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23 COMMUNITY

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Larger than life ood or bad, Fort McMurray G is a city on the grow

Filling the void ife in an Alberta oilsands camp highlights L transient nature of bitumen brigade

Full of energy photographic journey through Fort McMurray A where life is anything but boring

The well-being of a nation ilsands sector investment slows, but economic O importance to Canada remains strong

departments 9 11 12

Letter from the Canadian Heavy Oil Association

Editors’ note: Canada remains critically important

16 21 74 144 147

Introduction: Shifting sands

Letter from Alberta’s minister of energy Letter from Saskatchewan’s minister of energy and resources

Upcoming events Project status Glossary Statistics

43 INDUSTRY

44 70 73 82

Project summaries of 21 major projects

E merging produers

look at some of the oilsands industry’s A up-and-comers

W hat a difference a year makes

&A activity in the oilsands drops M dramatically in 2008

123 RESEARCH

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istoric petroleum, tar, and asphaltum H locations on the “Athabaska” River and their connection to today

Solving the next bitumen puzzle—the carbonates

Tailings management

Dry tailings offer potential solution to burgeoning oilsands tailings ponds

A piece of the past

Carbonate conundrum

Research roundup R&D by private and public organizations helps boost recovery

131 MIDSTREAM AND UPGRADING

109 ENVIRONMENT

132 138 140 143

110 114

151 DIRECTORY

87 PEOPLE

T en individuals who are making a difference

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pgrader projects hit by skyrocketing costs U and uncertain market conditions

Going global ilsands players developing new marketing O strategy for synthetic crude

Pipeline visionaries perators responding to oilsands growth O with myriad projects

Time to “smarten up” Alberta launches program to improve dead-last productivity levels

Clearing the air here’s no shortage of ideas to reduce T greenhouse gas emissions—but at what cost?

T he carbon capture cost challenge ore research and government M investment required to make the technology economically viable

Under pressure

Water woes I ndustry comes under spotlight for usage and need to recycle

The lay of the land overnment and industry tackling G environmental impact from oilsands

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Networking

Producers

Service & supply

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Dear readers, Message from Trent Kaiser Ph.D, P. Eng President Canadian Heavy Oil Association

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook and Directory. The Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) welcomes again the opportunity to collaborate with JuneWarren-Nickleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Group and its industry advisory team to prepare this very important publication. Each year, the guidebook evolves and improves, and this year is no exception. The guidebook provides a snapshot of the issues and challenges faced by the industry, and profiles a collection of key people dealing with those issues. Just one year ago, the biggest challenges were labour and staff shortages at all levels, and an increasing prominence of environmental issues in our industry reputation. Today, the labour situation is in stark contrast, while the delivery of our environmental message remains a growing challenge. However, with every challenge comes opportunity. Labour shortages predicted for this year and beyond have subsided, and our industry can expect to enjoy a more stable work force for an extended period. The consensus outlook for long-term energy needs and the role of hydrocarbons to meet those needs demonstrates the long-term value of our resources. Based on this outlook for energy demand paired with technologies recently proven to exploit our resources, our industry has gained tremendous confidence in its future. In spite of the sudden economic challenges, industry is looking ahead to the recovery that will inevitably come. Companies are taking a breather to look at business models, evaluate projects, and find ways to improve. Continued development of technology will be key to enduring success, and we should look forward to tightening economics to drive investments in technology for sustained productivity growth. Now is the time to apply idle resources to build the platforms to support the growth that will come with economic recovery. The environmental agenda continues to mount, much of it fuelled by distortion and misinformation. This issue of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook and Directory puts a strong focus on the environment. It examines some of the commonly held beliefs about the impacts of our industry, sorting out what is fact, what is fiction, and building a foundation for the evolving role of the CHOA to provide objective, reliable information about the industry and its impact in a global context. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play an increasing role in how our industry addresses the important issue of emissions. This publication takes a look at the current status of CCS in Canada, examining issues such as where CO2 will be stored, what technologies are being developed to capture it, and how the system might impact the public. Evolving carbon trading systems and regulation will provide a framework for creating value from CO2 management, which will be an important factor in turning a challenge into opportunity, and creating a platform for reducing emissions in the global context. This publication outlines how these systems can work. It is an exciting year for the industry. With perspectives tempered by probing the depths of a particularly dramatic economic cycle, future prospects are perhaps brighter than ever. We can look forward to a recovery with a combination of growth and stability that industry has not enjoyed for some time. As a product of this time, this fourth edition of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook and Directory offers a snapshot of industry that will have greater historical significance than most, making it a touchstone to measure progress against. If it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been your practice to save your guidebooks for future reference, make sure you hang onto this one.

Trent Kaiser Ph.D, P. Eng President Canadian Heavy Oil Association

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Message from the Honourable Mel Knight Minister of Energy, Government of Alberta

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Energy. It comes in many forms: oil, natural gas, coal—even wind and corn. Without it you wouldn’t be able to heat your home, use your computer, or run your car. Lights wouldn’t shine and plants wouldn’t grow. Without energy, our province would not enjoy the many benefits it brings to us through royalty revenues and the creation of jobs. There is no denying we are now living in uncertain economic times. However, Alberta is still better positioned, capable, and strong enough to weather this uncertainty than any other place in Canada. Nearly one in six Alberta workers is employed directly or indirectly by our energy industry and nearly 225,000 Canadians are employed in other provinces as a result of Alberta’s vibrant energy sector. Key Canadian industries supplying the energy sector include fabricated metal products, industrial machinery and equipment, and engineering and construction. Our challenge now is to move forward and make sure that oil and gas development continues in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. One improvement we’ve made in Alberta was the introduction of a royalty regime that will better address the changing climate of the energy sector. This will ensure Albertans receive an increased share of revenues when prices are high as well as bring stability and predictability to the oil and gas sector. The Alberta government has also introduced a long-term action plan that charts a course of action that will see Alberta achieve clean energy production, wise energy use, and sustained economic prosperity. The Provincial Energy Strategy allows Alberta to not only respond to new challenges but to take full advantage of emerging opportunities. Actions include: ■

addressing the environmental footprint of energy

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encouraging the development of renewable energy

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exploring ways in which value will be added to Alberta’s energy industry

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i mproving innovation through increased investment in research, development, demonstration, and deployment of energy technology

The actions described in the Provincial Energy Strategy will help make Alberta a global energy leader that is recognized as world-class energy supplier, energy technology champion, and a responsible energy consumer and environmental citizen. The energy industry has a remarkable history in this great province. As Minister of Energy, I am proud to work with my fellow Albertans in the creation of an even greater energy future—one that our children will be proud to inherit and continue to build.

Honourable Mel Knight Minister of Energy Government of Alberta

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Message from the Honourable Bill Boyd Minister of Energy And Resources, Province of Saskatchewan

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As Saskatchewan’s Minister of Energy and Resources, I am pleased to again have the opportunity to promote our province’s dynamic oil industry and our heavy oil resource in this edition of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook and Directory. Saskatchewan has long been known for waving wheat fields, but these days, an oil pumpjack is just as much an image of our province. Saskatchewan is Canada’s second largest oil producer, and third largest producer of natural gas. Our oil and gas industry is a mainstay of our economy and employs 29,000 people directly and indirectly. The industry is coming off a stellar year of activity. In 2008, we had our second best year ever for drilling, with 4,045 oil and gas wells drilled, including a record 1,360 horizontal wells. Sales of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights brought in an all-time record $1.12 billion in revenues for the province, more than four times the previous record set in 2007. The industry had approximately $15 billion in sales in 2008 and invested close to $4.5 billion in exploration and development in the province. Light crude oil is certainly a key part of our oil portfolio, and in the Bakken Formation in southeast Saskatchewan we have one of the hottest oil plays on the continent. But heavy oil is ultimately integral to our industry’s success—it accounts for more than half of total oil production in our province. Initial heavy oil in place is estimated at 21.3 billion barrels, but less than 10 per cent of it is recoverable using current technologies. And that’s where Saskatchewan innovation comes in, providing the means to unlock, and realize the excellent potential of, that precious resource. Our province has made great strides in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in recent years and has an attractive royalty regime to encourage EOR projects. A trailblazer in new EOR work is the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC), based in Regina. It manages leading-edge projects like the Joint Implementation of Vapour Extraction (JIVE) project and Aquistore and is also in charge of the world’s largest international field research project to study the geological storage of carbon dioxide. In January 2009, the PTRC was designated as the lead agency in a new federally funded network that will do national and international research on enhanced oil recovery. Development of our oilsands resources is still in its infancy, but the companies active in northwest Saskatchewan are excited about the potential. Government geoscientists estimate that 27,000 square kilometres of land in that area have some level of oilsands potential. We live in a different world than a year ago, with greater economic uncertainty and volatility in oil prices. But in Saskatchewan, we are optimistic about the long-term prospects for our oil and gas industry. We have a quality resource, leading-edge research to support it, and a government committed to business growth.

Bill Boyd Honourable Minister of Energy and Resources Government of Saskatchewan

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N O T E

Canada remains critically important Slowdown gives industry chance to tackle challenges The global economic recession has left its mark on everything, including

The Alberta government has responded with a new vision and

Canada’s oilsands industry. For much of this decade the industry has

regulations. In early 2009, the province released a 20-year strategic

been growing incredibly, putting a huge strain on western Canada’s

plan for oilsands development. Called Responsible Actions, the

infrastructure, the labour pool, and, yes, the environment.

document pledges to balance an increased focus on environmental

This is the fourth edition of the Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook

and social issues while optimizing economic growth. Alberta also has

and Directory. The annual guide showcases Canada’s heavy oil and

introduced new rules for tailings management, and stated that at least

oilsands industry, its triumphs, and the challenges ahead.

90 per cent of the fresh water and 75 per cent of the brackish water

While the world’s energy needs have changed dramatically since our

used for thermal projects would have to be recycled. Industry agrees

last issue, Canada’s heavy oil and oilsands remain a critical part of the

with the goal of reducing its footprint, and many stories contained

global energy resource. And even though oil prices remain depressed

in this edition illustrate efforts that support the goal of sustainable

as this issue goes to press, it’s unlikely to stay that way. The past has a

resource development.

way of repeating itself. There are booms and then there are busts and

While the world has changed, this publication’s mission has not.

then there are booms again. The big question is, can the industry and

We keep you informed about the communities impacted by heavy oil

its stakeholders effectively deal with today’s complex issues—issues like

and oilsands development, the technologies that sustain and progress

how to protect the environment, which new technologies to use, and

the industry, the companies that make it happen, and the cutting-edge

how to keep up with infrastructure needs—on top of gigantic challenge

research driving progress. We also include the players worth knowing,

of simply coping with the recession?

those worth watching, and the major mining, in situ, upgrader, and

Since our last edition was published, the death of 500 ducks on a Syncrude Canada tailings pond in the spring of 2008 has ignited an increased worldwide focus on the oilsands’ environmental footprint:

pipeline projects. Simply put, this is the most authoritative annual source of information about Canada’s heavy oil and oilsands industry.

carbon dioxide emissions, land use, and water consumption.

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he Calgary-based Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) acknowledges troubling economic headwinds as the industry moves into 2009, but is not in a panic mode. CERI released its annual Oil Sands Industry Update in early November 2008. “The financial crisis is serious,” CERI senior economist Dave McColl said. “If the U.S. economy enters a big slowdown that could put the brakes on some development, but the resource will still be developed. It’s just a matter of time.” CERI’s forecast remains an optimistic one, even in the face of increasing uncertainty. For one, costs of steel, natural gas, and other inputs have started to come down. In addition, the declining Canadian dollar makes projects more competitive.

CERI believes integrated oilsands mining projects are economic at a price of C$100 per barrel, while non-integrated in situ projects are economic at C$80 per barrel. It assumes many costs will decline or stabilize, with the exception of labor costs. “They tend to be the stickiest costs,” said McColl. Even in that area there’s a benefit from the economic crisis, with many experienced workers who had planned to retire not being able to do so (because the value of their investments has declined). Their experience will allow developers and operators to contain costs as well, while they remain in the workforce longer and can provide mentoring to new workers. McColl also thinks it’s likely that larger, better-financed oil and gas companies will take advantage of the current turmoil

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to acquire leases. Some may already be involved in the oilsands while other new players, such as the Chinese, may look upon it as an opportunity. Smaller companies with less access to capital will face serious problems financing projects. CERI still remains bullish, believing production could almost double to three million barrels per day by 2013, with output growing to five million barrels daily by 2030. It envisions investment in the oilsands reaching C$472 billion between now and 2030, becoming larger than any other sector in the country’s economy at the same time. The slowdown in the oilsands sector will mean thousands of construction jobs that would have been created in the near term will not be, several observers now say. “There’s still billions of dollars of expenditure, but the frenzied pace of development is slowing down,” said Richard Cooper, leader of Deloitte’s Canadian energy and resources department, who adds that the impact will be felt next year and in 2010. Deloitte recently completed a study called Producer’s Dilemma II: Managing Development in a World of Scarcity. Originally completed in May using game theory, the report says collaborative investment in practices designed to promote sustainable development, such as carbon capture and storage, are required to promote upgrading and refining in Alberta, as well as to drop greenhouse gas emissions. In May, the price of oil was about US$125 per barrel, and the now-global financial crisis had yet to set its talons around the entire world. Deloitte ran the numerical model again in October, and “the outcomes didn’t change,” Cooper says—in fact, he says the aspect of needed collaboration was enhanced. “This is a perfect time for that enhanced collaboration,” adds Brant Sangster, a Deloitte senior independent advisor and former oilsands vice-president with Petro-Canada. “You’ve got a bit of a delay happening now.” Like CERI, the folks at Deloitte are not overly concerned with currently low oil prices, noting that over time, the price of oil is set by the supply/demand relationship. Sangster says that although demand is not increasing as steadily as in the past, it is still increasing. And at the same time, groups such as the International Energy Agency are predicting annual global decreases in production of 6 to 9 per cent. “You’re going to have that adjustment of the crude oil price,” Sangster says, adding that in the meantime, input costs for oilsands projects will likely come down. “Companies can go back and renegotiate with their contractors. There’s an opportunity for the break-even cost to come down.” Cooper reminds that the oilsands industry is not a shortterm venture. “The long-term economics of the oilsands have not changed.” Sangster adds that these are 40–50 year projects. “[Companies] were never using $147 oil [in their plans] to start with.” The oil price plunge is not a new experience for Robert Peterson, an oilpatch veteran who held senior positions with ExxonMobil for several years (he is not the same Robert Peterson who was once chief executive officer of Imperial Oil).

Peterson is now a vice-president in the chemicals and petroleum practice of consulting firm CRA International. “In the late 1990s prices got down to $10 a barrel,” he notes. Even five years ago, prices were at $30 per barrel, and the average was $22.06 per barrel from 1986 to 2006. As recently as 2005, prices were at just above US$50 per barrel. Many have forgotten that this is a boom-bust industry, he said. Bob Dunbar hadn’t. Dunbar, a Calgary-based consultant who is president of Strategy West, has been an observer of the oilsands sector since its early days back in the 1970s. From 1970 to 1980 he was with the then energy industry regulator the Energy Resources and Conservation Board (ERCB), serving first as assistant manger and later as manager of its oilsands division. He later worked with Petro-Canada in strategic planning. With 40 years of experience in the industry in Canada, Dunbar has seen many ups and downs, experience he now brings to his role as a consultant specializing in the oilsands sector. Even so, he admits that the recent rapid decline in oil prices caught him by surprise. “I didn’t expect it and I don’t think a lot of people did,” he said. Dunbar was also shocked by the decline in the shares of most of the publicly listed oil and gas companies, with many down by 50 per cent or more, but says that most established oilsands producers can withstand a relatively long period of lower prices. “With the legacy producers, they have positive cash flow at somewhere around $30 a barrel.” This would apply to long-term miners Syncrude and Suncor, as well as to in situ operators like Imperial Oil, which has been operating in the Cold Lake region through numerous ups and downs since the 1960s. Dubar says that even some of the more recent players, such as Shell Canada, 60 per cent owner of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) earn a small profit with prices in the US$40 range. Offsetting lower oil prices are lower prices for natural gas, a major cost factor in most oilsands and in situ projects, and other inputs, possibly including labour, he said. “Anyone who is operating has all of their capital expenses behind them. At $50 and $60 a barrel they still have cash flow and earnings.” The economics of some of the newer projects, such as Canadian Natural Resources’ $9.2-billion, 110,000-barrel-perday Horizon mine, and the $6.1-billion, 60,000-barrel-per-day Opti-Nexen Long Lake in situ project, are more questionable at lower prices because of high capital costs. The industry has already started to react to the lower price environment. For instance, Suncor announced in late October it would reduce the spending, pace of construction, and manpower on its Voyageur upgrader, delaying the scheduled completion of the project from 2011 to 2012.

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Rick George, Suncor’s president and chief executive officer, recently said Voyageur is “very easily financeable” at oil prices of $80 per barrel. Fort Hills may not be so lucky. The project, operated by Petro-Canada with 20 per cent interest each from UTS Energy and Teck Cominco, is in troubled waters. Petro-Canada is deferring the upgrader portion completely, and will not make a sanction decision for the mining portion until well into next year. Fort Hills (including the upgrader) was most recently pegged at $23.8 billion by the partners. Recalling similar times in history Dunbar recalls many similar periods when the sector was challenged because of low oil prices. He sat on the ERCB panel that reviewed plans by Imperial Oil for its Cold Lake in situ project, a multi-billion-dollar, 100,000-barrel-per-day installation the company announced in the early 1980s. That plant, which was to include an upgrader, was scrapped after the ill-fated National Energy Program was imposed by Ottawa, followed by a dramatic fall in oil prices. About the same time, Shell was proposing its Alsands mining project, which would have been about the same size. It too was scrapped. Imperial subsequently developed a plan to build Cold Lake in phases, a plan that then-Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed touted by saying it was a “small is beautiful” strategy.

