] Risk Management Driven Respond to Surprizes ] Some technologies may be needed in near-term █ Assessing and Building Flow Barriers - If shallow SAG-D operations turn out to be uncontained. May take 5-10 years to find out as steam chambers reach top of oilsands and start to spread out █ Replacement for CHOPS When new drilling locations run out. To maintain production in developed primary production areas from Peace River Æ Cold Lake Æ Lloyd Æ Wainwright Æ Provost Æ Medicine Hat █ Respond to water limitations Minimum flows in Athabasca; groundwater (fresh or brine) accellerated depletion █ Take “heat off Ft. McMurray Earlier development of Carbonates; extend production from primary areas
] Development Management Driven Spread Load/Benefits ] Some Technologies may be Applied Earlier than 30 years █ Extend surface mining with sub-surface mining from exposed mine faces at “mineable edges. Opportunity to use existing access and infrastructure into adjacent areas with greater overburden, and/or thinner pay ’ █ Carbonate Promising results from 1980 s, opportunity to begin development of “sweet spots west through Slave Lake, off-load Ft. McMurray. █ CO 2 Outlet Carbonates may be able to take some CO 2 when conventional oil EOR schemes are all underway. █ Potential Synergies in parallel development of other resources. E.g. coal ($1-2/GJ) for fuel and co-processing.
] Supply/Demand/Societal Needs Management ] How long is long-term? █ Timing of need for Expanding Resources depends on many factors █ Total production rate from bitumen and heavy oil █ 3, 5, 10, 20 million bbls a day? Pace of ramp up? █ E.g. All surface mineable: █ 25 years at 5 million bbls a day; █ 30-50 years at 3-3.5 million bopd; █ 125 years at 1 million bpd █ Actual Recoveries Achieved from in-situ “Accessible █ Some assume 30%, some assume 50%, others less depending on how they define “accessible, “resource and “recovery e.g. SAG-D limit 10 m thickness or 20m?
CSS and SAGD (10-30% recovery??) 83.5 (8.4-25?)
31
billion m 3 Surface mining (70-80% recovery??) 9.4 (6.6-7.5?)
% Total 3.5
24 (1.2-2.4?)
117 (16-35?)
9
43 (14%)
Initial In-Place Volume (Assumed Recoverable)
Current Bitumen Reservoirs
At 3 million bopd 80-190 years At 5 million bopd 50-115 years At 8 million bopd 30-72 years (40-50% of North American demand)
] Facilitator will lead session ] Presenter to be nominated from group ] Brainstorm issues, ideas, challenges ] Identify key opportunities & rank them ] Discuss first steps on key items: █ What █ Who █ When █ How