Pod One Oil Sands Project at Great Divide

Pod One Oil Sands Project at Great Divide

Great Divide Pod One SAGD Project

  • Pod One is a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) thermal recovery oil sands project designed to produce 1,600 cubic meters (10,000 bbls) of bitumen per day for approximately 25 years
  • Pod One is located in sections 16 and 21, Township 82, Range 12, W4M. The Pod One project area covers 15 sections and was approved by the ERCB in 2006.
  • Located 80 kilometers south of Fort McMurray and 370 km north of Edmonton

Great Divide Pod One Plant

  • The project has a small footprint and will disturb less than 6% of the project area
  • The project recycles >90% of its water usage, sourced from a non-potable subsurface aquifer
  • Pod One constructed on time at a cost of $272 million (excluding capitalized items)
  • 298 days to construct, including the drilling and completion of 15 SAGD well pairs
  • 30 days to commission SAGD plant
  • 90 days of steaming prior to first production in December 2007
  • Commerciality declared March 1, 2008
  • 1 million barrels by July 2008
  • 2 million barrels by December 2008
  • Bitumen production levels as high as 9,870 bbl/d in September 2008
  • Bitumen production temporarily curtailed in December 2008 due to deteriorating market conditions
  • Full production ramp-up reinstated in January 2009 concurrent with improvement in heavy differentials, reduction in diluent blending and trucking costs and with hedges put in place to protect against further commodity price declines
  • Two new SAGD well pairs completed in Q1 2009 and commenced steaming in April 2009. Anticipated conversion to production June/July of 2009.
  • Installed 4 electrical submersible pumps in April 2009
  • Focus in 2009 is optimizing plant operations, production and reduction of operating costs

Production history at Pod One

Pod One - Optimization

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