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Dunbar says it is possible the industry will react in a similar manner if low prices prevail, moving to the development of more steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects, which can be built in smaller increments than mining projects, thereby reducing risks. In any case, it’s hardly an industry facing a depression. Oilsands production is now about 1.32 million barrels per day, with about 785,000 of that coming from integrated mining projects and the rest from projects like Imperial’s, which sends bitumen to its own upgraders and refineries, and to U.S. markets.

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In fact, even with depressed oil prices, bitumen from nonintegrated projects has ready markets in the U.S., where refineries can increasingly handle heavier crudes. “Demand for bitumen and heavy oil is still strong,” said Dunbar. If anything, the lower crude prices may actually be welcomed by some in hyper-growth areas such as Fort McMurray.

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“This current situation doesn’t keep me up at night,” he said. “There’s a lot of uncertainty but the industry has always dealt with uncertainty.” Dunbar still expects overall oilsands production to reach 3.7 million barrels per day by 2020. Economics and greenhouse gases Right now, it seems project after project is being stalled. As more and more operators threaten to delay or cancel projects outright, Peterson says the federal government will realize it can’t afford to lose one of the few remaining engines of the Canadian economy, and may adjust its environmental strategy. Peterson says Ottawa will almost certainly have to drop plans to impose aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets on the Canadian oilsands industry, having to bend over backwards to help producers cope with a world of lower oil prices. “In an economic slowdown the economy trumps the environment,” Peterson says. “If this trend [towards lower oil prices and a serious recession] continues, the regulators will reconsider [their] targets.” Last spring, as oil prices were moving to US$100 per barrel (they reached almost $150 in mid-July), Peterson, during a visit to Calgary, warned oilsands operators and those planning pro jects that climate change–related regulations being proposed by the federal government would require oil prices of more than $100 per barrel, adding that even at that level new plants would be uneconomic.

Peterson told operators he met with that the regulations would get progressively more stringent. “Our interpretation is [that the regulations] move from tough, to tougher, to toughest,” he told Nickle’s Energy Group at the time. He said initial targets, which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 to 18 per cent by 2011, could likely be met. But, the coming requirement that all new oilsands plants include costly carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology meant it would be “unlikely any new oilsands plants would be built.” Now, with many analysts warning oil prices could hover between US$50 and US$70 per barrel for some time, Peterson is saying Ottawa will have to adjust to the new reality. “If this price downturn continues for one to three years, there will be a reconsideration of the tough standards Ottawa was looking at.” He suggested the re-election of a Conservative government, with a more business-friendly approach than the opposition parties, may also be a factor. Peterson said all operators can live with the beginning target of a 10 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, so the government will be able to save face and say its moves have helped the environment. “A 10 per cent improvement will translate into lower operating costs anyway [because of energy input savings] and as we move into a lower crude environment, operational efficiencies are important.”

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Living in the shadows of Canada’s largest oilsands projects isn’t easy. Nowhere is that more obvious than Fort McMurray, Alberta, a community that has been hit hard by development and suffered its share of criticism and, yes, even ribbing. Take a recent segment on the popular Canadian TV show, the Rick Mercer Report. As footage of a giant oilsands shovel and dump truck flashes across the television screen, a voice says:

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“Canada has the oil to supply a thirsty world. But right now, the world is not that thirsty and we have a lot of extra crude.” At that point, a map of Canada with Fort McMurray and Alberta clearly marked pops up. Then that fades to a photo of the entrance to an amusement park—“the first and only petroleum-based winter theme park: Slick Village,” the voice says. There, you can see “Freezie the Snowman, who spits oil out of his eyeballs, plays in the indoor oil park, and climbs the gooey pole.” H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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— Linda Ghobad, Executive Director, Multicultural Association of Fort McMurray

Polynesian dancing is a part of some celebrations in the oilsands city.

Obviously Slick Village isn’t real, though the prospect of visiting a place where a snowman squirts crude out of its eyeballs would be worth a drive. But it illustrates, albeit in a sarcastic way, how the world views the Fort McMurray area. Fortunately, those who call the Wood Buffalo region, which includes the City of Fort McMurray, home have a sense of humour. In reality, the Wood Buffalo region is much like any other community in Canada. “There are many things that make it like other municipalities,” says Linda Ghobad, who moved to the area last year after her husband accepted a job with Syncrude. “And then there are things that make it different.” One of the differences is that Fort McMurray is wonderfully diverse. Oilsands jobs have drawn thousands of men and women

Oilsands benefits other communities Located in the Athabasca oilsands deposit, Fort McMurray is not the only community that benefits from Alberta’s oilsands production. To the southeast is the Cold Lake oilsands deposit. Here, the bitumen is too deep to be mined, which is common in the Athabasca. Two major communities—Bonnyville and Cold Lake—are located within the Cold Lake deposit. Although both are reliant on tourism and other industries—in the case of Cold Lake, there is a large military base—the oil industry is a heavy contributor to the region’s overall economy. Linking the two deposits is an area nicknamed “Oilsands Alley” that runs south along Highway 881 from Fort McMurray to the hamlet of Lac La Biche. For the past few years, Lac La Biche has been positioning itself to take advantage of its lower cost of living and its location—it’s on the south side of the Athabasca and just to the northwest of the Cold Lake deposit. The final major oilsands deposit is Peace River, located about six hours northwest of Edmonton. Shell has been active in the Peace River oilsands since the 1950s. The largest community in the region is the town of Peace River.

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from all over the world. According to Statistics Canada, more than 1 in 10 people living in Wood Buffalo in 2006 were immigrants. Chinese, Filipinos, Pakistanis, and Indians accounted for about one-third of the total, but Europeans and those from African and Arab nations were also well-represented. Since last October, Ghobad has been the executive director of the Multicultural Association of Fort McMurray. Founded in 1985, the group’s mission is to advance cultural intelligence through education where people and groups can share an understanding of cultures. “What is multiculturalism?” Ghobad asks a visitor. “It’s getting people from all backgrounds together, where they’re working together and they learn something about one another and have a deep understanding of the way they think. If you have that, you can do away with things like racism because you’re working side by side at some event that we’re putting on. The way I see it, the ultimate goal is to bring people together so we can really begin to appreciate one another.” HEALTHIER environment The region’s diversity is a huge strength, says Melissa Blake, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. “As we’re challenged for housing, we’re not challenged by the mixing of these cultures,” she says. “That’s because whatever house becomes available, anybody can move in. So your neighbourhoods are mixed. Your schools are mixed. I think it’s a healthier environment for people of all different nationalities.” That the national media tend to ignore the region’s diversity, much less the beauty of its nearby forests and rivers, and instead focus on problems such as crime is frustrating, Blake admits. “Sometimes I sit back and say, ‘They’ve got the story so wrong compared to the experiences that the citizens here have,’” she says, shaking her head. That’s not to say things are perfect. It’s common to get stuck in traffic at peak commuting times, and getting from point A to point B can be as frustrating as a traffic jam in Toronto or Chicago. It’s difficult to get a hotel room. You’ll wait to get a

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A builder works on a cold winter day to finish a single family home on the north side of Fort McMurray.

seat at a restaurant, and count on spending 20 minutes or so in the drive-through at the Tim Hortons downtown at 7:30 on a weekday morning. One person we talked to for this story booked an oil change in mid-January. The earliest he could get in was March 21. And, no doubt you’ve heard how expensive it is to live in Fort McMurray. A glance at the classifieds in the local newspaper, Fort McMurray Today, in mid-January showed the price of a furnished room was between $900 and $1,200 a month. At the same time, one mobile home was listed for sale. Asking price: $399,900. In simple terms, the long waits and high prices can be blamed on simple supply and demand. There isn’t enough housing for all the people. There aren’t enough people to fill all the positions. And hey, if you can find someone willing to spend nearly 400 grand on a mobile home, what’s wrong with that? But the global economic slowdown could change even that. Although the economy is still fairly healthy, cracks have begun to appear. “We are experiencing a surplus of homes on the market,” Blake admits. “The actual average single-family home selling price is coming down based on supply and maybe a bit less of a demand.” SKYROCKETING GROWTH Wood Buffalo’s population began to skyrocket 12 years ago and has been growing at around 9 per cent annually, according to Blake. “We’d just amalgamated and become a region as opposed to just the city of Fort McMurray,” she recalls. “But the immediacy of the excitement coming from the National Oil Sands Task Force announcement that talked about a standardized fiscal regime, which would encourage more oilsands development— it was virtually overnight. You could see the price of homes almost double in that same few-months period.” With all good things, there was a downside. 28

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“What didn’t happen was we didn’t do enough to support these things that needed to happen in terms of population growth,” Blake says. “We had some realities that exceeded expectations and we really just got behind the 8 ball. Again, to try experience a 9 per cent population growth for a several-year period as opposed to just a couple of years.” Blake puts the region’s population in 2008 at 103,000. About 20 per cent of that is what Blake calls the “commuter shadow population.” And those are the people who are experiencing the brunt of recent cutbacks and project halts by com panies such as Suncor. A year ago, when oil was $100 per barrel, it was not uncommon for producers and contractors needing labour for the oilsands projects to fly workers in from locations varying from British Columbia to Newfoundland. Now, some of those people are being let go. It’s important to note that even with the slowdown, not all is gloom and doom. While acknowledging job losses by contractors who have been told to stop construction of Suncor’s Voyageur upgrader and Firebag 3 oilsands projects outside Fort McMurray, Shawn Davis, a Suncor spokeswoman, stresses that “we have not laid off any permanent employees.” In fact, she says, Suncor is still looking for people to fill positions. And the general feeling among many in Fort McMurray right now is that a slowdown is not all bad. Blake says it will give the city a much-needed chance to catch its breath. And it will only be a matter of time before oil prices rise again, meaning pro jects that have been delayed will once again get the green light. In the meantime, Fort McMurray will continue to be “an amazing place to explore your opportunities,” Blake says. “I think everything here is in hyperdrive. If you have an inclination for finding a business niche, you may start in the basement of your home. But guess what, you may overgrow your home in a matter of months. I think opportunities, depending on what a particular person’s bent may be, will always be more than realized. Our people, our businesses—whatever it is, tend to overachieve at anything they put their efforts into.”

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Work camps have come a long way since the first ATCO trailers. This is Albian Village, which houses workers at the Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion 1.

Filling the void Life in an Alberta oilsands camp

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By Paul Stastny

t’s mid-June, 3 a.m., and already bright enough to see over the buildings of the Albian Village, the temporary trailers for overflow workers and out over an expanse of earth berms, trees, clearings, and steel structures that make up one of North America’s largest construction projects. By day, the Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion 1 is abuzz with beeping, growling machines, but now there is silence, save for the distant thump of air cannons warning waterfowl away from tailings ponds and the faint sound of a road crew working the night shift somewhere on the 50-square-kilometre bitumen mining site operated by Shell Canada and partners Chevron Canada and Marathon Oil. Solstice in this land of almost-midnight sun has a special appeal for many. For some, it’s high time to quit this job. Maybe head south or east or west or wherever they came from, see friends and family, take a vacation—live like a regular person for a while rather than an oilsands worker on a typical 24-day-on and 7-day-off schedule. “Workforce turnover is huge in the oilsands,” Terry Letherby, project director for Shell’s Albian, says. Like most who come to the oilsands, Letherby is a recent addition. He and his wife moved to Fort McMurray from Calgary in February 2007. This project is one in a long line of Royal Dutch Shell ventures Letherby has undertaken in different parts of the world. Having worked all over the world, Letherby knows something about attracting workers to remote locations. “The key

is to provide something better,” he says. “At Albian Village, we provide recreational facilities, healthy food lines, and university training on site.” In fact, Albian Village provides a lot more than that. The facility represents the highest evolution of the work camp. The all-inclusive development delivers superior quality of life by offering the type of big-city amenities not usually associated with work camps. It boasts an indoor ice hockey rink, a baseball field, gymnasium, running track, weight room, games room, computer room, sitting areas with couches and sofas, a corner store, pub, a Tim Hortons outlet, a cafeteria that feels more like a restaurant, and a snack room where you can grab a sandwich, fruit, and drink any time of day or night free of charge or brown-bag a lunch for the next day. All these facilities are interconnected by enclosed walkways to hotel-style residences, which feature furnished rooms with wallto-wall carpeting, a flat-panel television, a double bed, desk, sofa, night table, coffee table, and private or semi-private bathrooms. (The management wing gets the private bathrooms.) Albian Village is designed to compete for workers in a global resource market. Quality of life, superior compensation, and site safety are the three pillars of Shell’s strategy to attract and retain workers. A private airstrip a few kilometres away further raises the ante. Completed in November 2007, it is the largest non-military airstrip in the country.

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Under construction “It’s an honour to work here,” says Daniel Elster, quality control supervisor for FAM, a German engineering and fabrication company specializing in bulk material handling and mineral processing. The company is working on something called a surge bin, a giant hopper that will provide a 45-minute buffer of crushed bitumen to deal with temporary disruptions in supply. Frank Bloome, Elster’s boss, says we just missed Albian’s heaviest lift so far—a 250,000-tonne component of the surge bin. The 46-year-old construction supervisor is from Magdeburg, Germany, FAM’s headquarters and home for him, his wife, and their two children. One is 18 years old and the other is three months. Three months? Bloome smiles and shrugs his shoulders. He first came to Albian in September 2007 during the planning stage, then returned in April 2008 for the construction. He lives at Albian Village, which he says is the best camp he has ever been in. “It makes a huge difference. It makes it good to work here and more fun.” A Shell construction coordinator named Tyler Metz drives us back to Albian Village. Fresh out of the University of Saskatchewan, he was hired by Shell provided he works in the oilsands for at least six months. The dining hall at Albian Village rings with the clanging of cutlery and talk. It is a large carpeted space filled with light from a wall of windows along its longest wall. Tonight is lamb night, but the healthy food line has other options, or you can always grab that staple of camp food: a burger and fries. Tom Hynes sits at a table with three other men eating dinner. Hynes earned his structural engineering degree with Memorial University in Newfoundland, and is one of that growing cadre of Newfoundland ex-pats building Alberta’s oilsands infrastructure. “About half my class stayed and the other half left the province,” he says. “Towards the last term at school, a bunch of companies came down from the West and started recruiting. I ended up getting an offer from Halliburton, so I said, ‘Why not—it’s an adventure.’” He worked with Halliburton for a while and tried a couple other companies before starting with Colt Engineering. Colt’s joint partnership with AMEC brought him to Albian. Another table and another group of Newfoundlanders. Newfoundlanders in the oilsands are a bit of a cliché—it seems justified. Justin Bernard is 29 years old but looks somewhat younger. He started two weeks ago as a project coordinator with Ledcor Foundations. “A friend of mine was working for Ledcor and convinced me to come to Albian,” he says. “I flew up for an interview and had a chance to see it first, so I knew what to expect.” Bernard says he is here to clean up his debts. Across from him is Peter Cabral, project coordinator for Ledcor Foundations. Cabral says he came to Albian from Newfoundland for the money and the opportunity. He is 36 years old and married with two girls, who are four and two years old. A civil engineer by training, he says he had to leave the province to find work in his field. But the distance from his family is taking a toll.

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Albian Village is not your typical oilsands work camp. Among the amenities: a well-stocked convenience store.

“I’m setting a goal of being able to last here until Christmas,” he says. “But when you phone home and your girls are crying on the phone for their daddy to come home, it’s hard.” At the same table sits Jennifer Pickett, a 29-year-old project administrator, also with Ledcor Foundations but not from Newfoundland. She graduated in accounting from Grant MacEwan College in her hometown of Edmonton, where she started with Ledcor. Five months later, she took the opportunity to work at Albian. Even though only about 10 per cent of the site’s population is women, Pickett says it isn’t something she is particularly aware of. “Everyone gets the impression that it’s one girl for 2,400 guys, but there’s actually quite a lot of women up here,” she says. “I’ve never felt uncomfortable about it. I like living up here and working up here. The people are great.” One of the things you hear a lot at Albian is how working in the oilsands is a great kick-start to careers. You also quickly notice that many young people have relatively senior job titles. Mid-level project management positions are often held by people in their 20s. At age 35, some are already project directors. Jerry Bell, Shell’s site construction director at Albian, says the lack of skilled workers across the whole market is leading to a dilution of skills. “In the oilsands, you’re seeing a dilution of engineering skills and trade skills. There’s a dilution of the leadership skills,” he says. “The dilution of skills can reduce your productivity, so you have to put in the training to counteract it.”

