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Vol. 9, No. 11 Week of March 14, 2004
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Oil sands bombshell

Expansion costs at giant Syncrude operation could double original projections; start-up delayed by 12 months; Canadian Oil Sands Trust hammered

Gary Park

Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent

Oil prices of US$25 per barrel are the threshold for the Alberta oil sands to more than double production over the next 13 years to 2.2 million barrels per day and for operators to achieve an “adequate” return on investment of about 10 percent. So said the Canadian Energy Research Institute on Marc....

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Worst case, expansion could cost double original projections

Canadian Oil Sands Trust hammered

“Significant reorganization” triggered by new information

Heaviest cost overrun in oil sands history

Feeding the oil sands

Nuclear an option, as is igniting oil in reservoir


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