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The Shell Scotford Upgrader is an oilsand upgrader, a facility which processes crude bitumen from oil sands into a wide range of synthetic crude oils. The upgrader is owned by Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), a joint venture of Shell Canada Energy (60%), Marathon Oil Sands L.P. (20%) and Chevron Canada Limited (20%).
The plant is located in Strathcona County, just northeast of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada at the Scotford Upgrader site. The plant is primarily used to supply steam and electricity to the Athabasca Oilsands Upgrader (a joint venture between Shell Canada, Chevron Canada Resources Limited and Western Oilsands LP). The Upgrader utilizes two ...
The Muskeg River Mine, Jack Pine Mine and the Scotford Upgrader together comprise the "Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP)". [3] A proposed future mine expansion would increase production by 100,000 bbl/day. [4] [5] [6] The 100,000 barrels per day (16,000 m 3 /d) (incremental) expansion project received regulatory approval in late 2006. [7]
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At the turn of the 21st century, oil sands development in Canada started to take off, with an expansion at the Suncor mine, a new mine and expansion at Syncrude, and a new mine by Royal Dutch Shell associated with their new Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton. Three new large steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects were added – Foster ...
Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project at Scotford has the capacity to capture approximately one-third of the CO 2 emissions from the Scotford Upgrader. [5] The cumulative stored volume is expected to be greater than 27 million tonnes of CO 2 over the anticipated 25 year life of the Scotford Upgrader. [6]
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is one of the world's largest producers of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and the largest single source producer in Canada.It is located just outside Fort McMurray in the Athabasca Oil Sands, and has a nameplate capacity of 350,000 barrels per day (56,000 m 3 /d) of oil, equivalent to about 13% of Canada's consumption. [1]
The Shell Canada Scotford Refinery near Edmonton has a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day (16,000 m 3 /d). It is located adjacent to the Shell Scotford Upgrader, which provides it with feedstock. The Husky Lloydminster Refinery at Lloydminster, in eastern Alberta has a capacity of 29,000 barrels per day (4,600 m 3 /d). It is located across the ...