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Nightcap “You missed the big lift,” shouts Mike Hill over noise in the pub. Like everything else at Albian, the Village pub is big. The tables are spread out to give everyone plenty of elbow room. There are pool tables, dartboards, everything you would expect in a bar— except for music. And the light that streams in from the same wall of windows that front the dining hall below the pub gives the place more of a restaurant/lounge feel than a bar. There is no smoking here either. Hill is a second-year ironworker apprentice from Edmonton. He works for Midwest Constructors. He and his buddy, Kenny Grove, a journeyman rigger, want it made clear that they are with Edmonton Ironworkers’ Local 720. “I am Canadian. I am a union man,” Hill says proudly. Hill talks about the lift at the surge bin today while Grove pulls an assortment of hardhat stickers from his pocket. One has a figure on a steel beam holding a sledgehammer in one hand and a crowbar in the other. The caption reads, “Ironworkers: Building America.” Another has a skull with a hard hat and crossed sledgehammers in the background. The caption reads, “Ironworkers: The Original Bad Boys of Construction.” But Hill is clean-shaven, young, and keen. He evidently loves his work and right here, right now, he’s making more money than he can spend. As for Grove, he would trade some of the money for more freedom. “Every site has a different set of rules,” he says. A special breed At 7 a.m., the dining hall is only sparsely filled. At one table, a group of about six men sits over plates of eggs, bacon, sausages, and toast. “So what do you guys do here?” “As little as possible.” Laughter. “We move dirt,” another says. The road crew has just finished the night shift. This is dinner for them. “I wish the bar was opened all day,” says Matt Piechnik. He services road-building equipment for Thompson Brothers. “If I worked dayshift, at least I could go to the bar after work.” Piechnik is in his 20s. He is from Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island. He says a lot of people come here from the Island where logging and mining have taken a big hit. “It sucks to be away from home, but I wouldn’t make this kind of money on the Island.” David Waterhouse is sitting next to Piechnik. He sums up life at Albian this way: “Good money, but no life.” How long will they stay? Piechnik: “Till the environmentalists get their way and shut it down.” Waterhouse: “Depends on when my luck in the lottery changes. Or till something better comes along or I retire. I’ll do it for five years, but not for 20. If you’re going to retire with nothing, you might as well start early.” As a driver of an articulating rock truck—a “wiggle wagon” in the vernacular of the pit—Waterhouse makes $33 dollars per hour. Working 10-hour shifts, he earns over $8,000 in a 24-day work

stint. Not bad, considering he spends no money except for the flight back home. “It takes a special breed to work out here,” Waterhouse says. The drill It is time to leave Albian Village, but not before sitting in on an orientation of new recruits. Jerry Bell introduces himself individually to every person already seated in the room as the rest are accounted for and handed folders at the entrance by his colleague. When the doors close, Bell launches into a safety talk like no other. Part evangelist, part motivational speaker, part drill sergeant, his voice booms among almost 200 people. “Our leading indicator is safety,” he says. “If productivity is down, you’re working on an unsafe site. Safety improvements result in productivity improvements.”

One of the things you hear a lot at Albian is how working in the oilsands is a great kick-start to careers. You also quickly notice that many young people have relatively senior job titles.

The three key values Bell insists each and every person in the room commits to are respect, intervention, and compliance. By respect, he means respect for human life. “But I’m a little cynical about that value—respect for human life,” he says. “Last year, over 150 workers died in this industry. In Canada, over a thousand workers were killed.” His voice softens. “On April 26, we had a young electrician—25 years old with a wife and kids in Edmonton—get run over by one of our heavy haulers. That was our first fatality. I think it got 10 media hits. “Then on April 28, one of our competitors had 500 ducks die. And guess what? That got 200 media hits. And the prime minister of Canada got involved. So I’m little cynical about whether we really respect human life.” Bell’s voice rises and falls. He is dramatic, emphatic, and unrelenting in his call to arms to make this a zero-harm site. He needs a united front to make this happen. He needs engagement. At first, the voices come back weak and out of sync. But soon enough, everyone in the room understands that safety comes down to each one of them. Every voice counts. Shell’s safety message is powerful and it seems to resonate throughout the site. This is more than a token effort, or a talking up of a so-called culture of safety. It is a kind of glue that holds together the thousands of people that work here. And it has benefits that go well beyond the obvious. It makes for a worksite where worker interaction is actually governed by courtesy. Editor’s note: A longer version of this story originally was published in the September 2008 issue of Oilweek.

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A photographic journey through Fort McMurray, where life is anything but boring by Joey Podlubny, Deborah Jaremko, and Chaz Osburn

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Skiers and snowboarders take advantage of a pleasant winter’s day at Vista Ridge, a ski hill just outside Fort McMurray.

Despite its reputation as a rough and tumble boomtown, Fort McMurray is not all that different from other communities in Canada. People go to work and school during the day and enjoy the same types of leisure activities—skiing, hockey, and curling in the winter and hiking, bicycling, and camping in the summer—in their free time. Here’s a look at everyday, ordinary life in Fort Mac.

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A bartender serves up drinks at a Fort McMurray nightspot.

Until recently, Annelies Geisler was the owner of The Import Connection, an international grocery store catering to the tastes of Fort McMurrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multicultural nature (She is now retired, but the store remains open).

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In October 2008, the Fort McMurray community celebrated the annual Take Back the Night rally renouncing fear and violence.

Restaurant manager/owner Moe Gawanmeh prepares dinner at Pesto’s Cafe.

Stylist Roy Hashem gives a classic straight-razor shave to resident Jason Holliger at Max Barber Shop.

Two members of Fort McMurray’s Tuesday night women’s curling league share a laugh at the MacDonald Island Park recreational facility.

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A good game of bowling earns a of high-fives at McMurray B

A line of vehicles streams southward on Highway 63 towards Fort McMurray after a day’s work in the oilsands.

It’s not uncommon to wait 20 minutes in the drive-through line at the Tim Hortons restaurant in downtown Fort McMurray.

Students in Keyano College’s trades photo (this photo and photo at left) practice their skills.

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Oilsands Discovery Centre interpreter Kellie Sellars gives visitors a good grounding in Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oilsands.

Snowmobiling is a popular recreational sport during the winter months in Fort McMurray.

A module on its way to an oilsands project.

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Manufacturers in eastern Canada are among the benefactors of oilsands development. Photo: Joey Podlubny

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Given all the industry changes and economic turmoil since the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) published its report Economic Impacts of Alberta’s Oil Sands in 2005, the organization is eagerly preparing to release its ambitious update, Economic Impacts of the Petroleum industry in Canada. The University of Calgary-based CERI has been providing objective analysis of energy and related environmental issues for its government, academic, and industry members since 1975. One prominent finding of the October 2005 report was that the federal government, not Alberta, was the largest recipient of oilsands revenues. The various kinds of tax streams flowing in from communities coast to coast pointed clearly to oilsands activity as a main driver of the overall Canadian economy. That finding was helpful in deflecting some of the criticism of the industry, and as CERI president and chief executive officer Marwan Masri puts it, it demonstrated that “some of the [public] perceptions may not be correct.” The update, coming out in April, is to encompass the full spectrum of petroleum industry sectors, and will likely clear up more public misperceptions. With its 20- to 30-year horizon, the update will take into account recent rapid growth in the oilsands sector and oil price jags. It will provide big-picture perspective on the current contraction phase of the economic cycle that, for all the alarm it has triggered, is allowing governments and industry a chance to get their bearings and make course corrections. “The economic cycles are not new,” Masri observes. “[It is] the long-term outlook that investors have to take into account. You don’t base investment on today’s short-term price.” CERI has addressed the short term in senior economist David McColl’s February briefing, The Eye of the Beholder: Oil Sands Calamity or Golden Opportunity? McColl emphasizes, “It is important—if not imperative—to recognize the current opportunities in the oilsands. As investment levels plummet, there are potentially staggering opportunities for current oilsands operators and new project proponents to seek out and source products—materials and equipment—at some of the lowest rates that they may have seen in almost a decade.” HE AV Y O I L & O I L S A ND S G U I DEBOO K & D I R E C TO R Y I V

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His briefing is available from ceri.com, where the institute will also post the April study. To take the longer view as those “staggering opportunities” unfold, Masri suggests, “leave the oil price aside for the moment. Since 2005 many more projects have been announced. Of course there has been some attrition, but overall there are more projects, more investment. That study was based on $32 oil averaged over 20 years.

The strategic importance of the sector flows from the multiplier effect of investment as employment rises and workers spend money on goods and services that are produced to satisfy their demand, as well as from direct spending on manufacturing inputs. “Now, one of the things we’re struggling with is that oil prices are down, but what matters for this is not today’s price but the expected average over the lifetime of [each] plant, which is 20 to 30 years. We know it will be more than $32, perhaps $50 or $60.

“What we have here is higher investment, a larger number of projects, higher output, higher price, so we anticipate a multiple of what we found in the first study. Oilsands [activity] was close to a trillion dollars’ impact on Canada in terms of [gross domestic product (GDP)] output increase. We will find in the current study that the number is much higher. The investment was about $100 billion over 20 years in the first study; we now think it will be quite a bit higher. It may be 20 per cent less than what we thought last year, but it’s still a lot higher than in 2005. “[We’re projecting an] increase in GDP, in labour income, in the number of jobs created, and in tax revenue to different jurisdictions. On all counts the impact will be much higher.” The 2005 study examined GDP, employment and labour income, and government revenues through the 2000–2020 period on a regional, provincial, national, and global scale. Its scope will be dwarfed by the coming update. “Now we’re working on every hydrocarbon resource in every province and territory, conventional and unconventional, its impact on that province, on every other, and on the country as a whole. Many things have changed; things are changing as we speak,” Masri says. One thing that has not changed, though, is the strategic nature of the oilsands sector and its enormous potential. CERI found a 1:6 split between the impacts of the development phase of any given project and its long production phase. It’s fair to draw a parallel that the entire sector is in its development phase and the long-term impact will be equally magnified. CERI expects to re-assess the value of the sector periodically

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throughout its maturity curve whenever the economic cycles produce significant changes in the average oil price. The strategic importance of the sector flows from the multiplier effect of investment as employment rises and workers spend money on goods and services that are produced to satisfy their demand, as well as from direct spending on manufacturing inputs. The sector is key, Masri points put. “What’s happening here is the short-term outlook versus long-term. Prices went down, so that will have an effect on profitability in the short term, but I don’t think it’s going to affect the viability of the sector in the long term. The fundamentals have not changed. “Alberta is the marginal supplier for increased demand in the future. The oilsands is the only place that can meet increasing demand.” Although it included scenarios calculated on prices up to US$40 for synthetic crude oil, the 2005 report posed a conservative US$32 average for its 20-year time frame. For reference, these are the conclusions CERI is expecting to scale up: ■

ilsands activity was expected to generate $885 billion of O the GDP. Of this amount, $634 billion would be in Alberta, $155 billion would be spent on supplies and services from other Canadian provinces, and $96 billion would be outside of Canada.

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mployment was estimated at around 6.6 million personE years. While 56 per cent was tagged for Alberta, the rest of

Canada would see another 27 per cent (including one million person-years in Ontario), and the remaining 17 per cent was in other countries. ■

otal government revenue from oilsands activity in Canada T was projected at around $124 billion. The federal government was to reap 41 per cent, Alberta would collect 36 per cent, other provincial and territorial governments would take in 9 per cent, and municipalities (including Alberta municipalities) would share 14 per cent. That is 25 per cent from personal income tax, 20 per cent from corporate, 18 from property tax, and 15 per cent from indirect taxes such as GST and PST, and in Alberta at the time, 22 per cent from royalties.

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s the primary economic driver, the oil industry, including A oilsands and service and supply, was credited with fully 52 per cent of the incremental GDP and 18 per cent of incremental employment. Manufacturing, financial services, gas utility, retail, and business services enhanced that momentum.

Whatever the changes in magnitude of economic impacts, the distribution of the benefits has proven relatively stable, so the April update will garner sharp interest across the country. “Natural gas, shale gas, coalbed methane, and conventional oil will be added this time around,” Masri says. “The impact on the economies of all these jurisdictions of the petroleum sector is going to be very, very high. Whether it’s growing or declining, it will have large impacts on the rest of the economy.”

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Coker towers at Suncor (part of the upgrading facilities).

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Location: 96-11/12W4M, E96-13W4M, 97-11W4M, E97-12W4M, 1, 2, 12-97-13W4M

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Location: 7 to 10, 15 to 22, 27 to 29, 32 to 34-70-3W4M, 7 to 24, W27, 28 to 33, W34-70-4W4M, 10 to 15, 22 to 27-70-5W4M, 3 to 5-71-3W4M, 3 to 5, 8 to 10-71-4W4M Ownership: EnCana (50%), ConocoPhillips (50%) Production start: 2001 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Cold Lake pipeline to Edmonton/Hardisty Production capacity: 120,000 bbl/d by the end of 2009 2008 average daily production: 51,894 bbl/d Production technology: SAGD

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Formation/pool: Wabiskaw-McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 2.502

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Firebag

SAGD

Location: 19, 20, 29 to 32-94-5W4M, 22 to 36-94-6W4M, W25, 36-94-7W4M, 6 to 8, 17 to 20, 29 to 3295-5W4M, 95-6W4M, 4 to 6-96-6W4M Ownership: Suncor Energy* (100%) Production start: 2004 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Suncor pipeline to Suncor upgrader

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2008 average daily production: 37,525 bbl/d

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~320 m

Formation/pool: Wabiskaw-McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 3.675

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MacKay River

SAGD

Location: 21, 28, 29, 32 to 34-92-12W4M, 8 to 16-9-93-12W4M, SW3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21-93-12W4M Ownership: Petro-Canada* (100%) Production start: 2002 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Pipeline to Athabasca terminal

Production capacity: 33,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 25,088 bbl/d

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~150 m

Formation/pool: Wabiskaw-McMurray

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Product: Bitumen

Marketing: Pipeline to Cheecham terminal

Production capacity: 27,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 11,142 bbl/d

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Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~400 m

Formation/pool: Wabiskaw-McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 3.49 (ConocoPhillips)

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Location: 19 to 21, 28 to 33-75-6W4M, 4 to 6-76-6W4M

Ownership: Devon Canada (100%)

Production start: September 2007

Product: Bitumen

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Location: W85-6W4M, 13, 24, 25, 36-857W4M, 5 to 8, 17-86-6W4M, 1, 11 to 14, 22 to 27, 34 to 36-867W4M, 2, 3, 10, 11-87-7W4M

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Reservoir depth: 200 to 250 m

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ATHABASCA IN SITU PROJECTS Plant facilities at Great DIvide.

Ownership: Connacher Oil and Gas (100%)

Production start: September 2007

Product: Bitumen

Marketing: Truck to local pipelines

Production capacity: 10,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 5,743 bbl/d

Great Divide

Location: NW16, NE17, SE20, 21-82-12W4M

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~200m

Formation/pool: McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 3.789

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Main plant infrastructure at Christina Lake.

Location: 6-18, 24-76-6W4M, 1, 2-20-766W4M, 1 to 8-21-76-6W4M, 1 to 8-22-76-6W4M, 1 to 12-23-766W4M

Ownership: EnCana (50%), ConocoPhillips Canada (50%)

Christina Lake

Production start: 2003 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Athabasca pipeline to Edmonton/ Hardisty

Production capacity: 18,800 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 7,341 bbl/d

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~400 m

Formation/pool: Wabiskaw/McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 2.3 (EnCana)

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ATHABASCA IN SITU PROJECTS An overview of the Hangingstone site.

Location: NW26, N27, N28, 33, 34, W3584-11W4M

Ownership: Japan Canada Oil Sands (100%)

Product: Bitumen Marketing: Truck to Suncor, Nexen Long Lake

Production capacity: 10,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 7,180 bbl/d

Hangingstone

Production start: 1999

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: 280-310 m

Formation/pool: McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 3.3 (JACOS)

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Part of the SAGD pilot at Joslyn.

Ownership: Total E&P Canada (74%), Occidental Petroleum (15%), Inpex Canada (10%), Laricina Energy (1%)

Production start: November 2004

Product: Bitumen

Marketing: N/Q

Production capacity: 12,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 3,061 bbl/d

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Location: 28, 29, 32, 33, 34-95-12W4M, 4, 5-96-12W4M

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: 90-100 m

Formation/pool: Wabiskaw-McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 4.298

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ATHABASCA IN SITU PROJECTS For the Christina Lake project, MEG shares the Access Pipeline with Devon Energy.

Ownership: MEG Energy (100%) Production start: April 2008 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Access Pipeline to Industrial Heartland

Production capacity: 3,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 2,050 bbl/d

Christina Lake

Location: 7 to 9, 16 to 18, N19 to N21-775W4M, E12, E13, E24-77-6W4M

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~350 m

Formation/pool: McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio: 3.462

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Whitesands

Location: 12, 13-77-9W4M Ownership: Petrobank Energy and Resources (100%) Production start: 2006 Product: Partially upgraded Bitumen Marketing: Trucked to confidential location Production capacity: 1,900 bbl/d 2008 average daily production: Confidential project status Production technology: THAI

Reservoir depth: 400 m

Formation/pool: McMurray

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio: N/A

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COLD LAKE IN SITU PROJECTS Pumpjacks at work for Imperial Oil at Cold Lake.

Cold Lake

CSS

Location: N64-3W4M, NE64-4W4M, 29 to 32-652W4M, 65-3W4M, 65-4W4M, 1, 12-65-5W4M, 5 to 8, 17 to 20, 29 to 32-66-2W4M, 1 to 3, 10 to 15, 22 to 27, 34 to 36-66-3W4M, 2 to 11, 14 to 22, 27 to 34-66-4W4M, 1, 12, 13-66-5W4M Ownership: Imperial Oil (100%) Production start: 1985 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Cold Lake pipeline to Edmonton region

Production capacity: 140,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 146,595 bbl/d

Production technology: CSS

Reservoir depth: ~400 m

Formation/pool: Clearwater

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio to Jan/09: 16.665

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Primrose / Wolf Lake

CSS

Production start: 1985 Product: Bitumen Marketing: 11 API bitumen sold to Canadian and US refiners or blended into WCS stream at Hardisty (Cold Lake pipeline) Production capacity: 120,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 61,252 bbl/d Production technology: CSS

Reservoir depth: 450 m

Formation/pool: Clearwater

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Ownership: Canadian Natural Resources (100%)

Location: 65-5W4M, 65-6W4M, 66-5W4M, 66-6W4M, 67-4W4M, 67-5W4M, 68-4W4M, 68-5W4M, W5, 6, 7, W18, W19-67-2W4M, 1 to 4, 9 to 16, 21 to 28, 33 to 36-67-3W4M, 1 to 4, 10 to 12-68-3W4M

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Tucker

Location: N21, 28, 29, 32-64-4W4M, 5 to 8-69-4W4M Ownership: Husky Energy (100%) Production start: 2006 Product: Bitumen Marketing: Husky pipeline to Hardisty area

Production capacity: 30,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 2,682 bbl/d

Production technology: SAGD

Reservoir depth: ~400 m

Formation/pool: Clearwater

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio: N/Q

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A SAGD well pad at Orion.

