Attachment 3 Current Approvals Alberta Energy Regulator Approval 8573 (Mildred Lake) Approval 10781 (Aurora) COMMERCIAL SCHEME Approval No. 8573M MADE at the City of Fort McMurray, in the Province of Alberta, on the 7th day of June 2013. ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD IN THE MATTER of a scheme of Syncrude Canada Ltd., comprised of Canadian Oil Sands Partnership #1; Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership; Imperial Oil Resources; Mocal Energy Limited; Murphy Oil Company Ltd.; Nexen Oil Sands Partnership; and Suncor Energy Ventures Partnership, for the recovery of oil sands or production of oil sands products from the Athabasca Wabiskaw-McMurray Oil Sands Deposit in the Mildred Lake Area. WHEREAS Syncrude Canada Ltd. has applied to the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) to amend Approval No. 8573; and The Energy Resources Conservation Board (hereinafter called “the Board”), pursuant to the Oil Sands Conservation Act, chapter O-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, orders as follows: 1) Board Approval No. 8573 is amended. 2) (1) The scheme of Syncrude Canada Ltd., comprised of Canadian Oil Sands Partnership #1; Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership; Imperial Oil Resources; Mocal Energy Limited; Murphy Oil Company Ltd.; Nexen Oil Sands Partnership; and Suncor Energy Ventures Partnership (hereinafter called “Syncrude”) for the recovery of oil sands and production of oil sands products, from the area shown on the attached hereto marked Appendix A to this approval, is approved, subject to the Oil Sands Conservation Regulation and the terms of the conditions herein contained, as such scheme is described in related applications including a) Application No. 957, p) Application No. 920863, b) Application No. 6888, q) Application No. 921321, c) Application No. 6889, r) Application No. 921322, d) Application No. 9160, s) Application No. 931494, e) Application No. 9775, t) Application No. 940001, f) Application No. 790543, u) Application No. 940146, g) Application No. 820394, v) Application No. 941167, h) Application No. 821217, w) Application No. 950107, i) Application No. 840142, x) Application No. 960196, j) Application No. 840232, y) Application No. 980381 k) Application No. 841228, z) Application No. 1244645 l) Application No. 841319, aa) Application No. 1284738, m) Application No. 851024, bb) Application No. 1296639, n) Application No. 870593, cc) Application No. 1317860, o) Application No. 920398, dd) Application No. 1309396, Approval No. 8573M Page 1 of 5 ee) Application No. 1453988, jj) Application No. 1662881, ff) Application No. 1497852, kk) Application No. 1732572, gg) Application No. 1507992, ll) Application No. 1754933. hh) Application No. 1595820, ii) Application No. 1625971, is approved, subject to the terms and conditions herein contained. (2) Subclause (1) does not preclude alterations in design or equipment provided the Board is satisfied the alterations are compatible with the outline of the scheme, meet the operating criteria in the approval, are made for the better operation of the scheme, and do not result in unacceptable adverse impacts. 3) This approval applies to the production in each calendar year of 27.5 million cubic metres of marketable hydrocarbons. 4) (a) Syncrude shall design and construct any new facilities so as not to make more difficult the possible future installation of facilities for the removal of contaminants from stack gases. (b) Once the Syncrude Emissions Reduction Project, as described in Application No. 1309396, is commissioned, clause 4(a) will be of no force or effect. 5) Approval for those facilities described in Application No. 980381 for which construction has not commenced on or before 31 December 2010 shall lapse unless a later date is approved by the Board. 6) Syncrude shall carry out its operations in a manner that, under normal operating conditions, on an annual basis, meet the following operating criteria: (a) Naphtha losses of not greater than 4.3 volumes of naphtha lost per 1000 volumes of bitumen produced to a maximum annual average of 300 cubic metres (1 900 barrels) per calendar day. (b) Following the installation of the new coker as described in Application No. 980381, the recovery of the sulphur contained in the acid gas produced during each three month period beginning 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October will not be less than 99.5 per cent. 7) Syncrude shall remove all materials from the discard site marked as "NT1" on Appendix A and shall proceed to recover the crude bitumen within this area prior to 31 December 2025, or such other date as the Board may require. 8) Syncrude shall file with the Board on or before 28 February of every year, or such other date or frequency as the Board may stipulate, a report summarizing for the preceding year, efforts to minimize the withdrawal of fresh water from the Athabasca River, efforts to maximize Approval No. 8573M Page 2 of 5 reuse of process affected water, and efforts to minimize the on site storage of process affected water. 