Grizzly files OSCA application with AER for Thickwood

Feb. 25, 2015
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, Calgary, has filed an Oil Sands Conservation Act application with Alberta Energy Regulator for the Thickwood project.

Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, Calgary, has filed an Oil Sands Conservation Act application with Alberta Energy Regulator for the Thickwood project.

The application updates Grizzly’s 2012 filing with the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (OGJ Online, Dec. 18, 2012).

Grizzly seeks to produce as much as 12,000 b/d of bitumen from the Wabiskaw formation. The project would include as many as 48 steam-assisted gravity drainage well pairs from four surface pads and as many as 88 cyclic steam stimulation wells from eight surface pads, along with a central processing facility.

AER is reviewing the application along with environmental protection and water filings. Grizzly is planning to begin site work west of Fort McMurray in the fourth quarter.