Since the start-up of Suncor's first processing facility in 1967, oil sands have provided an increasingly important oil source—for Alberta, for Canada and the world. Production increased significantly over the ensuing 40 years, reaching approximately 1.3 million barrels per day in 2008. At the height of the oil-price boom in 2008, projections showed as much as 5 million barrels per day of incremental capacity coming online by 2021.
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