9) Following installation of the new coker as described in Application No. 980381, Syncrude shall file with the Board on or before 28 February of every year, or such other date or frequency as the Board may stipulate, a report summarizing for the preceding year, efforts to achieve an annual recovery of the sulphur contained in the acid gas produced of not less than 99.8 per cent. 10) Syncrude shall file with the Board on or before 28 February 2002 and every second year thereafter, or such other date or frequency as the Board may stipulate, a report summarizing: (a) Efforts to reduce naphtha losses to the target of 3.6 volumes of naphtha lost per 1000 volumes of bitumen produced. (b) The performance of the Mildred Lake facility, which shall include as a minimum: i) a discussion of the energy efficiency for the previous two calendar years, ii) the results of any studies undertaken to identify opportunities for improved energy efficiency, iii) a description of any modifications made to improve energy efficiency, and iv) a comparison of the energy efficiency with those of similar industrial operations. 11) The Operator must meet 50 per cent annual fines capture as defined in Directive 074 by no later than December 31, 2015 and every year after. 12) Syncrude shall submit an annual update by September 30 of 2013, 2014 and 2015 on the MFT Centrifugation Commercial Demonstration that include: (a) a performance report of the Demonstration Plant with technical interpretation of the results, (b) geotechnical characteristics of the deposits, (c) a discussion of environmental effects, including air emissions monitoring and release water quality, and (d) any other information formally requested by the Board. 13) Syncrude shall formally notify the ERCB of pilot plants, field pilot tests and/or demonstration plants for all tailings technology development at least 6 months prior to construction and update the test reports annually by February 28 or as specified by the ERCB. 14) Syncrude shall design, construct and operate the Southwest Sand Storage facility as described in Application No. 1595820. Syncrude: Approval No. 8573M Page 3 of 5 (a) Shall not deposit fluid fine tailings after December 31, 2015 unless otherwise approved by the Board. (b) Shall commence the transfer of fluid fine tailings no later than December 31, 2015 unless otherwise approved by the Board. (c) Shall remove all fluid fine tailings by no later than December 31, 2023 unless otherwise approved by the Board. 15) Upon identification of any erosion gullies Syncrude shall notify the ERCB by the quickest effective means and remediate, to the satisfaction of the Board, all gullies in a timely manner. 16) The Operator must meet Directive 074 fines capture on a cumulative basis no later than December 31, 2023, to make up for the shortfall in fines capture beginning July 1, 2010. 17) The Board may, (a) Upon its own motion, or (b) Upon the application of an interested person Rescind or amend this approval at any time if, in the opinion of the Board, circumstances so warrant. 18) This approval will expire on 31 December 2035. 19) Board Approval No. 8573L is rescinded. END OF DOCUMENT Approval No. 8573M Page 4 of 5 R 12 R 11 R 10 T 94 T r ive A g R th ke a us b M a s c a R iv e r MLSB 93 T C o k e PLANT er y Riv N acKa Sulphur T M 1 NMSPW Coke BML EIP SWIP T 92 T SWSS ERCB Approved Project Area Pit Limits Overburden Dump Tailings Centrifuge Cake Sand Beach Dykes / Dams 91 T SYNCRUDE MILDRED LAKE PROJECT APPENDIX A TO APPROVAL NO. 8573M 2013 Syncrude Approval 8573M 0 2 4 8 ERCB - Oil Sands and Coal Branch Kilometres Proj- NAD83 Z12N Approval No. 8573M Page 5 of 5 COMMERCIAL SCHEME Approval No. 10781H MADE at the City of Fort McMurray, in the Province of Alberta, on th 8 day of October 2013. ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR IN THE MATTER of a Scheme of Syncrude Canada Ltd., comprised of Canadian Oil Sands Partnership #1; Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership; Imperial Oil Resources; Mocal Energy Limited; Murphy Oil Company Ltd.; Nexen Oil Sands Partnership; and Suncor Energy Ventures Partnership (hereinafter called “the Operator”), for the recovery of oil sands and production of oil sands products from the Wabiskaw-McMurray Oil Sands Deposit in the Fort Hills and Kearl Lake Sectors. WHEREAS the Alberta Energy Regulatory (AER), is prepared to amend Approval No. 10781G held by Syncrude Canada Ltd. WHEREAS the AER deems it desirable to rescind and repeal all previous approvals granted in connection with the Scheme and to consolidate all previous approvals into a new approval. Therefore, pursuant to Section 13 of the Oil Sands Conservation Act, chapter O-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, the AER hereby approves Amendment H to Approval No.