North West Redwater Partnership (NWR) has let a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for additional work at NWR’s greenfield bitumen refinery project in Sturgeon County, about 45 km northeast of Edmonton, Alta. (OGJ Online, Jan. 28, 2010).
Under the latest contract, Jacobs will deliver construction management services for the Sturgeon refinery, Jacobs said.
A value of the contract was not disclosed.
NWR previously let a contract to Jacobs for engineering and procurement services for the refinery’s utilities requirements, which is a fundamental component of Phase 1 of the project (OGJ Online, Mar. 11, 2014).
Once completed, Phase 1 of the $8.5-billion project will have a processing capacity 50,000 b/d and will capture 1.2 million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide to be sold for use in enhanced oil recovery. Two further phases with capacities of 50,000 b/d each also are planned for the refinery.
Following commissioning of all three phases, the Sturgeon refinery will operate at a capacity of 150,000 b/d to produce diesel, diluent, and other bitumen products for both Canadian and global markets.
NWR, a joint venture of North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Upgrading Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., previously said it plans to commission commercial operations for Phase 1 in September 2017 (OGJ Online, Mar. 3, 2014).
