CNRL restarting Horizon bitumen upgrader

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has begun to restart the Horizon bitumen upgrader, which it shut down Feb. 5 for unplanned maintenance on the fractionating unit (OGJ Online, Feb. 15, 2012).
March 14, 2012

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has begun to restart the Horizon bitumen upgrader, which it shut down Feb. 5 for unplanned maintenance on the fractionating unit (OGJ Online, Feb. 15, 2012).

The upgrader, at CNRL’s oil sands mining operation north of Fort McMurray, Alta., can produce 110,000 b/d of synthetic crude oil and is scheduled for expansion in phases to 232,000-250,000 b/d.

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