Project Profile
Location: Saskatchewan province, Canada
Start-up year: June 2012
Oil process capacity: 5,000 bpd of heavy oil
Production: 600 - 900 bpd (2013)
STP-Senlac Thermal Project is a heavy oil project using SAGD technology as the primary method of recovery. The STP-Senlac Thermal Project is designed to process approximately 5,000 bpd of heavy oil and was one of the first SAGD projects implemented North America. It has 6,500 bbl/d thermal oil treating capacity, three steam generators capable of producing 9,900 bbl/d of dry steam and a pipeline connected to oil shipping and diluent return pipelines.
The next three well pairs will be set up and placed on standby, ready to be activated once plant capacity becomes available. SPRC’s development plan is to maintain STP-Senlac output at 4,000-5,000 b/d for 10-14 years. Costs incurred to June 30, 2011 totaled US$212 million. The company continues to expect to be steaming the first SAGD well pairs in the calendar 2012 second quarter, which implies oil production start-up in mid-2012. A 6 to 12-month ramp-up will be needed to bring the plant to capacity. Field construction is well under way. Crews have completed a 29-km all-season access road and four permanent bridges, finished the central plant site and well pad civil work, completed a 14-km natural gas pipeline from the TransCanada pipeline system to the plant, completed water source wells and pipelines, drilled the first pad of six SAGD well pairs, and are 50% complete on the second pad.
Operators:
Canadian Natural Resources: Operator with 100% interest