Location: N9, N10, 15 to 17-64-3W4M

Ownership: Shell Canada (100%)

Production start: September 2007

Product: Bitumen

Production capacity: 10,000 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 2,017 bbl/d

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PEACE RIVER IN SITU PROJECT The CSS process underway at Peace River.

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Peace River CSS

Location: 16, 20, 21-85-18W5M, 3, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, N34-8418W5M Ownership: Shell Canada (100%) Production start: Existing facility, 1986. Actual production 1979 with the Peace River in situ pilot project Product: Bitumen Marketing: Rainbow pipeline to Industrial Heartland

Production capacity: 12,500 bbl/d

2008 average daily production: 8,790 bbl/d

Production technology: CSS

Reservoir depth: 550 m

Formation/pool: Bluesky-Gething

Cumulative steam-to-oil ratio: 4.5 (Shell)

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Excelsior Energy

Alberta Oilsands is an “early stage” junior focused on the Athabasca deposit. It owns 140.5 sections of leases, reportedly with more than 5 billion barrels of bitumen in place. It plans a 2,000 barrel per day pilot in 2010/2011, followed by a 10,000 barrel per day commercial project, and another targeted to produce 30,000 barrels per day after that.

Excelsior Energy owns 58 sections or 27,840 net acres of oilsands leases in the south Athabasa region. Its two focus areas are Hangingstone and West Surmont, of which the Hangingstone area is further progressed. Excelsior plans to submit an application for a 10,000 barrel per day project at Hangingstone in 2009.

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Calgary-based Pan Orient Energy (majority owner of Andora Energy) had three main focuses: onshore production in Thailand, onshore production in Indonesia, and Alberta’s oilsands. Andora Energy’s leases are located in the Peace River region of Alberta, varying from 10 per cent to 100 per cent ownership, and they comprise 85.5 contiguous sections. Andora reports oilsands reserves of 274 million barrels, and plans a 1,400 barrel per day demonstration project.

Formed in September 2006, junior Grizzly Oil Sands has acquired 511,765 net acres of oilsands leases with an estimated 11.9 billion barrels of original bitumen in place. The company, which is now led by John Pearce—former director of business development, thermal heavy oil for Devon Canada— has announced a 10,000 barrel per day in situ project called Algar Lake.

Athabasca Oil Sands Private junior Athabasca Oil Sands says it is one of the largest oilsands leaseholders, with net working interest in over 1.3 million acres. Recoverable resources range between 7 billion and 11 billion barrels. Athabasca Oilsands has applied for two pilot projects intended to range between 1,000 and 2,000 barrels per day, and in 2009 plans to file its application for a commercial project that would produce between 30,000 and 40,000 barrels per day. The company reports its lands could ultimately produce up to 500,000 barrels per day.

Enerplus Resources In the summer of 2008, Enerplus Resources Fund sold its 15 per cent interest in the Joslyn steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)/mining project in order to focus on its own assets. In its oilsands operations, this is primarily a proposed SAGD project south of Fort McMurray called Kirby. Enerplus estimates there are contingent resources of 414 million barrels on its Kirby leases. It filed an application for the first 10,000-barrel-per-day phase in fall of 2008, and hopes to start production in 2012. The plan is to follow this phase with a further 25,000-barrel-per-day installation.

Chevron Canada In addition to its 20 per cent ownership of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (the third oilsands mining and upgrading venture), Chevron Canada owns lease rights to 75,520 acres, estimating 7.5 billion barrels of original oil in place. On these leases, Chevron plans a 100,000 barrel per day in situ project it calls Ells River. Chevron says it will leverage its “extensive” thermal experience in Canada and Indonesia to its oilsands properties.

E-T Energy Just next to Fort McMurray, E-T Energy is testing the use of electricity to produce bitumen in situ. Its technology, called electrothermal dynamic stripping (ET-DSP), is intended to reduce reliance on natural gas, allow for quicker reclamation, and lower water usage. E-T Energy says it has an expanded field test underway, and is planning for commercial implementation of its process.

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Ivanhoe Energy In July 2008, Ivanhoe Energy acquired 100 per cent working interest in two oilsands leases from Talisman Energy. On one of these leases, Talisman plans the first commercial application of its “small-scale” HTL upgrading technology. This would make it the first in situ project of less than 50,000 barrels per day capacity to include upgrading, therefore producing synthetic crude oil rather than less-valuable bitumen. Ivanhoe has dubbed its 30,000 barrel per day project Tamarack, and plans to submit regulatory applications in 2010.

Koch Exploration Canada The subsidiary of U.S.-based Koch Industries, Koch Exploration Canada has started public consultations for a new 10,000 barrel per day in situ project in the Cold Lake region called Gemini. The company and its affiliates have owned these leases since the 1990s, and says the project could produce for up to 25 years.

Korea National Oil Corporation In 2006, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) acquired oilsands assets from Newmont Mining Corporation in the Athabasca region. KNOC reports that it has been evaluating the potential of the oilsands since 1988. The company, whose role is to “secure oil supplies for the nation,” has applied for the 10,000 barrel per day first phase of its Black Gold project, and plans to follow that up with a 20,000 barrel per day second phase.

Laricina Energy Private junior Laricina Energy is run by Glenn Schmidt, who was the chief executive officer of Deer Creek Energy until it was sold to giant Total S.A. in 2005, establishing Laricina shortly after. Laricina has identified four development areas that include not just the “familiar” oilsands formations others currently produce from, but also Alberta’s potentially vastly prolific carbonates. Laricina currently has a number of projects in the works, and says its leases represent gross production potential in excess of 300,000 barrels per day. Laricina also retains a one per cent interest in Total’s Joslyn project.

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North Peace Energy

StatoilHydro Canada

In January 2009, tiny North Peace Energy commenced steam injection at its 1,000-barrel-per-day Red Earth cyclic steam stimulation pilot in the Peace River area of Alberta. The company owns about 86,000 acres of oilsands leases, and estimates 2 billion to 3 billion barrels of original oil in place. Its goal is to eventually produce 30,000 barrels per day.

Global major StatoilHydro secured its place in Alberta’s oilsands industry with the acquisition of North American Oil Sands in June 2007. Its first phase of the Kai Kos Dehseh SAGD project is under construction, targeted to start ramping up to its nameplate capacity of 10,000 barrels per day in 2009. Statoil has also applied for a further nine phases that could see it eventually producing 240,000 barrels per day. The company also had planned for an upgrader in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, but has now withdrawn its application.

Oilsands Quest Oilsands Quest has the largest contiguous oilsands land holdings in Canada, with the majority of its ownership in northwest Saskatchewan. It has been working towards commercialization of oilsands in Saskatchewan since 2004. The company has constructed three production test sites where it says it is experimenting with varying temperatures and pressures of steam and steam with solvents. Oilsands Quest’s challenge is that is lacks sufficient cap rock for conventional thermal methods. In addition to its lands in Saskatchewan, the company has reported discoveries on the Alberta side of the border.

Sunshine OilSands Established in 2007, Sunshine Oilsands has built an oilsands land position of over one million acres, estimating original oil in place at 8.9 billion barrels. The company plans to start development with a 10,000 barrel per day SAGD project at West Ells. The regulatory submission is expected in the first quarter of 2009. Sunshine plans to follow that project up with a second phase of 30,000 barrels per day, and a third phase of 25,000 barrels per day, by 2018.

Osum Oil Sands Private junior Osum Oil Sands was initially formed to pursue the production technique for which its name is an acronym—oilsands underground mining. The idea was to bring back the methods that created the underground test facility where SAGD was proven commercially viable. While the company says that technique is still important to it, its current focus is a new “conventional” in situ project in the Cold Lake region dubbed Taiga. Osum plans to start up its first 10,000 barrel per day phase in 2014.

Serrano Energy/Pearl E&P Canada Serrano Energy and Pearl E&P Canada are currently awaiting regulatory approval for a 500 barrel per day SAGD pilot in the Athabasca region called Blackrod, which covers 12,800 acres. Pearl is actively working to become the project’s operator, on which it says construction will not start before 2010. In addition to Blackrod, Pearl has two single well CSS pilots in the Onion Lake region of Alberta, as well as other operations.

Pengrowth Energy Trust Pengrowth Energy Trust has a diverse asset base that includes light oil, conventional and unconventional gas, offshore gas, heavy oil, and of course, oilsands. The company says heavy oil has “become a significant focus area,” including a SAGD project at Tangleflags in southwest Saskatchewan. Pengrowth has applied for a 2,500 barrel per day SAGD project in the Cold Lake region called Lindbergh, which it expects to commence in 2009.

Southern Pacific Resource Junior Southern Pacific Resources plans to submit its application for a 12,000 barrel per day SAGD project in the Athabasca region in the second quarter of 2009. The company says it has an average 80 per cent working interest in 219 sections of oilsands leases in five areas, but that number does not include another 50 net sections it will own if it completes the proposed acquisition of Rochester Energy. Southern Pacific reports it is looking for further areas of opportunity.

Total E&P Canada Global supermajor Total E&P Canada is steadily increasing its position in Canada’s oilsands industry. First it secured a 43.5 per cent stake (now 50 per cent) in the Surmont project along with ConocoPhillips, then acquired Deer Creek Energy and its Joslyn SAGD/mining project, and then it bought Synenco Energy and the Northern Lights mining project. Both Joslyn and Northern Lights include upgraders, but Synenco had withdrawn its application before Total purchased the junior in 2008. Surmont is currently ramping up to capacity of 27,000 barrels per day, with a second phase scheduled to bring production to 100,000 barrels per day. Joslyn currently produces about 2,000 barrels per day, and Total’s other projects are being progressed. It is also on the hunt for more oilsands acreage, including a proposed takeover bid for UTS Energy in early 2009.

Value Creation Group Value Creation’s subsidiary, BA Energy, has a main asset in the Heartland Upgrader, on which construction halted in September 2008. BA Energy has now been granted court protection from its creditors. In addition to the upgrader, which Value Creation has shelved and says it will not revisit for a period of years, the company also has applied for an in situ project called Terre de Grace, located in the Athabasca region that is planned to produce 10,000 barrels per day.

UTS Energy UTS Energy has been involved with the proposed 165,000 barrel per day Fort Hills mining project since the mid-1990s. However, in addition to being a 20 per cent partner in Fort Hills along with operator PetroCanada and Teck Cominco, UTS has announced two additional mining projects. UTS shares Equinox and Frontier leases with Teck Cominco. The company recently made headlines when it rejected a potentially first-stage acquisition by Total E&P Canada.

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Nexen acquired a further 15 per cent interest in the Long Lake project in 2008.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE

A YEAR MAKES M&A activity in the oilsands drops dramatically in 2008 BY TOM PAVIC

ergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Canadian oilsands arena dropped considerably in 2008, with only one significant new entrant, U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum Corporation. This is a drastic change from 2007, when there were a high number of large multinational oil and natural gas companies entering the Canadian oilsands by acquisition or through joint ventures with existing players. Some of the new entrants to the oilsands in 2007 were BP plc, Marathon Oil Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, and Statoil ASA. Sayer previously reviewed the 2007 activity in an article titled, “The International Flavour of Canada’s Oil Sands.” In July 2008, Occidental acquired Enerplus Resources Fund’s 15 per cent working interest in the Joslyn oilsands lease for $500 million. At the time of the acquisition, Occidental stated that it expects to spend approximately US$2 billion over a number of years to develop the reserves associated with the project. Occidental estimates that production from Joslyn will commence in 2014 at 11,000 barrels per day, and grow to 31,000 barrels per day net to the company. Frenchbased Total S.A. is the operator of the Joslyn project. Some existing oilsands players increased their interests through acquisitions in 2008. Additional oilsands interests were acquired by Total S.A. in 2008 with its acquisition of Synenco Energy for approximately $540 million. Synenco held a 60 per cent interest and was managing partner and operator of the Northern Lights oilsands project. SinoCanada Petroleum Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of China-based Sinopec, owns the remaining 40 per cent of the partnership and project. Synenco also held a 100 per cent interest in the McClelland oilsands lease adjacent to the Northern Lights project lands.

Nexen increased its presence in the oilsands in 2008 with its acquisition of Opti Canada’s 15 per cent working interest in the Long Lake project for $735 million. With this transaction, Nexen increased its working interest in the Long Lake project to 65 per cent, and became the operator of the project, while Opti’s working interest fell to 35 per cent.Opti’s decision to sell was the conclusion of a strategic review process announced in the fall of 2008 by the company as it reviewed future financing options. Opti’s strategic review process was precipitated by the global financial crisis and the fall in the price of oil. The dramatic fall in the price of oil in the second half of 2008 has had a major effect on the Canadian oil and natural gas industry and the oilsands industry in particular. The oilsands industry is affected much more because of the high costs associated with production, as well as the amount of up-front capital needed to develop these projects. With oil prices well below the lifting costs associated with some of the new operations, many oilsands projects have become uneconomic. Many companies that have oilsands exposure have cut back or postponed capital expenditures associated with these projects in the short term hoping that oil prices will rebound and the economic climate will improve down the road. Other oilsands companies may have to seek bankruptcy protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) as a result of being overextended on credit lines. BA Energy, developer of the proposed $4-billion Heartland Upgrader near Edmonton is the first oilsands company which has gone into CCAA in order to prevent a fire sale of its assets. Tom Pavic, chartered financial analyst, is vice-president of Sayer Energy Advisors.

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PROJECT STATUS

Athabasca Region Industrial Heartland Region Cold Lake Region Peace River Region

Sourced from company releases, the Energy Resources Conservation Board, and the Daily Oil Bulletin, with files from Strategy West.

CURRENT PROJECT

Northwest Saskatchewan

CAPACITY (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

AT H A B A S C A R E G I O N - I N S I T U Alberta Oilsands Pilot

2,000

2010/2011

Announced

Commercial Project

10,000

2012

Announced

MacKay

Pilot

2,200

TBD

Applied

Dover

Pilot

1,000-2,000

TBD

Applied

Birch Mountain

Phase 1

60,000

TBD

Announced

Gregoire Lake

Phase 1

60,000

TBD

Announced

Grouse

Phase 1

60,000

TBD

Announced

Kirby

Phase 1

45,000

TBD

Applied

Leismer

Phase 1

30,000

TBD

Announced

100,000

2015

Announced

Pod 1

10,000

2007

Operating

Pod 2 (Algar)

10,000

2009

Approved

Expansion

24,000

2012

Disclosed

Phase 1

27,000

2006

Operating

Phase 2

83,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 1

35,000

2008

Operating

Phase 2

35,000

2011

Approved

Phase 1

35,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 2

32,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 3

32,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 1A

10,000

2002

Operating

Phase 1B

8,800

2008

Operating

Phase 1C

40,000

2010

Construction

Phase 1D

40,000

TBD

Approved

Unnamed Expansion 1

30,000

TBD

Announced

Unnamed Expansion 2

30,000

TBD

Announced

Unnamed Expansion 3

30,000

TBD

Announced

Unnamed Expansion 4

30,000

TBD

Announced

Unnamed Expansion 5

30,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1A

24,000

2001

Operating

Debottlenecking

6,000

2003

Operating

Phase 1C – Stage 1

10,000

2005

Operating

Phase 1C – Stage 2

20,000

2007

Operating

Phase 1D

30,000

2009

Under construction

Phase 1E

30,000

2009

Under construction

Phase 1F

30,000

TBD

Application

Clearwater Athabasca Oil Sands

Canadian Natural Resources

Chevron Canada Ells River Connacher Oil and Gas Great Divide ConocoPhillips Canada Surmont Devon Canada Jackfish EnCana Borealis

Christina Lake

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Foster Creek

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CURRENT PROJECT

CAPACITY (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

10,000

2011

Announced

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Application

Phase 2

25,000

TBD

Announced

1,000

2006

Approved

10,000

TBD

Announced

Pilot

755

TBD

Application

Phase 1

50,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

50,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 3

50,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 4

50,000

TBD

Approved

SAGD with HTL upgrading

20,000

2014

Announced

Pilot

10,000

2002

Operating

Phase 1

35,000

TBD

Disclosed

Excelsior Energy Hangingstone

Phase 1

Enerplus Resources Kirby

E-T Energy Poplar Creek Grizzly Oil Sands Algar Lake Husky Energy McMullen

Sunrise

Ivanhoe Energy Tamarack Japan Canada Oil Sands Hangingstone Korea National Oil Corporation BlackGold

