Alberta cov roj sands miners tau tsim cov ntaub ntawv 1.6 lab bbl / hnub ntawm bitumen hauv 2022, ob npaug ntawm qhov nruab nrab ntawm 2009. Kev loj hlob ntawm cov khoom tsim tau nruab nrab ntawm 10% ib xyoos nyob rau ob peb xyoos dhau los, txawm hais tias ob peb xyoos dhau los no tau hloov pauv ntau dua vim tsis muaj ntawm qhov chaw kav dej, kev txiav txim txiav txim siab thiab kev tiv thaiv COVID-19.
Tab sis dab tsi yav tom ntej tuav rau roj sands mining?Tsis zoo li cov chaw nyob hauv tsev, cov mines tshiab yuav tsum muaj kev pom zoo los ntawm tsoomfwv, uas tuaj yeem ua tau ntev thiab tsis paub meej.Ua ke nrog lub looming carbon cap thiab net-zero aspirations los ntawm 2050, nws tsis zoo li yuav muaj cov haujlwm tshiab yuav raug xa mus rau tsoomfwv pom zoo txhua lub sijhawm sai sai.
Txawm li cas los xij, tsis yog txhua yam ploj mus, vim muaj ntau qhov kev nthuav dav thiab debottlenecking tej yaam num uas twb muaj kev pom zoo nyob rau hauv qhov chaw.
MINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
Ob peb lub mines uas twb muaj lawm yuav raug muab tshem tawm hauv ob peb xyoos tom ntej no.Ob leeg Horizon thiab Mildred Lake's North Mine tau teem sijhawm los pib ua haujlwm sai sai, thiab ob leeg tau pom zoo cov phiaj xwm hloov pauv kuv twb tau ua haujlwm lawm.
Qab ntug yog vim txav mus rau kev ua haujlwm mining mus rau Horizon South, yav tas los hu ua Joslyn North pit, thiab Mildred Lake yuav tsiv mus rau Mildred Lake Extension West (MLX-W) nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no.Ob leeg yog nruj me ntsis kev hloov chaw ntawm cov cuab yeej siv mining, thiab yuav tsis suav nrog cov chaw ua haujlwm tshiab.
Lub mine tom ntej yuav tsum tau depleted yog Suncor's Base Plant, uas muaj txog 10 xyoo ntawm kuv lub neej seem.Base Mine Extension (BMX) tsis muaj kev pom zoo nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, thiab Suncor tsis ntev los no ncua kev npaj xa nws daim ntawv thov kev cai rau xyoo 2025, uas yog coincidentally hnub ntawm kev xaiv tsa tseem ceeb tom ntej.Tsis zoo li Horizon South thiab MLX-West, BMX yuav xav tau cov chaw ua haujlwm tshiab, txij li lub mine nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm tus dej Athabasca.
DEBOTTLENECKING PROJECS
Horizon muaj ntau qhov haujlwm me me ntawm cov phau ntawv, suav nrog kev txhim kho kev ntseeg tau me me, qhov chaw kho Froth tshiab, thiab cog qoob loo hauv qhov chaw (IPEP).Txawm hais tias tam sim no tsis muaj sijhawm teem sijhawm rau kev ua tiav, peb txoj haujlwm muaj peev xwm ua kom cov zis ntau ntxiv los ntawm yuav luag 100,000 bbl / hnub.
Imperial's Kearl Mine kuj tseem muaj chaw loj hlob nyob rau hauv nws txoj cai tswj hwm kev pom zoo.Lub tuam txhab hais tias nws tab tom saib kev txhawb nqa cov khoom lag luam los ntawm 10%, lossis 25,000 bbl / hnub, los ntawm 2030. Nyob rau lub sijhawm ze, Kearl tab tom saib kev txhawb nqa bitumen rov qab los ntawm kev sib ntxiv ntawm ntau lub peev xwm flotation.
GREENFIELD EXPANSIONS
Muaj peb qhov kev nthuav dav loj uas twb muaj kev pom zoo los ntawm tsoomfwv.
Syncrude's Aurora South tau pom zoo ua ib feem ntawm Aurora Project hauv xyoo 1990.Aurora yog thawj zaug pom zoo rau 430,000 bbl / hnub hauv plaub theem - ob ntawm Aurora North, thiab ob ntawm Aurora South.Aurora North muaj peev xwm nruab ntawm 225,000 bbl / hnub, tawm hauv "qhov chaw tswj hwm" rau lwm 200,000 bbl / hnub ntawm Aurora South.Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no yuav xav tau kev nthuav dav loj ntawm Mildred Lake upgrader, uas tsis zoo li yuav tshwm sim.Lub tuam txhab hais tias Aurora South yuav raug tsim tawm ib zaug MLX tau ploj mus, uas xav tias yuav muaj txog 2040.
Albian Sands kuj tseem muaj ob theem kev nthuav dav ntawm Jackpine.Jackpine Mine tau pom zoo rau ob lub tsheb ciav hlau, tab sis tsuas yog Tsheb ciav hlau 1 tau ua tiav.Yav dhau los tus neeg teb xov tooj Shell Canada kuj tau txais kev pom zoo rau 100,000 bbl / hnub cog qoob loo ntawm Jackpine Expansion Mine, uas yog sab qaum teb ntawm Jackpine daim ntawv xauj tsev uas twb muaj lawm.
Txawm li cas los xij, ob qho tib si Albian Sands ua haujlwm mines muaj peev xwm txhim kho ntawm 340,000 bbl / hnub, uas sib phim raws nraim nrog Scotford Upgrader.Yog li txhua qhov mine expansion yuav xav tau kev nthuav dav ntawm kev txhim kho, lossis kev tsim kho vaj tse los tsim cov khoom lag luam bitumen.
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Txhim kho bitumen peev xwm ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm mine yog 1.8 lab bbl / hnub, 200,000 bbl / hnub tshaj qhov nruab nrab ntawm xyoo tas los.Qhov ntawd yog cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo qis qis, sawv cev rau chav rau kev txhim kho uas twb tau pom zoo thiab nyob rau hauv qhov chaw.
Ua ke nrog cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav uas twb tau ua haujlwm lawm, mined bitumen ntau lawm yuav zoo li ze rau 1.9 lab bbl / hnub los ntawm 2030.
Canadian Natural Resources muaj lwm 200,000 bbl / hnub ntawm "chaw seem" ntawm Albian, uas tuaj yeem pom qhov kaj ntawm hnub ntau ntxiv hauv txoj kev.Txawm li cas los xij, qhov ntawd yuav xav tau ob qho tib si cov nqi roj uas muaj zog, thiab ntau qhov tseeb ntawm cov kev cai carbon yav tom ntej.
