck Resources Limited
Environmental Assessment – Joint Review Panel IN THE MATTER OF FRONTIER OIL SANDS PROJECT Teck Resources Limited CEAA Reference No. 65505 SUBMISSIONS ON IMPACTS OF THE FRONTIER OIL SANDS PROJECT ON WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK Filed by: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter P.O. Box 52031 Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 Tel.: (780) 328-3780 Email: [email protected] PART I: INTRODUCTION The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is a nationwide charity dedicated to the protection and sustainability of Canada’s public land and water, and ensuring that parks are managed to protect the nature within them. CPAWS Northern Alberta’s role as an organization is to provide landscape-scale, science-based support and advice for the conservation and protection of Alberta’s wilderness. CPAWS Northern Alberta has championed the protection of Alberta’s diverse natural heritage since its establishment in 1968, and regularly collaborates with government, industry, and Indigenous communities on these issues. CPAWS Northern Alberta also strives to educate and bring awareness to Alberta’s residents and visitors about the importance of protecting Alberta’s wilderness. These are the submissions of CPAWS Northern Alberta ("CPAWS") to the Joint Review Panel ("JRP") in relation to the impacts of the Frontier Oil Sands Project (the "Project") on Wood Buffalo National Park ("Park" or “WBNP”). By separate filing on behalf of CPAWS, the Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation has filed evidence and submissions in relation to the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Project. In relation to the submissions and evidence contained herein regarding the impacts of the Project on the Park, CPAWS has retained Mr. -
Crudemonitor.Ca - Canadian Crude Quality Monitoring Program Page 1 of 2
CrudeMonitor.ca - Canadian Crude Quality Monitoring Program Page 1 of 2 crudemonitor.ca Home Monthly Reports Tools Library Industry Resources Contact Us Access Western Blend (AWB) What is Access Western Blend crude? Access Western Blend (AWB) is a heavy, high TAN Canada dilbit produced by Devon Energy Canada and MEG Liberia Energy Corp. Production is from the Athabasca ManiTol region south of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Production sh (*) is generated by SAGD thermal methods. Diluent is ):;n Erfmynren Ssskalchewan supplied to the production sites from Edmonton and dilbit is pumped back to Edmonton on the Access Pipeline. AWB is available for upgrading in the Calgary Edmonton area, and for export on the Enbridge and Winnipf Kinder Morgan systems. Map data ©2013 Google Most Recent Sample Comments: Light Ends Summary Last 6 Samples AWB-803, Sep 20, 2013 Most Property 6 Month 1 Year 5 Year Recent On a seasonally adjusted basis, Access Western ( vol% ) Average Average Average Blend was consistent with historical averages for Sample the month of September. • C3- 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 Monthly Reports Butanes 0.37 0.45 0.55 0.68 Pentanes 7.17 8.47 8.48 8.38 Basic Analysis Hexanes 6.31 6.68 6.81 6.78 Heptanes 4.28 4.01 4.15 4.33 Most 6 Month 1 Year 5 Year Octanes 2.31 2.18 2.27 2.55 Property Recent Average Average Average No nanes 0.90 1.02 1.09 1.23 Sample canes 0.41 0.48 0.52 0.53 P Density (kg/m3) 930.8 925.3 923.6 922.7 Gravity (oAPI) 20.4 21.3 21.6 21.7 Sulphur ( wt%) 4.12 4.01 3.95 3.94 BTEX ITMCR (wt%) 11.00 10.79 10.65 10.65 Most 6 Sediment (ppmw) 94 89 193 Property 1 Year 5 Year Recent Month TAN (mgKOH/g) 1.77 1.73 1.72 1.70 (vol%) Average Average Sample Average Salt (ptb) 4.7 6.4 6.4 Benzene 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.29 Nickel (mg/L) 77.0 76.6 73.8 72.4 Toluene 0.44 0.46 0.49 0.50 Vanadium (mg/L) 206.0 202.0 196.7 194.1 Ethyl Benzene 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 Olefins (wt%) ND ND T=T Xylenes 0.29 0.33 0.35 0.39 *N1) indicates a tested value below the instrument threshold. -
Comparison of the Corrosivity of Dilbit and Conventional Crude
Alberta Alberta Innovates Innovates Idf Technology ~ Energyand \Ill Futures tm Environment Solutions ' Comparison of the Corrosivity of Dilbit and Conventional Crude Prepared for: Dr. John Zhou Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions Prepared by: Jenny Been, PEng, Ph.D., PMP Corrosion Engineering, Advanced Materials, AITF Reviewed by: John Wolodko, PEng, Ph.D. Advanced Materials, AITF Copyright© 2011 September 2011 Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures 2480002 EXHIBIT I I NOTICE 1. This Report was prepared as an account of work conducted at the Albe1ta Innovates Technology Futures ("AITF") on behalf of Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions ("AIEES"). All reasonable effo1ts were made to ensure that the work conforms to accepted scientific, engineering and environmental practices, but AITF makes no other representation and gives no other warranty with respect to the reliability, accuracy, validity or fitness of the information, analysis and conclusions contained in this Report. Any and all implied or statutory warranties of merchantability or fitness for any purpose are expressly excluded. AIEES acknowledges that any use or interpretation of the information, analysis or conclusions contained in this Report is at its own risk. Reference herein to any specified commercial product, process or service by trade-name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by AITF. 2. Any authorized copy of this Repo1i distributed to a third party shall include an aclrnowledgement that the Repo1t was prepared by AITF and shall give appropriate credit to AITF and the authors of the Report. 3. Copyright AITF 2011. All rights reserved. Comparison of the Corrosivity of Dilbit and Conventional Crude ii CONFIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pipeline expansions for the transportation of Canadian crude to refining markets in the United States are currently under regulatory review. -
