Partners kick-start Alberta bitumen upgrader

摘要

Vancouver—Canadian Natural Resources and North West Upgrading culminated eight years of planning on November 8 by sanctioning a bitumen upgrader in the Canadian province of Alberta that will spearhead carbon-dioxide capture to spur enhanced oil recovery. The 50/50 North West Redwater Partnership said the first phase of the Sturgeon Refinery, 30 miles northeast of Edmonton, will start processing 50,000 b/d of bitumen in mid2016 at a cost of C$5.7 billion (5.72 billion).