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Application

Phase 2

20,000

TBD

Announced

SAGD pilot

600

TBD

Application

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Announced

Carbonate SAGD demonstration

1,200

TBD

Application

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

3,000

2008

Operating

Phase 2

22,000

Q1 2009

Under construction

Phase 2B

35,000

TBD

Application

Phase 3A

75,000

TBD

Application

Phase 3B

75,000

TBD

Announced

Laricina Energy Germain

Saleski MEG Energy

Christina Lake

Nexen

Long Lake

Phase 1

72,000

2007

Operating

Phase 2

72,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 3

72,000

TBD

Announced

TBD

Announced

Phase 4 Long Lake South

Phase 1

70,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

70,000

TBD

Approved

Pilot plant

2,000

2008

Announced

10,000

TBD

Announced

N-Solv Patch International Ells River

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CURRENT PROJECT

CAPACITY (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

Petrobank Energy and Resources Pilot

1,900

2006

Operating

Expansion

1,900

2008

Approved

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Applied

Subsequent Phases

90,000

TBD

Disclosed

Phase 1

40,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

40,000

TBD

Disclosed

Phase 2

40,000

TBD

Disclosed

Phase 1

33,000

2002

Operating

Phase 2

40,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 1

40,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

40,000

TBD

Approved

Pilot

500

TBD

Application

10,000

TBD

Announced

Demonstration

10,000

2009

Under construction

Commercial

20,000

TBD

Applied

Expansion

20,000

TBD

Applied

40,000

TBD

Applied

40,000

TBD

Applied

40,000

TBD

Applied

20,000

TBD

Applied

20,000

TBD

Applied

Northwest Leismer

20,000

TBD

Applied

South Leismer

20,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 1

33,000

2004

Operating

Phase 2

35,000

2006

Operating

Cogeneration and Expansion

25,000

2007

Operating

Phase 3

52,500

TBD

Suspended

Phase 4

62,500

TBD

Application

Phase 5

62,500

TBD

Application

Phase 6

62,500

TBD

Application

Stages 3-6 Debottlenecking

23,500

TBD

Application

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 2

30,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 3

25,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

10,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 2

30,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 3

25,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

2,000

2004

Operating

Phase 2

10,000

2006

Operating

Phase 3A

15,000

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 3B

15,000

TBD

Disclosure

Whitesands

May River Petro-Canada Chard Lewis

MacKay River

Meadow Creek Serrano Energy Blackrod Southern Pacific Resources STP-McKay StatoilHydro Canada Kai Kos Dehseh-Leismer Leismer Corner Thornbury Corner

Expansion

Hangingstone Thornbury

Expansion

Suncor Energy

Firebag

Sunshine Oil Sands West Ells

Thickwood Total E&P Canada

Joslyn

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CURRENT PROJECT

CAPACITY (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

Value Creation Group

Terre de Grace

Pilot

10,000

TBD

Application

Phase 1

40,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 2

40,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1A

100,000

2010

Under construction

Phase 1B

100,000

TBD

Approved

AT H A B A S C A R E G I O N - M I N I N G Athabasca Oil Sands Project

Jackpine

Muskeg River

Pierre River

Phase 2

100,000

TBD

Application

Existing Facilities

155,000

2002

Operating

Expansion and Debottlenecking

115,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 1

100,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 2

100,000

TBD

Applied

Canadian Natural Resources

Horizon

Phase 1

135,000

2008

Operating

Phases 2 and 3

135,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 4

145,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 5

162,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

100,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

100,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 3

100,000

TBD

Approved

Imperial Oil

Kearl

Petro-Canada Fort Hills

Phase 1

165,000

TBD

Approved

Debottlenecking

25,000

TBD

Approved

Millennium

294,000

1967

Operating

Steepbank Debottleneck Phase 3

4,000

2007

Operating

Millennium Debottlenecking

23,000

2008

Operating

2010

Under construction

120,000

TBD

Applied

Suncor Energy

North Steepbank Extension Voyageur South

Phase 1

Syncrude (Mildred Lake and Aurora) Stages 1 and 2

290,700

1978

Operating

Stage 3 Expansion

116,300

2006

Operating

Stage 3 Debottleneck

46,500

TBD

Announced

Stage 4 Expansion

139,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 1 (North)

50,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 2 (North)

50,000

TBD

Applied

Phase 3 (South)

50,000

TBD

Announced

Total E&P Canada

Joslyn

Northern Lights

Phase 4 (South)

50,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

57,250

TBD

Application

Phase 2

57,250

TBD

Application

50,000

TBD

Public disclosure

Phase 1

100,000

TBD

Public disclosure

Phase 2

60,000

TBD

Public disclosure

UTS/Teck Cominco Equinox (previously known as Lease 14) Frontier

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CAPACITY (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

COLD LAKE REGION-IN SITU BR Oil Sands (Shell) Phase 1

10,000

2008

Operating

Phase 2

10,000

TBD

Approved

Wolf Lake

13,000

1985

Operating

Wolf Lake SAGD

5,500

TBD

Application

Primrose South

45,000

1985

Operating

Primrose North

30,000

2006

Operating

Primrose East (Burnt Lake)

32,000

2009

Operating

CSS Follow-up Process

25,000

TBD

Application

Caribou

Demonstration Project

10,000

TBD

Approved

Tucker

Phase 1

30,000

2006

Operating

Phases 1-10: Leming, Maskwa, Mahihkan

110,000

1985

Operating

Phases 11-13: Mahkeses

30,000

2003

Operating

Phases 14-16: Nabiye, Mahihkan North

30,000

TBD

Approved

SAGD Project

10,000

TBD

Announced

SAGD Project

25,000-35,000

2014

Disclosed

SAGD Pilot

2,500

TBD

Application

SAGD Demonstration

1,400

TBD

Application

CSS Pilot

1,001

2008

Operating

Phase 1

10,000

2013

Announced

Phase 2

10,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 3

10,000

TBD

Announced

CSS Pilot

TBD

Application

Cadotte Lake

12,501

1986

Operating

Phase 1

37,500

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 2

50,000

TBD

Withdrawn

Reservoir Test

600

2008

Phase 1 approved

In Situ Program

10,000

2009

Announced

Orion Canadian Natural Resources

Husky Energy

Imperial Oil

Koch Exploration Canada Gemini Osum Oil Sands Taiga Pengrowth Energy Trust Lindbergh

PEACE RIVER REGION-IN SITU Andora Energy (Pan Orient) Sawn Lake North Peace Energy

Red Earth

Penn West Energy Trust Seal Shell Canada

Carmon Creek

N O R T H W E S T S A S K AT C H E WA N - I N S I T U Oilsands Quest Axe Lake

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CAPACITYBITUMEN (BBL/D)

CAPACITYPRODUCTS (BBL/D)

Phase 1

135,000

114,000

2008

Operating

Phases 2 and 3

135,000

118,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 4

145,000

125,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 5

162,000

140,000

TBD

Announced

Phase 1

72,000

58,500

2008

Operating

Phase 2

72,000

58,500

TBD

Approved

Phase 3

72,000

58,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 4

72,000

58,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 5

72,000

58,500

TBD

Announced

Phase 6

72,000

58,500

TBD

Announced

Base U1 and U2

281,000

225,000

1967

Operating

Millennium Vacuum Unit

43,000

35,000

2005

Operating

Millennium Coker Unit

116,000

97,000

2008

Operating

Phase 1

156,000

127,000

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

78,000

63,000

TBD

Approved

Stages 1 and 2

290,700

250,000

1978

Operating

Stage 3 Expansion

116,300

100,000

2006

Operating

Stage 3 Debottleneck

46,500

40,000

TBD

Announced

Stage 4 Expansion

139,500

120,000

TBD

Announced

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

AT H A B A S C A R E G I O N - U P G R A D I N G Canadian Natural Resources

Horizon

Nexen

Long Lake

Suncor Energy

Voyageur Syncrude

Mildred Lake

INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND REGION-UPGRADING AND REFINING Athabasca Oil Sands Project Scotford Upgrader 1

Scotford Upgrader 2

155,000

158,000

2003

Operating

Expansion

90,000

91,000

2010

Under construction

Phase 1

100,000

97,750

TBD

Applied

Phases 2

100,000

97,750

TBD

Application

Phases 3

100,000

97,750

TBD

Application

Phases 4

100,000

97,750

TBD

Application

Phase 1

54,400

46,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

54,400

46,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 3

54,400

46,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 1

50,000

45,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 2

50,000

45,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 3

50,000

45,300

TBD

Approved

Phase 1

165,000

145,000

TBD

Approved

Phases 2 and 3

175,000

145,000

TBD

Approved

135,000

N/Q

2008

Approved

Phase 1

75,000

65,000

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 2

175,000

152,000

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 1

56,600

50,600

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 2

56,600

50,600

TBD

Withdrawn

Phase 1

150,000

138,000

TBD

Application

Phase 2

95,000

87,000

TBD

Application

Debottlenecking

50,000

46,000

TBD

Application

BA Energy Heartland Upgrader North West Upgrading Upgrader Petro-Canada Fort Hills Upgrader Strathcona Refinery Conversion StatoilHydro Canada StatoilHydro Upgrader Total E&P Canada Northern Lights Upgrader

Total Upgrader

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CAPACITYBITUMEN (BBL/D)

CAPACITYPRODUCTS (BBL/D)

START-UP

REGULATORY STATUS

10,000 40,000 40,000

8,400 33,600 33,600

TBD TBD TBD

Application Announced Announced

50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000

42,500 42,500 42,500 42,500

TBD TBD TBD TBD

Announced Announced Announced Announced

Value Creation Pilot Phase 1 Phase 2 PEACE RIVER REGION-UPGRADING

Terre de Grace Upgrader

Peace River Oil Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

Bluesky Refining

CURRENT PROJECT

LOCATION

TARGET SERVICE

CAPACITY (BBL/D)

REGULATORY STATUS

Altex

AB to U.S. Gulf Coast

TBD

250,000

Announced

Alberta Clipper

AB to Wisconsin

2009

450,000

Approved

Athabasca Pipeline Expansion

Fort McMurray to Edmonton 2008

570,000

Approved

Fort Hills

Fort McMurray to Edmonton 2011

250,000 plus 70,000 diluent line

Application

Northern Gateway

AB to Kitimat, BC

525,000 plus 70,000 diluent line

Announced

Southern Access Expansion (three stages)

AB to U.S. border, U.S. border 2009 to Indiana

Expansion 400,000, Approved extension 400,000

Southern Lights Diluent Pipeline

U.S. Midwest to western Canada

2010

180,000

Approved

Trailbreaker

Sarnia, Ontario, to Montreal, 2010 Quebec, to Portland, Maine

200,000

Announced

Unnamed Gulf Delivery Flanagan, Illinois to Houston 2012 and Texas City, Texas System

250,000

Announced

Complete

PIPELINES Altex

Enbridge

2012 to 2014

Cheecham Terminal on Athabasca Pipeline to Edmonton

2008

350,000

Patoka, Ill., to Nederland, Texas, and Houston, Texas

2011

Patoka to Nederland: 450,000; Nederland Announced to Houston: 180,000

Cold Lake

Cold Lake area to Edmonton

Operating, Expansion to expansion 2008 560,000

Corridor

Athabasca Oil Sands Project Operating, Expansion to (AOSP) to Scotford Upgrader expansion 2010 465,000

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Chinook

Alberta to the Gulf Coast running through Wyoming and Oklahoma

2011-2012

300,000

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TMX 1/2/3

Edmonton to Burnaby, BC

TMX1-2008; TMX2-TBD; TMX3-TBD

TMX1-40,000; TMX2-100,000; TMX3-TBD

TMX1approved, under construction

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Inter Pipeline Fund Approved

Kinder Morgan Canada

TransCanada/ConocoPhillips

Keystone

Hardisty, AB, to Wood River Late 2009, and and Patoka, Ill., and Cushing, late 2010 OK

590,000

Approved

Keystone Expansion

Cushing, OK, to the U.S. Gulf Coast

500,000

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A piece of the past Historic petroleum, tar, and asphaltum locations on the “Athabaska” River and their connection to today by Joyce E. Hunt

map released by Canada’s Mining Lands and Yukon Branch in 1910 shows the location of the earliest lands set aside for the exploitation of the Athabaska (as they were then known) bituminous sands. These lands were either sold outright, together with both the surface and specified undersurface rights, or were leased. It all depended upon the regulations in place at the time. In the early 1900s, the Dominion government, which controlled all Crown lands in Alberta, had changed its mineral leasing policy to include petroleum rights. Under the new regulations, an individual or company could prospect for petroleum and now purchase land, “fee simple,” if the require ments of the regulations had been met. The primary requirement being that oil in paying quantities had been discovered. The patents issued under these regulations conveyed not only the surface rights, but also the petroleum rights, although excluding the rights to all other minerals. An area not to exceed 1,290 acres could be purchased at the cost of $1 for the first 640 acres and the remainder for $3 per acre. Lieutenant Governor G. H. V. Bulyea, the first lieutenant governor of Alberta, was also the president of the first company incor porated in the province to undertake the exploitation of the tar sands. The Athabasca Exploration Co., with headquarters in Lethbridge, was incorporated in December 1906. The majority of shareholders resided in Winnipeg. The assets and rights of this company were sold to the Northern Alberta Exploration Co. in 1909. Included in the rights and assets

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Ads touting the promise of the Athabasca oilsands, sourced from the Edmonton Daily Bulletin circa 1912-1913.

purchased were licences covering oil lands along the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray. Under the existing regulations, Northern Alberta Exploration Co. eventually acquired title, which included the surface, petroleum as well as asphalt rights to approximately 1,290 acres. The land included most of the Waterways Townsite, as well as land along the Horse Creek just to the west of Fort McMurray. The property was laid out in the township grid system, as the Fort McMurray settlement had been surveyed by the time the patents were issued to the company. Another company, Athabasca Oil and Asphalt Co., was incorporated in June 1910. This company too qualified for the purchase of petroleum lands and secured title to six separate fee lots in the Fort McMurray area. It was reported that these lots, totalling 11,405 acres, sold for $21,913.10. These prop erties appear as curiosities on contemporary maps along the Athabasca River, north of Fort Murray, stretching from just north of Fort McMurray to the Steepbank River. Five lots are located on the east side of the Athabasca River, while the other is on the west side. The rectangular shapes, although at right angles to the river, do not fit into the conventional descrip tions of the Township Survey system typical of Alberta maps today. The area had not been surveyed when the property was claimed, so the claims were described by “metes and bounds,” and these oddly positioned shapes have been accommodated on today’s maps as had been originally surveyed. This company’s investors were also mainly from Winnipeg, and perhaps the best known among them was Count Alfred von Hammerstein. His name appears on an early map on two of the company’s locations on the east side of the river. Also, on the east side of the river are three of the company’s

locations in the names of W. D. Smith, Arthur A. Stewart, and Fred A. Lander. The remaining location on the west side of the river is in Fred Engen’s name. This last property adjoins Ruth Lake, which was probably named after George C. Ruth of the Marshall Oil Co. in Iowa. Ruth was a partner in the Athabasca Oil and Asphalt Co., and at one time held title to one of the properties. Both the Northern Alberta Exploration Co. and the Athabasca Oil and Asphalt Co. undertook exploratory and development work. Their equipment, either Standard Drilling Rigs or Canadian Drilling Rigs, had to be shipped 100 miles by horse and wagon from Edmonton to Athabasca Landing via the Athabasca Landing Trail. The machinery then was transported, by scows on the Athabasca River, from Athabasca Landing to Fort McMurray. Dangerous, almost continuous rapids extended over nearly 90 miles of the river trip and caused many accidents that resulted in loss of lives and equipment. Drillers for the Northern Alberta Exploration Co. sunk at least six wells before World War I interfered with their oper ations. Two of these wells yielded salt. In later years their prop erty became the site for experimental extractions processes. A part of the property was eventually sold to the Alberta Salt Co., another part to the Alberta and Great Waterways Railroad. The company also sold off some of its timber lands before title to its remaining assets were transferred in 1948. Oil from these wells was never shipped for refining, nor was oil shipped from the wells drilled by von Hammerstein’s company.

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Von Hammerstein drilled at least 14 wells, varying in depth from 250 to 1,200 feet, for his company. Lack of transporta tion and lack of adequate production meant that oil could not be shipped out to markets. Eventually, the company was able to make money from its properties by renting, for $250 per year, a portion to the Hudson’s Bay Co. for use as a shipyard. Land was also leased to the Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., a company interested in the possibility of salt production. Unable to produce oil himself and knowing that the task was beyond him, von Hammerstein offered the company prop erties for sale to both Imperial Oil and Royal Dutch Shell in the 1930s. The asking price for all six locations was originally $250,000, but later reduced to $110,000 as times got tougher during the Great Depresssion. Neither Imperial Oil nor Royal Dutch Shell were interested in the tar sands at the time and passed the opportunity to purchase all six fee lots. No one else expressed interest in the property until 1963, when a headline in an Alberta newspaper read: “Sun Oil Claims 11,000 Acres of Athabasca Oil Sands.” Eric L. Harvie, a Calgary lawyer and executor of the von Hammerstein estate, had entered into an agreement to sell these properties to Sun Oil of Philadelphia. A court case ensued, as Harvie’s agreement with Sun Oil met with resist ance from the remaining survivor of the other estates holding interest in the properties controlled by the Athabasca Oil and Asphalt Co. All the assets of the company were transferred to the Territory Oil Co. in 1970. Standard Oil of British Columbia and Chevron Canada then held title to these proper ties prior to Suncor Energy finally gaining control of these six fee lots in 1995. These properties are of historic interest, as they tie present-day development to the original exploitation efforts that began over 100 years ago. Not only this, but these six fee lots are unique in that only 12 sales, covering a total of 16,028

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acres, were ever patented in Alberta under the regulations that permitted outright purchase of both the surface and petroleum under rights. The remaining properties were those belonging to the Northern Alberta Exploration Co., as well as lands located in Waterton Lakes National Park and Bow Island. In 1910, the regulation that allowed outright purchase of petroleum lands was replaced with two new regulations. For the first time, most likely because the government and early promoters began to realize the uniqueness of the oil deposits in the Athabasca region, a regulation was enacted that defined and specified the terms for the disposal of “tar sands.” The regulation said that “‘tar sands’ shall mean the sands and other material impregnated with tar, bitumen, oil, and other like substance, found in the northerly portion of the province of Alberta.” The second regulation, although similar, was specific to “petroleum and natural gas” rights and applied to a much larger region, but also included the region identified to contain tar sands. Applicants could no longer purchase property for resource exploitation. Lands could now only be leased for these purposes. At least 17 tar sand leases were issued for property along the Athabasca River before the regulations were suspended in 1912. These leases extended from near Fort McMurray to north along both sides of the Athabasca River to just north of Pierre au Calumet and the Calumet River. Only one tar sand lease remained in good standing by 1930, the year Alberta assumed ownership of the Crown lands within the province. A minimum of five “oil and asphalt” companies incorporated under the laws of Alberta to work these leases. These com panies were all struck off the Alberta Corporate Registry by the early 1920s. As many as 14 petroleum and natural gas leases were likewise issued in the Athabasca region near to and north of Fort McMurray before the Dominion government replaced the regulations in 1914. Four of these 14 leases were also allocated under the terms of the tar sand regulations and were issued to the same four people that held the properties under the tar sand regulations. More Privy Council Orders were passed governing the development Alberta’s petroleum and natural gas resources until Alberta was given total control of its Crown lands in 1930. Some companies, incorporated in Alberta or by Dominion Charter, drilled for the oil without commercial suc cess; others undertook to use the bituminous sands for pave ment, while still others experimented with various extraction methods. Many leases were granted from 1910 to 1930. These earliest leases were located on the choicest, most easily acces sible land, and the work that the early entrepreneurs undertook on this land laid the foundation for today’s industry. Appreciation is extended to Donna Stecyk, Suncor Energy.

