Oil Sands - Alberta 2006: Projects, Participants & Market Opportunities

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Canadian oil sands production is expected to reach 1.2 million barrels per day during 2006, more than double the production levels of the year 2000. Utilis Energy's new study 'Oil Sands - Alberta 2006: projects, participants & market opportunities' provides an objective evaluation of the rapidly developing Canadian Oil Sands industry through an examination of the industry's operations, economics, transportation and marketing opportunities.

As well as a 'project-by-project' development update, this study contains the most up-to-date survey on daily bitumen production levels, plus:

An easy to understand integrated industry overview
The economics behind production
Information on new advances in bitumen extraction technology
Downstream sales and marketing initiatives and opportunities
'Key player' company profiles and contact information
Growth forecasts and recommendations

Over the ...
... next decade, production increases from established oil sands producers, such as Suncor and Syncrude, among others, will add another 2.4 million barrels per day to output. With 80% of Alberta's oil sands acreage still available for lease, there is great potential for further investment and production growth. This study is an invaluable tool for those who evaluate and track new market opportunities, specifically:

Upstream planners
Supply and marketing personnel
The project finance community
Table of Contents

Preface

Summary & overview
Introduction

Report structure

Understanding oil sands
Introduction
Definition of oil sands
Historic developments
Development drivers and challenges
Extraction of oil sands
Transporting oil sands/bitumen
Crude oil pipelines
Diluted bitumen pipelines
Pipeline developments
Pipeline jurisdiction
Estimated value of investment
Conclusions
Oil sands economics
Introduction
Economic viability
Cost structure
Mining process
In-situ bitumen production
Upgrading
The role of natural gas
Taxes and royalties
Legal and regulatory issues
Environmental impact
Conclusions

Oil sands projects
Introduction
The Athabasca Oil Sands Project
BlackRock Ventures Inc.
Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Chevron Corporation
ConocoPhillips
Devon Energy Corporation
EnCana Energy
Habanero Resources Inc.
Husky Energy
Imperial Oil
JACOS
Meg Energy Corp.
Oilsands Quest Inc.
Opti Canada/Nexen
Penn West Energy Trust
Petro-Canada
Shell Canada
Suncor Energy
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Deer Creek Energy Limited
ExxonMobil / Imperial Oil
Synenco Energy
TOTAL / Total E&P Canada Ltd.
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited
Petrobank Energy and Resources/Whitesands In-Situ Ltd.
Value Creation Group/BA Energy Inc.
UTS Energy Corporation
Small scale ‘primary' bitumen producers
Recommendations & conclusions
Introduction
Develop projects with sufficient scale
Integrate upgrader operations
Use risk management tools to lessen price risk
Enter into term sales and marketing contracts
Develop further markets for synthetic crude
Conclusions
Appendix 1 - Production / project breakdown

Appendix 2 - Sources

TABLES
Table 1: Bitumen chemical specifications
Table 2: Forward NYMEX crude prices, 2006-2012 (Dec) $US/bbl
Table 3: Oil sands reserves (in development) by type, 19976-2005
Table 4: Oil sands production by type, 1997-2005
Table 5: Oil sands production cost comparison, 1985-2004 ($ per barrel)
Table 6: Forecast upgrader expansion by company 2003-2010
Table 7: Oil Sands project status 2005
Table 8: Deer Creek bitumen production timeline
Table 9: Bitumen production by company and project, 2006 (a)
Table 10: Bitumen production by company and project, 2006 (b)
Table 11: Bitumen production by company and project, 2006 (c)
Table 12: Bitumen production by company and project, 2006 (d)
Table 13: Bitumen production by company and project, 2006 (e)
Table 14: Largest oil sands projects under development, 2006
Table 15: Sources and contributors

FIGURES
Figure 1: Oil sands industry revenues, 1996-2006
Figure 2: Oil sands production by region, 2006
Figure 3: Comparative oil reserves, 2005
Figure 4: Composition of oil sands
Figure 5: Oil sands reserves (in development) by type, 1996-2005
Figure 6: Oil sands production by type, 1996-2005
Figure 7: Oil sands production by type, 2005-2015
Figure 8: Major Canadian oil pipelines
Figure 9: Existing and pipelines under development
Figure 10: Potential Gateway Pipeline route to the West Coast
Figure 11: Planned route Waupiscoo pipeline corridor
Figure 12: Oil sands capital spending, 1996-2005
Figure 13: Oil sands capital spending forecast, 2006-2012
Figure 14: Oil sands impact on Canadian GDP ($bn)
Figure 15: Quantities of oil sands required to create a barrel of synthetic crude oil
Figure 16: Production cost comparison, 1985-2004 ($ per barrel)
Figure 17: Bitumen production costs - oil sands mining operations ($ per barrel)
Figure 18: Bitumen production costs in-situ operations ($ per barrel)
Figure 19: ‘Huff and Puff' cyclic steam bitumen recovery
Figure 20: SAGD in-situ bitumen production
Figure 21: Upgrader capacity, 1996-2005
Figure 22: Upgrader capacity forecast 2003-2010
Figure 23: Oil sands natural gas demand (cubic feet/barrel)
Figure 24: Oil sands royalty payments, 1996-2005 ($bn)
Figure 25: Alberta Government oil sands revenues, 1998-2025
Figure 26: Locations of Alberta oil sands projects
Figure 27: Athabasca Oil Sand Project assets
Figure 28: Horizon project site map
Figure 29: Production forecast Wolflake, Primrose, Horizon, 2004-2016
Figure 30: Suncor oil sands production (bbl/d), 1998-2005
Figure 31: Suncor oil sand production forecast, 2006-2012
Figure 32: Syncrude oil sands partners
Figure 33: Deer Creek Energy Joslyn Project
Figure 34: Location of Great Divide asset
Figure 35: Connacher Great Divide oil sands leases
Figure 36: Connacher Great Divide oil sand Pod locations
Figure 37: Heartland Upgrader pipeline interconnections

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