CALGARY�Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL), Calgary, will drill 200 coreholes this winter on leases in northern Alberta, where it plans to develop a major oilsands project.
CNRL Vice-Pres. Real Doucet said the company plans to produce 300,000 b/d of oil by 2010 at the Mic Mac site, about 43 miles north of Fort McMurray. Doucet said the leases have more than 2.4 billion bbl of mineable oil.
The $6.5 billion (Can.) project would consist of a truck and shovel mining operation to produce 200,000 b/d and an in-situ project using steam extraction to produce 100,000 b/d.
The company plans to file for regulatory approval for the Mic Mac project in 2002. It acquired the leases from BP Amoco in mid-1999.
Doucet recently joined CNRL as head of its new oilsands division. Previously, he was project director for the Suncor Energy Inc. Steepbank Mine project in the same region.