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Why you need to know him: As president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), David Collyer represents an influential organization of companies that produce more than 95 per cent of Canada’s natural gas and crude oil. A former industry executive—Collyer had been country chair of Shell Canada before taking his new role in September 2008—is faced with the dual challenge of improving the petroleum industry’s image throughout Canada and guiding the organization during turbulent economic times.

DAVID

COLLYER PRESIDENT, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

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What are the biggest challenges facing CAPP right now and how are you addressing them? We need to take a close look at overall trade competitiveness as it relates to our industry and make adjustments to ensure we remain an attractive place for companies and investors. This review needs to be holistic in that it considers fiscal regimes, environmental policy, labour force, and stakeholder issues. Premier Ed Stelmach said this would be a focus for the Alberta government when they released their energy strategy in December. We also need to work with the federal government and policy people in the American administration to ensure there is good understanding around the impacts and efficiencies of environmental policy as it applies to trade exposed sectors.

them through periods when market price for oil and gas was weak. Finding ways to stabilize the credit market and bring some available liquidity is critical. Finally, we need to focus on demonstrating progress on environmental performance in the oilsands. This is a critical resource that Canadians clearly think should be developed—and be developed in a responsible manner. Industry will continue to improve environmental performance in the oilsands, and we need to concentrate more effort on demonstrating to Canadians how much, where, and what kind of progress is being made. We need to engage with Canadians and have a balanced conversation that focuses on the three critical aspects of development: environment, economy, and a safe, secure

In your role at CAPP and in the past with Shell, what would you say has been the most interesting thing you have learned about the oilsands industry? The pioneering spirit of the people who work in the oilsands. This industry has shown an extraordinary ability to rise to a challenge and find innovative ways to make development work. Back in the 1960s, it was about cracking the tough process nuts. Industry pioneers focused on how to get the oil out of the sand, and how to do so in isolation and often under extreme weather conditions. There were many who said it was not possible. I’m sure the pioneers of this industry took great pride in proving disbelievers wrong. It’s this same focus and ability to rise to a challenge that will get the industry to where we need to go regarding

This industry has shown an extraordinary ability to rise to a challenge and find innovative ways to make development work. Second, we have low commodity prices coupled with a complete freeze-up of credit and capital markets. This industry has seen commodity market cycles before and has proven resilient. In part, our ability to be resilient was possible because companies had access to credit to bridge the gap and see

energy supply. This conversation doesn’t stop at our borders. We need to ensure that critical environmental issues and performance are understood by our American neighbours and by an increasingly international audience who are just now becoming familiar with oilsands.

environmental performance measures. It’s important and it’s a significant challenge. But considering the trend of continuous improvement demonstrated by this industry since its inception, I have great confidence in our ability to meet the expectations of Canadians and to develop this tremendous resource, efficiently, safely, and responsibly.

THE ENERGY WORLD NEEDS MORE Can the Canadian oil sands be a source of “green bitumen” that balances environment and economy? low GHG fuels? If you want to separate the myth from the facts you need to go to an unbiased source and if you want those facts to be current and timely, you need to contact CERI. For more information on CERI research:

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Why you need to know him: Matt Fox brings a wealth of global energy industry knowledge to the oilsands, including experience in Alaskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North Slope. Through its own lease ownership and its partnership with EnCana, ConocoPhillips has big plans for the oilsands.

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What experience from around the world does ConocoPhillips bring to the oilsands industry when it comes to stakeholder engagement? Building community capacity is a priority for us regardless of where we are, which can mean leadership programs targeted at community youth, providing opportunities for local contractors to participate in our projects, or funding educational programs at local universities. Preserving Aboriginal culture and working with these communities to minimize our impact is another focus of our work.

Another practice we use in the oilsands, which I expect we’ll also export, is low-impact seismic. We have found a way to reduce seismic lines to about one-third of the original width, keeping the forest canopy intact and eliminating line of site for predators. What do you see as the potential barriers to oilsands development? There are potential barriers to oilsands development, but I think they will be overcome because this resource is simply too important

about $300 million over the next five years. Much of this technology will be focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving water recycling, and reducing our land footprint. I think we are also making progress in communicating what we’re doing more broadly, of which the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers’ oilsands website is one example. ConocoPhillips is also working on enhancing communications ourselves. In 2008 we launced our “Conversation on Energy” program, where our senior leaders visit communities to have a

The benefit of being a global company manifests when we’re able to share our expertise cross-border. What does this global experience bring to the table when it comes to environmental sustainability? The benefit of being a global company manifests when we’re able to share our expertise cross-border. Sharing technology and best practices, especially around advances in environmental stewardship, is a part of the way we do business. One of the biggest successes has been the use of infrared technology to see fugitive emissions that would otherwise be difficult to detect. We’ve used this technology at the Surmont project, and it was also shared with operations groups in other countries, including Indonesia and Australia.

to long-term global energy supply not to develop. The main barrier we will need to tackle is of course economics. These projects are hugely capital- and cost-intensive. Profitability is a function of several factors, including natural gas prices, original capital investment, labour costs, royalties, the cost of carbon, market demand, and the light-heavy oil differential. The other potential barrier for us is the rising concern about our environmental impacts. We need to continually improve and make sure we’re communicating what we’re doing to communities and decision makers. Industry is investing significant amounts in technology. At ConocoPhillips alone we’re planning to invest

dialogue with local residents about the energy issues that are on their minds. We also think it’s important to communicate the differences between mining and SAGD projects, especially considering the vast majority—over 80 per cent—of the total resource will be recovered using in situ techniques like SAGD. In situ recovery has a much smaller surface and water impact than mining, and companies are working on ways to manage the air impacts. So we do have barriers to overcome, but I am optimistic we’ll find ways to manage them. We’re an industry of bright and innovative people.

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Why you need to know him: Why you need to know him: Dr. Murray R. Gray is director of the Imperial Oil—Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation at the University of Alberta, which aims to generate groundbreaking technologies that will revolutionize the productivity and sustainability of oilsands operations. Gray, who is also a professor in the U of A’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, was awarded in 2006 the Imperial Oil/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Upgrading.

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The Imperial Oil—Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation was established in 2007 with expectations to invest over $15 million in research over the following five-year period, recruiting more than 50 faculty, graduate students, and researchers. What is the mission of the Centre, and how Is it unique? The mission of the centre is to develop breakthrough technologies for the minable oilsands, in the areas of mining, extraction, and upgrading. Our emphasis is high-risk, high-reward research to show proof of concept for new ideas at the laboratory scale, and to develop the basic science that we need to support new technologies.

of your work around bitumen and heavy oils changed during the last twenty years? In the early days there was a huge emphasis on reliability and costs, as the oilsands operators struggled with their processes. Now the emphasis is much more on the environmental impact of the industry, through greenhouse gases, water uptake, and the impact on the landscape. Since the industry has come of age, it is no longer seen as an experimental curiosity in the bush north of Fort McMurray. The duration of the oilsands mining operations has also placed a higher expectation on reclamation than in the early days of the industry.

We are very excited about two themes in our research program. The first is non-aqueous extraction, where we are investigating methods for the recovery of the bitumen from the oilsands. Through combinations of solvents, chemical additives, and judicious addition of water, we aim to achieve high levels of recovery without creating the wet tailings. The tailings are the biggest challenge of the current extraction technology, due to their demand for water and their impact on mine reclamation. The second theme is the application of nanotechnology to develop new catalysts and to better understand the behaviour of the largest molecules in the oilsands bitumen.

In the early days there was a huge emphasis on reliability and costs, as the oilsands operators struggled with their processes. Now the emphasis is much more on the environmental impact of the industry. You’ve been working around the oilsands industry conducting research and instructing students for over two decades. In this time you have “refereed” at least 140 journal papers, supervised countless theses, contributed to review papers and books, served on international boards, presented at conferences, acquired a patent, written a book, and conducted many lectures, in addition to much more. How has the focus

The University of Alberta’s Imperial OilAlberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation’s mandate is listed as to “find more efficient, economically viable, and environmentally responsible ways to develop Canada’s oilsands resources.” Specifically what new technologies are you currently researching that you are particularly excited about?

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Why you need to know her: Mary Griffiths is a respected and award-winning environmental activist and researcher. She joined the Pembina Institute in 2000, and has since been the lead researcher for several of the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publications and commissioned reports on carbon capture and storage, landowner rights, water use, and coalbed methane development. As well, she has contributed to evaluations of environmental impacts of energy development including the oilsands.

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If you were the premier of Alberta, what would you do to ensure environmental responsibility in the oilsands while maintaining and growing Alberta’s success? As premier, I would immediately pause new oilsands project approvals and instruct my ministers to implement clear rules that set cumulative limits to protect the environment. Until these are complete, not only will our reputation, but also sales of bitumen, be at stake. Individual companies are at risk due to absence of clear environmental limits and rules—such as completed land use planning, clear limits to water withdrawals, and meaningful greenhouse gas reduction targets. In the absence of these regional solutions, sustainable development is not possible and Alberta’s international reputation will continue to diminish.

reduce the size of that footprint, even with new development, and prohibit the creation of liquid tailings for new projects. b. Set clear goals for the reclamation of areas that have been mined, and make future developments conditional on reclamation of existing mined areas—so that new licences are only issued at the rate at which land is reclaimed. c. Put a cap on air emissions at the current level, so that no new projects can proceed without a reduction in pollution from some other source. This would be done through a higher price on carbon, development of carbon capture and storage, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. d. Announce that no water withdrawals will be permitted from the Athabasca River when the flows are in the red zone, and ensure

g. Inform companies that when approvals are renewed, higher standards will be set for air emissions and water withdrawals (and indicate well in advance what those standards will be). From an environmental perspective, what does the current expansion pause mean for Alberta? I understand from discussion with my colleague Simon Dyer, who is Pembina’s director of oilsands, that although some projects are on hold and there is a decline in the rate of expansion, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is still predicting that production will reach three million barrels per day by 2019, which is almost double current production. I hope that the slowing rate of development will give time to

I hope that the slowing rate of development will give time to put environmental limits in place and enable environmental management to catch up with development. How would you do this? Specific priorities for my ministers would be focused on cleaning up existing problems and ensuring Alberta has rules in place to ensure development will proceed responsibly. I would instruct my ministers to develop policies to: a. Cap the footprint of tailings ponds at the current size and develop a long-term plan to

mandatory reductions when the flows are in the yellow zone. e. Implement the land use plan that protects wildlife and regional ecosystems. f. Require an analysis of the cumulative impacts of in situ operations, including modelling of the combined surface/nonsaline groundwater.

put environmental limits in place and enable environmental management to catch up with development. It should give time for Alberta to demonstrate it is serious about addressing the unresolved environmental impacts associated with development.

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Why you need to know him: The Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) is growing substantially in membership and evolving in its role as a technical, educational, and social forum. Each year, a new leader takes the reigns. For 2009/2010, it will be Tracy Grills, who is business development manager of heavy oil reservoir monitoring with Pinnacle Technologies, which was acquired by Halliburton in 2008.

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GRILLS 2009/2010 President, Canadian Heavy Oil Association

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What are the most important issues right now for the members of the CHOA, and what is the CHOA doing to address them? The CHOA was conceived in the mid-1980s by a group of industry professionals who saw a need to create an informal forum for sharing ideas relating to the heavy oil industry. From this foundation the CHOA has grown to a membership of almost 1,500 members, with half of that growth occurring in the last three years. It is a unique mix of people and one of the best technical networking organizations in Canada.

public perception of the oil industry as a whole. The CHOA is looking at initiatives and options for getting the message out to society that the industry can benefit society, and yet still protect the environment. The future of the CHOA may include an advocacy initiative to improve public perception of our industry.

simulation with geo-mechanics is an important step towards validation of new technologies. The ultimate goal is to use technology innovation, with increased understanding and new or improved production methods to lower costs through more efficient production, which benefits the industry as a whole.

What technologies should industry be paying attention to in the next five years and why? The industry should be looking at any technologies that can assist in improving

How has heightened interest in the environment impacted your organization? In order to remain relevant, the CHOA is increasing the content of its programs

One challenge moving forward is finding ways to leverage our membership to benefit the industry as a whole. One challenge moving forward is finding ways to leverage our membership to benefit the industry as a whole. We are currently doing this by providing scholarships, a traditional way of giving back to the industry. In 2009, the CHOA has approved its largest industry education/ scholarship budget ever. The Heavy Oil and Oilsands Guidebook and Directory, which you are now reading, started four years ago through a partnership between CHOA, JuneWarren Publishing, and the Alberta government. Much talk among the CHOA executive committee in recent past has centered on

production rates, lowering production costs, or recovering a higher percentage of the reservoir. Steam assisted gravity drainage, cyclic processes, solvent processes, in situ combustion, variants of these, and hybrids all offer us opportunities for technical innovation. It took a number of years for the industry to learn how to drill these wells; now the challenge is to improve them. Companies are also working at increasing the understanding of the reservoir through enhanced reservoir characterization efforts. Using production data history matching, monitoring, and then tying the data to the

to include topics such as CO2 emissions, carbon capture and storage, the business of carbon trading, water use and availability, regulations, and several other topics. All of our conferences and some of our technical sessions will now involve environmental issues, technologies, and solutions. The CHOA conference organizers have been very successful in the past by concentrating on the most important issues at the time, and clearly today the environment is one of these issues.

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Why you need to know him: Dick Gusella and the team at Connacher Oil and Gas have shown that a junior company can participate in the oilsands world. Connacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great Divide steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project was commissioned in August 2007. Since then, Gusella has made some tough decisions, including briefly slashing production to accommodate weak economics.

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The world has been hit by a global financial crisis, a recession said to be the worst seen since the Great Depression. What impact does that have on the oilsands industry, specifically on juniors such as Connacher Oil and Gas? In times like this, cost control becomes paramount, so we are examining everything, including installation of electric submersible pumps to lower steam-to-oil ratios and therefore costs (with higher attendant production to lower unit costs primarily). It is very difficult if not impossible to shut in

Environmental impacts have become a hot issue for oilsands developers in relation to how they are viewed not just in Canada but also around the world. Although Connacher’s Great Divide project has a relatively small production capacity of 10,000 barrels per day, it still faces the same environmental realities and possible misconceptions as the rest of the oilsands industry. What would you say is Connacher’s greatest environmental challenge? Our plant is the “greenest” of which we are aware, and we emphasize high levels of recyling of water, which is originally

Connacher Oil and Gas has been on the oilsands scene since at least 2004, establishing a land position and successfully advancing a new steam assisted gravity drainage project, with a planned second phase on the way. The company also recently announced another planned expansion that would take production to up to 44,000 barrels of bitumen per day. What would you say that other companies can learn from what Connacher has done doing business in the oilsands?

We consciously adopted a strategy of having alternative sources of cash flow and credit capacity, and then addressed the big issues of bitumen production. SAGD production, as you risk damage to your wellbores and reservoir. Also, having cash flow from other sources and money in the bank is essential if you want to think about expansion such as our Algar project. Through good luck, planning, or circumstances we can move ahead and complete Algar project without having to run to capital markets.

non-potable and sourced from the subsurface. So, we focus on efficient operations to minimize greenhouse gas, using electric submersible pumps to lower sulphur content, and by using state-of-the-art efficient boilers and evaporators we advance our green objectives.

Have deep pockets and understand the longterm nature of the business. We consciously adopted a strategy of having alternative sources of cash flow and credit capacity, and then addressed the big issues of bitumen production: capital intensity, need for longterm financing alongside equity, managing energy input cost risk by having an offsetting physical hedge in the form of natural gas production, and managing differential risk of heavy oil if possible, which we did by having a refinery to recapture some of the discount.

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Why you need to know him: Greg Heath is currently the senior energy equities analyst at TD Newcrest. Prior to this position, he led the unconventional oil and gas practice at McDaniel & Associates, where he conducted detailed reservoir analyses and resource and reserve estimates for most of the oilsands projects in Canada, in addition to substantial work around coalbed methane and shale gas. He was also the primary author of the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) portion of the “Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook.” At TD Newcrest, Heath’s team provides research and analysis on technical aspects and equity valuations for both senior and junior oilsands producers, and provides weekly insights to a wide range of investing institutions on the Canadian energy sector, right now significantly on the oilsands industry.

