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The Thickwood region consists of Oil Sands Leases covering 5,888 contiguous gross and net hectares and is located within the Athabasca oil sands region between townships 90 and 91 and range 18 west of the fourth meridian, approximately 90 km from Fort McMurray and 40 km from West Ells.
On the basis of our Management’s assumptions, we anticipate that Thickwood will be capable of producing up to 50,000 bbl/d of bitumen and is expected to maintain a productive life of 47 years. A 10,000 bbl/day commercial SAGD application to construct the first phase at Thickwood was submitted on October 31, 2011.
The Thickwood area will also be developed in phases in order to control costs, implement improvements in recovery technologies and improve efficiency.
Thickwood Timeline
| Estimated First Stream Completion |
Expected Bitumen Production (bbl/d) |
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| Thickwood A Phase 1 |
2015 | 10,000 |
| Thickwood A Phase 2 |
2018 | 20,000 |
| Thickwood B |
2021 | 20,000 |
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| Total: 50,000 | ||