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Petro Canada, Teck, UTS proceed on design of $14B Fort Hills oilsands project (Fort-Hills-Oilsands). z: A9 n( L2 B) A4 c
VANCOUVER (CP) _ Petro-Canada (TSX:PCS), Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B) and UTS Energy Corp. (TSX:UTS) have conceptualized the design for the Fort Hills oilsands project, with the first phase budgeted at $14.1 billion.
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The members of the Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership said Thursday
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9 F$ S- W& x- O6 l3 lthey are committed to proceed with front-end engineering and design. This will take about a year, “producing a definitive cost estimate and the basis upon which the final go-ahead decision on the project will be made.‘‘% ?, u: H) O5 R7 k( J" a
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The project _ an oilsands mine and bitumen extraction plant 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and upgrader northeast of Edmonton _ is expected to produce 140,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil in its first phase.4 x3 J8 y+ V. ?' \( q
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Bitumen production is targeted for late 2011, with oil output from the upgrader expected to start around mid-2012.
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By 2014, Fort Hills is projected to produce up to 280,000 barrels per day.2 ], T8 O9 C1 x; ]" e9 j5 A
Q* p+ s: |! s% q7 A' |* q1 zPetro-Canada has a 55 per cent interest in the Fort Hills partnership, with 30 per cent held by UTS Energy and 15 per cent by Teck Cominco. |
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