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Oil Sands Central Processing Facility

DPH Focus began work on the Cenovus Narrows Lake project in early 2011. The plant, which is located 10 km east of Conklin, will have an initial production capacity of 40,000 BPD. It is predicted to have a production capacity of approximately 130,000 barrels per day, up to three phases and an estimated life span of up to 40 years.

This project will encompass what may be the first-ever commercial-scale combined application of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and solvent-aided process (SAP).

In this project, two horizontal wells will be drilled, one on top of the other, approximately five metres apart and approximately 375 meters underground. High temperature steam and a light petroleum solvent, such as butane, will be injected into the upper well to heat the oil and allow it to soften. The solvent will thin the oil, which will flow more freely so that gravity will drain it to the lower (producing) well. The oil will be pumped from the lower well to the treatment facility for delivery to refineries and the market. As much as 90% of the solvent will be recovered for reuse.

By adding SAP to the SAGD process, we will achieve several savings per barrel of oil produced, including less steam, less water and less natural gas, which results in fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and we will recover more oil from the reservoir than would have been possible with the SAGD process alone.

The Narrows Lake project will use less water, occupy less land, decrease the amount energy used and lower the amount of emissions released into the air.

Oil Sands Central Processing Facility
Oil Sands Central Processing Facility
DPH Focus began work on the Cenovus Narrows Lake project in early 2011. The plant, which is located 10 km east of Conklin, will have an initial production capacity of 40,000 BPD. It is predicted to have a production capacity of approximately 130,000 barrels per day, up to three phases...