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本帖最后由 UncleSam 于 2010-1-28 14:52 编辑
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In the past two weeks, several companies have announced they are proceeding with oil sands projects in the first flurry of activity since the financial crisis forced the deferral of as much as C$90 billion worth of investments in the sector.# R0 e/ Z: l t* i# g
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ConocoPhillips <COP.N> and Total SA <TOTF.PA> will proceed with the second phase of their Surmont project, Husky Energy Inc <HSE.TO> and BP Plc <BP.L> are nearly ready to go ahead with their C$2.5 billion Sunrise venture, and Canadian Natural aims to approve the expansion of its Horizon oil sands project and construction of its Kirby development by year-end.6 A) Q- X) j9 {3 ~- R/ v
l$ R& ^# \# hAlso on Thursday, Enbridge Inc said it will spend C$250 million boosting pipeline capacity to the Christina Lake, Alberta, oil sands project run by Cenovus Energy Inc <CVE.TO> and ConocoPhiillips.
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8 h y5 p4 a9 R! ]3 v9 s$ F$ g8 }7 W Canadian Natural Resources Ltd <CNQ.TO>, the country's biggest independent oil explorer, is buying into a multibillion-dollar upgrading plant that was stalled by the financial crisis, the latest in a raft of announcements showing the oil sands sector on the rebound.# r( S5 p1 h. J$ X; r8 }& S
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Canadian Natural said it will buy 50 percent of privately held North West Upgrading Inc, which plans to build an upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta, for an undisclosed sum.$ }2 @+ F4 Z4 P; E, P, _5 N
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The proposed upgrading plant would use gasification to convert the heaviest parts of the bitumen into hydrogen to cut the need for natural gas in the processing. Carbon dioxide would be piped to old oil fields to boost production there.& A. o1 U' l3 w$ T0 m( W. A
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o: x' x4 h8 C$ q8 _/ v i$ Y: pSource: http://money.ca.msn.com/investin ... documentid=23348211 |
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