Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has submitted an Oil Sands Conservation Act application with Alberta Energy Regulator for its Grouse steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project.
CNRL envisions as many as 161 SAGD well pairs from 23 surface pads, a central processing facility, and 50,000 b/d of bitumen from the McMurray formation (OGJ Online, Sept. 19, 2013).
AER said clearing and lease construction is scheduled for fourth-quarter 2015, with major facility construction beginning in fourth-quarter 2017 and steaming in fourth-quarter 2019. Expected life of the project is 20 years.
The site is about 75 km northeast of Lac La Biche and 47 km southwest of the hamlet of Conklin.