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What can companies expect when trying to finance future development projects, and are different companies impacted differently? All of the producing oilsands companies have substantially reduced capital expenditures as they focus on living within their means. At a WTI price of US$45 per barrel, most of the large producers have the ability to fund maintenance capital (capital used to maintain existing production rates). While the debt markets are arguably still open to those large producers with strong credit ratings, concern regarding short-term oil prices and the cost

fact that oil prices are well below the threshold required to justify development of most greenfield oilsands assets, the debt markets for early-stage companies is effectively closed. Therefore, companies in need of additional capital will need to tap the equity markets. Average equity values in the junior oilsands sector have declined 75 per cent in the past year, meaning the issuance of additional equity at current prices will be extremely dilutive for existing shareholders. Still, many of these early-stage development companies wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a choice if they want to proceed with advancement of their projects.

barrel, and a top-tier SAGD project (with highquality reservoir) could perhaps be justified at an oil price of US$50 per barrel. There is significant and growing data suggesting that capital costs are easing, perhaps by as much as 30 per cent, which should meaningfully reduce the oil price required to justify development of these projects. Definitely we are seeing the evolution of in situ technologies that will further assist in the reduction of development and operating costs. For the producing companies, most expansion projects can be justified based on

There is significant and growing data suggesting that capital costs are easing, perhaps as much as 30 per cent, which should meaningfully reduce the oil price required to justify development of these projects. of additional debt has encouraged these producers to defer discretionary spending until oil prices strengthen and development capital can be funded through cash flow. During the run-up in commodity prices, especially in 2005â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2007, we saw an increasing reliance of the non-producing and earlystage development oilsands companies on subordinated loans such as term loan B debt, mezzanine debt, or PIK-based arrangements. Given the current economic climate and the

What does the price of oil have to be for projects that have been deferred to become economic again? At the peak of the inflationary cost cycle, greenfield development of a integrated mining/upgrading project required an oil price of perhaps US$120 per barrel to achieve a reasonable return on capital, a typical SAGD project required an oil price of US$75 per

US$60 per barrel, so we expect to see this sort of development activity to be reinstated first. Still, I believe that we are going to need to see oil prices move beyond US$75 per barrel, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to need to see confidence among both corporate boards and investors that these higher oil prices will be sustained for a number of years, before we will see rejuvenation of the undeveloped oilsands sector.

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Why you need to know him: Chief Janvier is leader of The Athabasca Tribal Council, a group charged with helping the five First Nations in the Athabasca oilsands region move towards self-government, and to present a united front in dealing with socio-economic and environmental impacts of oilsands development. In June 2008, Janvier launched a lawsuit on behalf of his own band to stop development of a steam assisted gravity drainage project on its traditional lands near Christina and Winnifred Lakes. He also owns an oilfield service company, C.P. Services.

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What is the role of the Athabasca Tribal Council? The Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC) is about all five bands working together on issues the bands share. It works on a higher level. It works through the ATC All Parties Core Agreement with governments and industry to address concerns with industry and to promote healthy lives in our communities. It glues the people and industry together so they can work out differences.

a kid there was no damage to wildlife, and now we see it every day, damage to fish, damage to the lungs of moose. What scares me is this is just the start of development and we’re seeing problems already. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Then there’s the social impact of development. When a young guy goes to work, he can make $90,000 tax-free money working as a labourer. This can have a lot of impact on the young if they can’t handle it. It’s a different

to death. Without medical help, we die. Our times have changed and we have to live in a dual world. Despite the challenges, the ATC remains committed to working with industry. Can First Nations and the oilsands industry co-exist? We have the opportunity to live the best of both worlds—to have good jobs and land to hunt and fish and other traditional things. We know we have to catch up on and to change, yet we

My grandfather used to say you have to take what the outside has to offer and share the land with them. In the past, we lived on the animals and when they were scarce, we starved to death. Without medical help, we die. Our times have changed and we have to live in a dual world.

First Nation’s concerns about the impact of oilsands development have been in the news a lot the last few years. Do you view development as a positive or negative? It’s half and half, positive and negative. There is a huge environmental downside. When I was

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want to make sure we keep our identities. A lot of our young people don’t know the world and who they are yet. Knowing who I am, not what I am, makes me strong as a person. Whether I am working in the oilpatch or in Ottawa filing a lawsuit, I still know who I am.

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Why you need to know him: As Minister of the Environment for the Government of Canada, Jim Prentice is Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s countrywide and global point-person for environmental issues, including the impacts of the oilsands industry. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004.

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As the Government of Canada’s Minister of the Environment, you represent how the country performs in regards to the environmental sustainability of its industries to countries all around the world. As a significant element of Canada’s industrial operations, how would you like the oilsands industry to be seen on a global stage? There’s no question that the oilsands, and the attention that they attract, is a great opportunity for Canada. The industry presents a stable, secure source of energy for North America as well as for international markets. The development of this precious resource

situation. How important is the oilsands industry to Canada’s economic future? The oilsands are, unquestionably, a significant part of Canada’s economic future. They are not only a unique resource but they benefit Canada with secure energy, a base for innovation and economic benefits that reach the entire country. It is very important that we use the opportunity that this resource provides to develop a healthy balance between the protection of our environment and responsible, sustainable economic growth. I have great faith that Canadians will rise to the occasion with innovative and productive

governments. How would you say Canada can balance the development of the oilsands industry with environmental sustainability? I believe that Canadians will have a great story to tell about how we engaged the environmental challenges that producing in the oilsands present, coming up with innovative means of meeting those challenges. There are many exciting options to be explored in oilsands production such as the use of nuclear energy at production facilities, innovative means of water management, and effective reclamation

I believe that Canadians will have a great story to tell about how we engaged the environmental challenges that producing in the oilsands present. will require, and enable, the development of new technologies that can be used around the world, showcasing Canada as a world leader in responsible and efficient energy production. Canada, along with the rest of the world, is in recession although the Conservative government has said the country is better positioned than any other to weather the storm and relatively quickly return to a growth

solutions and maintain our position as an energy superpower. One cannot discuss the oilsands industry without touching on its performance in relation to environmental sustainability, especially to a government leader such as yourself. This has become a key topic of conversation on all levels, from stakeholders, to companies, to

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Why you need to know him: Brad Wall was the dynamic leader of the Saskatchewan Party when he and his party were swept into office in November 2007, ending 16 years of NDP control. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been an especially strong supporter of energy investment in Saskatchewan.

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What is Saskatchewan doing to encourage future heavy oil and oilsands investment in the province? Saskatchewan offers a highly competitive royalty regime from which the entire oilpatch benefits. Our royalty structure is competitive, stable, and pre02dictable—attributes industry values in a time of global economic uncertainty. Roughly half of Saskatchewan’s oil production is heavy oil, so we have paid particular attention to this resource. A very competitive, cost-sensitive royalty regime specific to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects is in place. It provides for a royalty rate of 1 per cent of gross revenue prior to recovery of all project costs. The royalty rate increases to 20 per cent of operating revenue after a project recovers its costs. This royalty regime applies to existing EOR projects (including the carbon dioxide EOR projects operated by EnCana at Weyburn and Apache at Midale) and it will apply to any future production from oilsands or oil shale. The combination of technological change and enhanced oil recovery techniques has meant steady progress to date, and we expect this to continue.

What will Saskatchewan do to ensure that it does not duplicate Alberta’s infrastructure challenges? We have a wealth of historical experience to learn from next door—both the positives and some of the challenges. The scale of the challenges we’ll have to face should be more manageable, given what we know of the magnitude of the resource potential in our province. We also have the advantage of lead time. For example, our oilsands resource is currently at the exploration phase rather than production. Accordingly, when we have a clearer sense of timelines and the degree of industry investment, we’ll be able to sit down with the communities affected and develop a workable infrastructure plan. I should note that our infrastructure has evolved with our oil and gas industry—an industry where oil production is now at a record level and where we have just recorded the second best drilling year in our history. With the Bakken play, our heavy oil resource and the promise of our oilsands, we are well positioned for future growth. What is the province’s sustainability strategy? Improving recovery rates from existing reservoirs is Saskatchewan’s ace-in-the-hole for sustaining and increasing oil production. If technology was to increase recovery rates by only 5 per cent, it would more than double Saskatchewan’s remaining conventional oil

reserves. Accordingly, we provide ongoing support to our top-quality research and educational institutions. The main ones are the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC), the Saskatchewan Research Council, and the province’s universities. These institutions all have some level of engagement in developing the next generation of techniques and technology for increasing oil recovery rates. A prime example is JIVE—Joint Implementation of Vapour Extraction. PTRC is actively coordinating a JIVE pilot project that has shown considerable promise. It could potentially more than double the current recovery rate for heavy oil. We also offer targeted measures such as the Saskatchewan Petroleum Research Incentive program (SPRI). This was created specifically to promote research, development, and demonstration of new technologies that will increase oil and gas production, including new EOR technologies. SPRI provides approved pilot projects with a royalty/production tax credit that helps cover a portion of project costs. Two key oilfield projects that have been sustained by our EOR royalty regime are the carbon dioxide injection EOR projects operated by EnCana at Weyburn and Apache at Midale. Those two pools are also the site of the world’s largest international field research project to study the geological storage of carbon dioxide. This research project is managed by the PTRC, and Saskatchewan has become a leader in carbon dioxide capture and storage technology.

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The irony that environmentalists may have gotten what they wished for—a huge slowdown in oilsands development—isn’t lost on Greg Stringham, vice-president of OilSands and Markets for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). But that is not because of measures such as carbon taxes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oilsands projects.

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Blame the economy “The credit and financial crisis is serious,” says Stringham. “They [producers] are used to the ups and downs of oil prices, but not to serious credit access issues.” The result is that billions of dollars in oilsands projects have been shelved. Still, for environmental groups that isn’t good enough.

“Just charging $50 a tonne for CO2 isn’t going to solve the problem. The best approach is the one the Alberta government is taking, which is to take dollars from a carbon tax and invest them in technology.” — Greg Stringham, Vice-President, Oilsands and Markets, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)

“The growth [in oilsands development] is still very rapid,” points out Chris Severson-Baker, policy director with the Pembina Institute, which has been seeking a moratorium on development. “The environmental damage is already irreversible. The GHG emissions are already so high we shouldn’t want to add to that.” A report released by Pembina and the Vancouver-based David Suzuki Foundation in December, entitled Deep Reductions, Strong Growth, proposes steps that would reverse

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high levels of GHG. The report’s main author, Marc Jaccard, a University of British Columbia professor who modelled that province’s climate tax program, argued that Canada’s economy can grow 20 per cent in the next decade while reducing GHG emissions by 25 per cent below 1990 levels. Included in the recommendations is a suggested dramatic shift to renewable energy and more energy efficient vehicles and buildings. WHAT’S THE CATCH? The catch is the plan includes a call for a carbon tax starting at $50 per tonne in 2010 and rising to $125 per tonne by 2020 and a proposal that carbon capture and storage (CCS) be mandatory for the oil industry. The problem is several studies have shown that CCS would not be economical—and that was based on much lower carbon taxes. “Under the existing provincial legislation, not a single oilsands company would invest in abatement [CCS] technologies,” Justin Bouchard, an analyst for investment firm Raymond James concluded in a report (Oil Sands Industry: An In-Depth Look at the GHG Issue). Alberta’s climate plan has set a levy of $15 per tonne on carbon emissions from companies that fail to meet the target of reducing their GHGs through internal improvements or by purchasing credits. The Raymond James report concluded that would be equal to $2.05 per barrel. It called the federal government’s climate plan, Turning the Corner, “draconian,” saying it would kill all oilsands

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development. Turning the Corner aims to cut emissions by 20 per cent below 2006 levels by 2020 and by 60 per cent by 2050 and would impose a carbon levy of $15 per tonne initially on oilsands producers, rising to $20 per tonne by 2012. It requires the implementation of CCS for all future oilsands projects. The Raymond James report says that goal ignores economic reality, since the technology is still unproven. The report concludes that the cost of the reductions Ottawa wants would cost steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) project operators up to $9 per barrel and oilsands operators more than $15 per barrel. COMMITTED TO CCS The Alberta government, undeterred by the challenge of making CCS economical, has announced a goal of achieving large-scale CCS by 2015. As part of this plan it has committed $2 billion to fund three to five large-scale CCS projects that it would expect to capture up five million tonnes of CO2 by 2015. Stringham says that despite the pause in new development, the oil industry continues to spend millions of dollars a year to deal with the GHG issue and with the more localized air pollution issue. But he believes the environmental groups have it wrong. “Just charging $50 a tonne for CO2 isn’t going to solve the problem,” he said. “The best approach is the one the Alberta government is taking, which is to take dollars from a carbon tax and invest them in technology.” It has a technology fund in place, something Ottawa also is proposing.

He admits that the GHG emissions from oilsands plants are a major issue. (Recent polling by CAPP showed it was the chief environmental concern about oilsands development among Canadians.) The existing oilsands plants represent 12 per cent of Alberta’s total GHG emissions and 5 per cent of Canada’s total emissions. Stringham points to numerous efforts by industry to deal with the issue, ranging from efforts to use cooler water to extract bitumen from oilsands projects to using solvents that replace steam. Glen Semenchuk, executive director of the Fort McMurray– based Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA), a 44-member group that includes industry, local municipalities, and aboriginal groups, says the oilsands develop ment watchdog has two working groups that deal with air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide, and has established 16 air monitoring stations throughout the region. In addition, the province, working with the Clean Air Strategic Alliance, a multi-stakeholder group on which CEMA was modelled, is working on a clean air strategy for Alberta. He refutes Pembina’s claim that impacts are “irreversible,” pointing to substantial progress in managing and reducing air pollutants. Ultimately, it could be that government will have the greatest impact on oilsands emissions—and thus future develop ment. Speaking of the federal climate plan, Bouchard says: “There’s a danger [the plan] will destroy the economics of the oilsands to solve a small piece of a worldwide problem.”

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cOST CHALLENGE More research and government investment required to make the technology economically viable by Jim Bentein Photos by Joey Podlubny

While both the Alberta and federal governments say carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the keys to future oilsands development, the technology the manager of Canada’s largest and most successful CCS project says it’s uneconomical to widely develop the technology. “The challenge is to gain access to suitable supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2),” said Mark Demchuk, group lead with EnCana’s Weyburn, Sask. CCS and enhanced oil recovery project. At Weyburn, EnCana and its predecessor companies have tapped crude oil for the last 50 years. In 2000 the company started using CO2 purchased from a coal gasification plant in Beulah, North Dakota for a CO2-miscible flood. “In general, if it costs $40 a tonne or more for your CO2, you’ll be economically challenged. The cost of the capturing technology to gain access to CO2 is in the $50 to $75 a tonne range, which suggests [the operation] will be difficult.” Demchuk says that only government action to invest in the technology will advance it, since the high cost of CO2 capture, along with low oil prices, make the economics of CCS development highly questionable.

The Alberta government has committed $2 billion to help kick start three to five CCS projects, and last spring Ottawa committed $250 million for a proposed $1.4 billion CO2 capture project SaskPower wants to develop at its Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant, which is in the planning stages. CO2 from SaskPower’s plant would be sold to oil facility operators in the Weyburn area and elsewhere in the province. Ottawa is also providing $140 million to support CCS demonstration projects and studies. Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight said the province is committed to achieving large-scale development of CCS projects by 2015, with the goal of having projects up and running by then that could capture five million tonnes of CO2 per year. Alberta’s oilsands alone produce 29.5 million tones per year, 12 per cent of the province’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Demchuk said EnCana’s Weyburn unit is almost unique, since the reservoir is ideal for CO2 injection and the company has access to the substance in a low-cost form, which is pipelined to the site and is ready for injection. He would not reveal what EnCana pays for the CO2.

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One of the challenges associated with carbon capture and storage is that some of the various technologies deployed would require the use of huge amounts of energy.

The Weyburn operation covers 70 square miles and contains about 1.4 billion barrels of original oil in place, of which EnCana has recovered about 400 million. It is the world’s largest GHG sequestration site and has been the subject of intensive research conducted by a number of government agencies under the auspices of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, which concluded the area is suitable for longterm sequestration. The unit has undergone extensive development over the years, including waterflooding and multi-leg horizontal drilling. The CO2 flood has been rolled out to about 60 per cent of the production area, and that has led to a 65 per cent increase in oil production, to about 28,000 barrels per day, an 18,000 barrel per day increase from before the CO2 flood started. More than 13 million tonnes of CO2 have been sequestered at Weyburn, equal to taking 6.7 million cars of the road for a year. Advocates of CCS say that only by placing a price on CO2 will large fossil fuel producers, such as operators of oilsands plants and coal-fired power plants, be compelled to shift to the technology. “It is always going to be cheaper to put carbon dioxide into the air than somewhere else,” said Howard Herzog, principal research engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alberta’s climate plan has set a levy of $15 per tonne on carbon emissions from companies that fail to meet the target of reducing their GHGs through internal improvements or by 116

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purchasing credits. Ottawa’s Turning the Corner plan aims to cut emissions by 20 per cent below 2006 levels by 2020 and by 60 per cent by 2050. It would also impose a carbon levy of $15 per tonne initially on oilsands producers, rising to $20 per tonne by 2012 and to $50 in the latter part of the decade. Demchuk said that there is value achieved from capturing and injecting CO2, but not all reservoirs are amenable to it and even at Weyburn there has been much trial and error. “We have a lot of operating experience with this project and we’re still learning,” he said. “Every reservoir has its own unique characteristics that need to be understood before applying this technology. Not every reservoir is [amenable to] CO2 injection.” He suggested that if using CO2 for EOR projects was as promising as some advocates say, EnCana would be a logical developer. “We’ve done internal reviews at some of our other sites and we’re not moving forward [with any other projects].” Access to large amounts of CO2 would be a key, but that would not alone lead to more CO2-injection projects, he said, since reservoir characteristics, oil prices, and many other factors have to be taken into account. Stephen Kaufman, chair of the Integrated CO2 Network, which represents a cross-section of large emitters that want to see CCS developed, said the Alberta government initiative and other research efforts in Canada and elsewhere are necessary to advance the technology.

