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Petro Canada, Teck, UTS proceed on design of $14B Fort Hills oilsands project (Fort-Hills-Oilsands): _" T0 ]* Y# a# ?3 d2 \4 q: U
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 $14.1 billion.
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The members of the Fort Hills Energy Limited Partnership said Thursday9 W, m2 }: F- W; [ o
: J+ Q5 p) _ i) X) Ythey are committed to proceed with front-end engineering and design. This will take about a year, “producing a definitive cost estimate and the basis upon which the final go-ahead decision on the project will be made.‘‘' d' m8 N5 t* a, Z! O& D. s" U' L
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The project _ an oilsands mine and bitumen extraction plant 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and upgrader northeast of Edmonton _ is expected to produce 140,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil in its first phase.+ B; x; |+ S: |6 H
( v% d6 j8 h9 V: BBitumen production is targeted for late 2011, with oil output from the upgrader expected to start around mid-2012.. C2 X$ ~. c' B8 R' o y
5 x0 W' p+ k# k" t+ y7 e& hBy 2014, Fort Hills is projected to produce up to 280,000 barrels per day.
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Petro-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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