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Oil Sands

Shell has operations in each of Alberta’s three main oil sands deposits. Shell’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project mines bitumen in northern Alberta using trucks. Shell’s in situ operations near Peace River and Cold Lake use wells to extract bitumen, which is too deep to be surface mined. Shell is in the appraisal and testing phase of a potential in situ oil sands project in the far west side of the Athabasca oil sands region.

	Athabasca Oil Sands Project The Athabasca Oil Sands Project includes the Muskeg River Mine, Scotford Upgrader and supporting facilities.

	In Situ Operations (Unconventional Oil) Shell’s in situ operations include both primary (cold) and steam-enhanced heavy oil production in the Peace River oil sands, and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) activities near Cold Lake. The Grosmont Venture is currently at the appraisal and testing phase. >>Peace River >>Cold Lake >>Grosmont Venture (Unconventional Oil)


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