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- Syncrude is a joint venture established to recover shallow deposits of oil sands using open-pit mining methods to extract bitumen and upgrade it to produce a high-quality, light (32 degree API), sweet, synthetic crude oil.
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Learn more about the MLX project. Based north of Fort McMurray, and with a large research and development facility in Edmonton, Syncrude is a joint venture operated by Suncor that includes the Mildred Lake and Aurora oil sands facilities.
Jul 1, 2016 · Heavy bitumen from the oil sands must therefore be upgraded into a light crude oil, removing most of the heavy fractions and sulphur, before it can be sold to a simple refinery. Upgraded bitumen is termed synthetic crude oil (SCO), but is chemically identical to light conventional crude.
Syncrude Canada Ltd. is one of the world's largest producers of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and the largest single source producer in Canada. It is located just outside Fort McMurray in the Athabasca Oil Sands, and has a nameplate capacity of 350,000 barrels per day (56,000 m 3 /d) of oil, equivalent to about 13% of Canada's consumption. [1]
Apr 21, 2022 · Synthetic crude is virtually free of impurities, contains very little sulphur (even less than conventional light oil) and no residue. It is very easy to refine, and can be sold to simpler refineries. For this reason, synthetic crude sells at a premium to conventional light oil in Western Canada.
May 6, 2022 · Alberta's synthetic crude is sourced from four mine operators — Syncrude, Suncor and Horizon (which each have integrated upgraders) and Albian Sands (which is semi-integrated into the Scotford upgrader).
Syncrude is a joint venture established to recover shallow deposits of oil sands using open-pit mining methods to extract bitumen and upgrade it to produce a high-quality, light (32 degree API), sweet, synthetic crude oil. Syncrude leases cover about 63,000 net acres.
Apr 11, 2019 · The Syncrude oil sands plant is seen north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The oil sands give Alberta the third largest reserves in the world, but extracting the oil is energy-intensive and...