Final Sea Report
VOLUME 1: MILESTONE 3 - FINAL SEA REPORT Strategic Environmental Assessment of Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site It will be iniS May 2018 FINAL REPORT: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Wood Buffalo National Park COVERING LETTER Independent Environmental Consultants 70 Valleywood Drive, Suite 200 Markham, ON, L3R 4T5 Tel/Fax: 844-736-7369 PSX16-0057 30 May 2018 Parks Canada Government of Canada 145 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg MB R3B 0R9 Attention: Katherine Cumming National Manager of Impact Assessment, Natural Resource Conservation Branch RE: Final Strategic Environmental Assessment of Potential Cumulative Impacts of all Developments on the Outstanding Universal Value of Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site Independent Environmental Consultants (IEC) is pleased to submit this final Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report. This two-volume report is being submitted in accordance with completion of Milestone 3 of the above noted Contract. Yours very truly, Independent Environmental Consultants Donald M. Gorber, PhD, P. Eng. President Page i FINAL REPORT: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Wood Buffalo National Park ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The journey to complete this Strategic Environmental Assessment has involved the gathering of a significant volume of available information, including both western science and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge. All of this has been accomplished through phone discussions with government staff, researchers, industrial associations and Non-Government Environmental Organizations, -
0162002113593 Alberta Oil Sands Corridor Study
0162002113593 Alberta Oil Sands Corridor Study McMurray Volume 1 Report-Part 2 Corridor Development Plan oed for by Alberta Oil Sands rAta Corridor Study Group IRONMENT ~74 edmonton, alberta ALBERTA OIL SANDS CORRIDOR STUDY VOLUME 1 REPORT, PART 2 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN Prepared for: By: Alberta Alberta Oil Sands Environment Corridor Study Group June, 1974 Edmonton, Alberta SUMMARY ALBERTA OIL SANDS CORRIDOR STUDY CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN In this plan a transportation corridor connects the oil sands resources of the Athabasca area to a new major provin cial terminal which serves as a central hub for additional corridors radiating out to existing and future industrial facilities and extra-provincial terminals. The placement of these corridors and industrial facilities meets the loca tion parameters agreed upon by the study group. The new corridor components are pipelines, power trans mission lines and a relatively short railway spur line in the vicinity of the terminal. Where possible the corridors are integrated with existing pipelines, highways and rail ways. The Corridor Concept is applicable. "Alberta Skaro Terminal" is the provisional name used in this report for the major provincial terminal. The pur pose of this terminal is to receive, measure, pass-through, transfer, or direct liquid hydrocarbons by pipe~ine, railway or truck between petrochemical complexes, refineries, extra provincial terminals and the mineral source. An additional possible future terminal is indicated in the Hardisty area which will probably be interconnected with the system some time in the future. The plan envisions several major petrochemical complexes and refinery sites to be developed easterly along the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. -
Technologies, Markets and Challenges for Development of the Canadian Oil Sands Industry
Technologies, Markets and Challenges for Development of the Canadian Oil Sands Industry by Romain H. Lacombe and John E. Parsons 07-006 June 2007 Technologies, Markets and Challenges for Development of the Canadian Oil Sands Industry Romain H. Lacombe* and John E. Parsons** June 2007 This paper provides an overview of the current status of development of the Canadian oil sands industry, and considers possible paths of further development. We outline the key technology alternatives, critical resource inputs and environmental challenges and strategic options both at the company and government level. We develop a model to calculate the supply cost of bitumen and synthetic crude oil using the key technologies. Using the model we evaluate the sensitivity of the supply costs to the critical model inputs. * Technology and Policy Program, MIT, E40-442, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, E-mail: [email protected] ** Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT, E40-435, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, E-mail: [email protected] This research was supported by a grant from BP Technologies Ventures Inc. for research on “Conversion of High-C/Low Value Feedstock into Fuels and Electricity: Exploring Technological Opportunities and How These Could Impact the Market.” 1. INTRODUCTION The Canadian oil sands resource has been under development since 1967 when the mining and upgrading operations of the Great Canadian Oil Sands project (now Suncor Energy Inc.) started in the Fort McMurray region of Alberta. For many decades the resource remained promising but inconsequential. Spurred by the recent increase in the world price of oil, the industry has begun to expand rapidly.