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The Long Lake oil sands upgrader project is an in situ oil extraction project near Anzac, Alberta, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray in the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. The project is owned and operated by CNOOC Petroleum North America , formerly known as Nexen .
The Long Lake site has had a troubled history, including OPTI's near-bankruptcy in 2011 (with Nexen growing its ownership stake to 65% and eventually 100%), [20] a significant oil spill in 2015, [21] and an explosion in 2016 that resulted in two deaths and the permanent shutdown of the upgrader. [19] [22]
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Long Lake upgrader near Fort McMurray has a capacity of 72,000 barrels per day (11,400 m 3 /d) The Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL) Horizon upgrader near Fort McMurray has a capacity of 156,000 barrels per day (24,800 m 3 /d)
CNOOC's (CEO) wholly-owned subsidiary, Nexen Energy is likely to invest C$400 million in the Long Lake Project.
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Long Lake Upgrader Ph 1 8/2008 OPTI /Nexen LAND Bitumen Tar Sands: 60 Mining, Upgrading, in construction [56] [57] Canada Millennium Coker Unit 2008 Suncor: LAND Bitumen Tar sands: 30 [56] [58] [59] [60] Canada Horizon Oil Sands Project (Phase I) 12/2008 Canadian Natural Resources: LAND Bitumen Tar sands: 110 CA$7.7 B Mining&Upgrading, first ...
Suncor's land at Burnt Lake was used by Ormat to build an OrCrude demonstration plant, using oil supplied by Suncor. [1] However, Suncor soon withdrew from the venture, and Nexen returned to take a 50% stake. [1] In 2004, the OPTI decided to expand Long Lake to commercial-scale, and raised over $1.5 billion of private equity and debt. [1]
Nexen, since 2013 wholly owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), can upgrade 72,000 bbl/d (11,400 m 3 /d) of bitumen to sweet light SCO. Shell Canada operates its Scotford Upgrader in combination with an oil refinery and chemical plant at Scotford, Alberta , near Edmonton.