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used widely in the coal-fired power industry to filter out most of the sulphur dioxide emissions, showed the capital costs of deploying the technology have dropped by more than 50 per cent since it was first adopted more than 20 years ago, and is now widely used in the oil and gas and utility sectors. He argues that as Canada goes beyond 5 CO2 capture facilities to 20 and up the “learning curve,” CCS will improve similarly. The cost can also vary greatly, depending on at what stage CO2 capture is applied.

“It is always going to be cheaper to put carbon dioxide into the air than somewhere else.” — Howard Herzog, Principal Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“There will be technology improvements over time that will drive down the cost of carbon capture,” said Kaufman, who is also director of business development for Suncor Energy. He pointed out that the EnCana has access to low-cost CO2 as a result of “significant [U.S.] government investment” in the Great Plains Synfuel Plant in North Dakota. A 325-kilometre pipeline moves the CO2 to Weyburn. “[Demchuk] is right when you look at this from the point of view of an EOR company. Right now there’s no reason any project would proceed on an EOR basis.” But he said concern about climate change and CO2 emissions, not sheer economics, is driving the work on CCS. However, Kaufman said virtually all efforts to deal with climate change involve government subsidies of some kind, citing government assistance to the wind power industry from Ottawa and most provinces as an example. Kaufman said that not only will more research and development drive down the cost of the technology, but governments forcing fossil fuel producers to pay for their GHG emissions will propel its development. “The cost of compliance will rise over time and the cost of CO2 capture will come down.” Kaufman cited a document produced in October by his group to provide an example of how the technology might gradually evolve. That work, based on the “learning curve” that involved the development of flue gas desulphurization,

The “low-hanging fruit” approach is called post-combustion, where CO2 is separated from flue exhaust after burning fossil fuels in the air. A small volume of CO2 in the flue gas (ranging from 3 to 15 per cent by volume) is captured by dissolving CO2 in a liquid solvent. CO2 recovered in this way is already used widely for carbonated beverages and fertilizers. A much costlier method, not yet widely adopted, is called pre-combustion and involves separating fossil fuels into hydrogen and CO2 before they are burnt, usually into a syngas. The syngas can be reacted again with steam to produce a mix of CO2 and hydrogen and the process produces high concentrations of CO2 (35 to 45 per cent). Finally, another costly method that has not been widely adopted (it is used in the glass furnace industry) is called oxyfuel combustion. It involves burning the fossil fuel in oxygen instead of air and results in exhaust gas consisting only of concentrated CO2 and water vapour. The CO2, typically greater than 80 per cent by volume, is easily captured. SaskPower had been planning to test the Oxyfuel approach in a new greenfield power plant in Saskatchewan, but dropped those plans after costs escalated from about $1 billion to more than $3 billion, opting to use the lower cost post-combustion approach instead on a smaller project at Boundary Dam. Greg Stringham, vice-president of Oilsands and Markets with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), said capturing the CO2 is the most crucial issue. “Transportation of CO2 is understood and is already done by Kinder Morgan [the company moves 400 million cubic feet of CO2 to customers], and CO2 is already widely used in EOR. It’s carbon capture that’s the most challenging.” Stringham said one significant challenge is that some of the various technologies deployed would require the use of huge amounts of energy, which would counter the environmental benefits of shifting to carbon capture. H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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Water woes Industry comes under spotlight for usage and need to recycle by Jim Bentein

Oilsands mining operations consume more than twice the annual water needs of the City of Calgary—a problem outlined in a report by the Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based environmental think tank. The report—Troubled Waters, Troubling Trends—produced three years ago by lead author Mary Griffiths, a senior policy advisor with the environment group, called for a number of steps to curtail water usage. They include forcing the oil industry to pay to use fresh water and enforcing strict targets on the use of fresh water to compel the industry to recycle more water and to use of more saline water from deep aquifers. Although Griffiths praises the provincial government for establishing its Water for Life strategy, a multi-stakeholder consultation that has led to the establishment of planning councils to manage water use, she worries that the process will take years. While she points to some progress, Griffiths says she’s concerned about the amount of surface water and groundwater being used for oilsands mining and for in situ projects (used to generate steam). “As new projects are planned, the question arises: Will the use of groundwater be sustainable?” she asks. In an introduction to the study, professor David Schindler, the Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology at the University of Alberta, points out that Alberta has never had an abundance of water, arguing that “oil and water do not mix.” “The province is in the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains, which causes its southern prairies to be the driest part of southern Canada,” he wrote. The report points out that less than 10 per cent of the water taken from the Athabasca River returns to the river, with much of it ending up in tailing ponds. The Athabasca is the main watercourse in the oilsands area.

In another report released by Pembina in February, the organization calls on the province to switch from coal-fired power to renewable energy and to put a halt to oilsands development because water use by the energy industry is colliding with growing climate change concerns. That report—Heating Up in Alberta: Climate Change, Energy Development and Water—says water for cooling at coal-fired plants and water use by oilsands plants account for almost 80 per cent of total water allocations from the North Saskatchewan River basin. Greg Stringham, vice-president of oilsands and markets for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), says the oil and gas industry is making great strides in dealing with the water issue. “The industry has increased its use of recycled water substantially and they’re also changing their techniques to use less water,” he says. Suncor Energy will start recycling water from its tailings ponds next year, which could potentially allow it to reduce its fresh water use significantly. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., developers of the new Horizon oilsands project, plan to inject carbon dioxide into its tailings stream to reduce the amount of water going into the tailings and allow it to recycle a large amount of its water. “If it works, it’s a technology that all the operators can use,” Stringham says. CAPP points out that Alberta Environment, under its Water Management Framework for the Athabasca River, establishes strict limits on the industry’s water use. The group also points out that the oil and gas industry is not the biggest user of Alberta’s water, with licences to use about 7.2 per cent of the province’s surface water. The agricultural sector is the single biggest user, licensed to tap 45.5 per cent of the total.

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Lay of the land Government and industry tackling environmental impact from oilsands by Jim Bentein

There is still time to limit the environmental damage in Alberta, where oilsands mining projects have left behind 130 square kilometres of tailings ponds and the potential oilsands development area occupies one-fifth of the province’s landscape, according to one critic of oilsands development. “It’s not too late, although our options have been limited by the pell-mell development of the last few decades,” says Steve Kennett, senior policy analyst with Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based environmental think tank. Kennett, along with Rick Schneider, head of the northern Alberta chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, has authored a number of reports critical of the government’s approach to land-use planning in the oilsands region. But Kennett praises the provincial government’s recently released Land-Use Framework. That framework establishes a planning approach for all of Alberta, starting with the oilsands region. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Minister Ted Morton acknowledges that overdevelopment in the province makes better planning necessary. “We have reached a tipping point where sticking with the old rules will not produce the quality of life we have come to expect,” Morton says. Last May the provincial government announced that it would set up six land-use regions with a requirement to establish regional plans for each, establish a new cabinet committee to oversee regional planning, and create land-use advisory councils for each region. It also said it would establish a cumulative effects approach at the regional level to manage the impacts of development on air, land, water, and biodiversity. In December, the government released a final plan for framework, adding a seventh region to include the booming community of Red Deer. And later that month, the government established its first regional advisory council to encompass the Lower Athabasca Region, including the oilsands boomtowns of Fort McMurray and Cold Lake. That 15-member council—comprised of municipal, industry, and aboriginal and environmental members—is to report back to

the government by the end of this year, in advance of a new regional plan for the region. Kennett hopes the process will arrest the impact that has already occurred, but he likens the approach to expresswaycovered cities developing public transit systems. “It’s like building urban transit systems when we have already developed communities with urban sprawl,” he says. “We need to also revisit past decisions.” One of those is the government’s goal of pushing expansion of oilsands production beyond the 1.2 million barrels per day of oil now being produced. Glen Semenchuk, executive director of the Fort McMurray-based Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA), a 44-member group that includes industry, local municipalities, and aboriginal groups, who is a member of the new advisory council, says numerous studies by his group have suggested that amount of development could occur in the vast region. “Percentage-wise, the amount of land taken up by oilsands mines is small,” he says. “For instance, the Municipality of Wood Buffalo [around Fort McMurray] takes up 70,000 square miles of surface area and only six per cent of that is developed with oilsands mines.” And he points out the in situ projects, which take up a much smaller surface area, will likely dominate in the future. Greg Stringham, vice-president of oilsands and markets for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), says the oil industry acknowledges that mines have a significant impact on the land. However, only about two per cent of the 140,000-square-kilometre-area considered suitable for develop ment can be mined, with the rest requiring various in situ technologies that are less intrusive. Stringham also says much research has been ongoing into reclaiming the disturbed land. Oilsands producers are required by law to return affected areas to their natural state. Reducing the industry’s environmental footprint won’t happen overnight, but change is happening. HE AV Y O I L & O I L S A ND S G U I DEBOO K & D I R E C TO R Y I V

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Carbonate conundrum Solving the next bitumen puzzle—the carbonates by Pat Roche

More than a few eyebrows were raised in the Calgary oilpatch in 2006 when a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc bought a stake in bitumen-bearing carbonate rock in northern Alberta. Those carbonates are believed to hold vast amounts of bitumen, but no one has figured out how to extract it econom ically. Nonetheless, Shell plunked down nearly half a billion dollars in a government lease sale. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect is that Shell would pay so much—at an average $5,246 per hectare, the sale was a significant premium on prices being paid for conventional oilsands leases—for rights to a resource that’s never seen commercial production. While traditional oilsands—bitumen mixed with unconsolidated sand—has been commercialized for four decades, Alberta’s bitumen-bearing carbonate formations were unknown to most of the industry before Shell’s acquisition. A handful of pilot tests were done on the bitumen carbonates between 1975 and 1987 and achieved mixed results. At five-degree to nine-degree API gravity, the oil is even heavier than the Athabasca oilsands bitumen. The reservoir is extremely variable over short distances and permeability is a problem because of the low viscosity of the bitumen. 124

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Meanwhile, the only other producer with major lease holdings in bitumen carbonates, Husky Energy Inc., had quietly undertaken an intensive evaluation of its land position amassed over the years for a tiny fraction of what Shell paid. Husky’s 72,261-hectare Saleski property is just east of Shell’s bitumen carbonate acreage, located in a remote wilderness area about 100 kilometres west of Fort McMurray. While Husky’s main focus in northern Alberta is currently its Sunrise in situ oilsands project, expected to come on stream in 2012, Husky president John Lau had suggested the Saleski bitumen carbonates could be Husky’s next megaproject in that region. Other companies that have acquired land positions in Alberta’s bitumen carbonates include privately held start-ups Laricina Energy Ltd., Osum Oil Sands Corp., and Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Given the technical and logistical challenges, why would companies be so enthusiastic about bitumen carbonates? The answer is simple. Husky estimates its Saleski property contains 19.5 billion barrels of original oil in place, Garry Mihaichuk, Husky’s vice-president of oilsands, said after the Shell purchase. Even if only 20 per cent of that bitumen could be recovered, that’s nearly four billion barrels—more

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than triple the latest estimate of recoverable oil for the giant Hibernia field off Newfoundland. There is little doubt the resource is a massive one. An estimated 26 per cent of Alberta’s bitumen resources are contained in carbonate rather than sand formations, according to a report by Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC). One northern Alberta carbonate formation alone—the Devonian-age Grosmont complex—has bitumen volumes in place comparable to the huge Athabasca oilsands deposit. Contained in a roughly triangular 70,000-square-kilometre area of northern Alberta called the Carbonate Triangle, the deposits may be the most technically challenging of the province’s bitumen resources. Husky’s Saleski property is in the Grosmont while Shell’s leases are in the shallower Nisku formation, says Mihaichuk. Both formations are Devonian, though each is slightly different. It remains for both companies to prove the economic viability of bitumen carbonates. Analogs from around the world won’t be of much assistance. While oil production from carbonate rock isn’t unusual, there is no known analogue for the shallow Grosmont, where the oil viscosity is a challenging 1.6 million centipoise (compared to viscosity only in the thousands of centipoise elsewhere) and both reservoir temperature and pressure, at only about 200 pounds per square inch (psi), are low. Other unique challenges include vugs, fractures, and variable permeability. Loss of circulation during drilling (where drilling fluids escape into the formation) is expected to be a problem. In a study of global heavy oil reservoirs in carbonate rock, the Alberta Research Council (ARC) and the Alberta Energy Research Institute found that producing bitumen from northern Alberta’s Grosmont formation will be vastly more challenging than any heavy oil carbonate reservoirs on which information is publicly available. “What it’s telling us is there [are] no analogue reservoirs in the world for the Grosmont,” says Jose Alvarez, a research scientist with ARC’s heavy oil and oilsands section. “So extrapolating or bringing any technology that they have been applying in these reservoirs to our reservoirs will be difficult. So we need to adapt or to create a new technology for facing these challenges.” Of the world’s originalbitumen-in-place found in carbonate rock, about 96 per cent is in the Grosmont carbonates, Alvarez says. Husky is studying the results of several pilot tests from the Saleski leases in the 1970s and ’80s, trying to understand why some pilots succeeded but others haven’t. Mihaichuk says there were six pilots—five using steam and one using in situ combustion. He says probably the best results were achieved during 1980 to ’87, when some wells produced up to 740 barrels per day of bitumen and achieved steam/oil ratios as low as 4.9—less than half the steam/oil ratio on some of the initial pilots. Husky’s ultimate goal is to do its own pilot, followed by a commercial-scale development. Due to the extreme variability in the reservoir over short distances, a production process that works in one area might not work a short distance away. Mihaichuk says there are essentially two types of carbonate reservoir—karsted and unkarsted limestone. Karst is limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, tunnels, and caverns. At Saleski, the karsted limestone is crumbled to the point where it would behave like sandstone.

Mihaichuk suspects the most successful pilots were producing from karsted limestone. The permeability in a karst could be five darcies while the dense limestone is about 100 millidarcies. The latter would be fine for light-oil production, but Husky and Shell are dealing with oil viscosity of over a million centipoise. A different approach may well be needed for the dense limestone than for the highly permeable karst. “I think the karst you could probably do with a simple steam process. But I don’t think you can do that for the limestone,” says Mihaichuk. Processes for producing the dense limestone might include injecting carbon dioxide or using electricity to heat the reservoir.

“There [are] no analogue reservoirs in the world for the Grosmont...extrapolating or bringing any technology that [operators] have been applying in these reservoirs to our reservoirs will be difficult. We need to adapt or to create a new technology for facing these challenges.” — Jose Alvarez, Research Scientist, Alberta Research Council

Shell, which has been experimenting with in situ electric heaters to coax oil from kerogen-bearing shale at its oil shale research project in Colorado, is examining bringing that technology north. After experimenting with in situ upgrading using electric heaters in the Peace River oilsands, the company had confirmed such a test was planned for the carbonates. Shell’s process apparently works from a technical standpoint. The bitumen viscosity in the reservoir ranges between 8 to 10 degrees API, while the produced oil ranges between 30 and 49 degrees API. However, the company says it is far too early to predict success. The pilot will have two main objectives—to assess reservoir characteristics and performance, and to test the heaters. Heaters would be tested from several horizontal wells to assess their robustness for a potential commercial use. Shell initially said it hoped to begin testing the electric heaters as early as 2009, with a decision on commercial development not expected before the middle of the next decade. However, in November 2008 it announced a postponement of the pilot due in part to the province’s cost inflation, the global financial crisis, and a collapse in oil prices in the months after reaching a peak the past summer of almost $150 per barrel. Meanwhile, after conducting a single-well cold solvent injection test at Saleski over the winter of 2007–08, Laricina suggested the use of cold solvent could help achieve commercial production in the carbonates. Two slugs of propane were injected during the three-week test, each followed by a production period. The second cycle was cut short by spring breakup after about five days of production. H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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Tailings management Dry tailings offer potential solution to burgeoning oilsands tailings ponds by Maurice Smith

With public perceptions, space limitations, and water availability all putting the pressure on oilsands companies to do something about their tailings ponds dilemma, some new solutions are appearing on the horizon. The dilemma is the result of decades of storage of water used in the oilsands separation process in giant settling basins that have grown into some of the largest man-made structures on Earth. The toxic soups they have become—containing suspended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthenic acids, and high levels of salts—have created a long-term headache for producers that one day will be forced to deal with them. The province of Alberta’s current zero-discharge policy means the tailings must be dealt with on site. Based on all mining project approvals granted so far, that means decades of 126

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storage in the lake-size reservoirs while separation into sand, a semi-liquid slurry known as mature fine tailings (MFT), and water takes place. The water is eventually recycled, the sand buried under overburden in the mine reclamation process, and the many millions of cubic metres of produced MFT—mainly liquefied silt and clay that after 40 years still lacks the strength to support overburden—is pumped into the bottom of minedout pits and covered with water in end pit lakes, or what is referred to as wet landscape reclamation. In the meantime, the temporary storage basins that already cover an area of over 50 square kilometres are emitting volatile organic compounds and methane, a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), as biodegradation occurs. They also require ongoing monitoring to isolate them from the

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surrounding environment—such as the use of scarecrows and propane cannons to deter migratory birds from landing and becoming oiled. While the optics may appear grave, oilsands producers maintain the ponds are well-managed, and that new technologies being tested or on the horizon will dramatically improve the situation. Syncrude Canada Ltd., for instance, says it is already successfully demonstrating “water capping,” in which fresh water is layered over a deposit of fine tails to form a lake. Syncrude has also helped to pioneer paste technology, which will allow the company to reclaim land at a faster rate. The technology produces a soft clay that can be immediately used for reclamation into a finished landscape. Driven in part by direction from the province to clean up its Pond 1, built next to the Athabasca River in the late 1960s, by 2010, Suncor Energy Inc. is among the leaders in piloting new technologies, says Natural Resources Canada’s Randy Mikula, team leader, Emulsions and Tailings, at the CANMET Energy Technology Centre in Devon, near Edmonton. “Necessity is the mother of invention and Suncor is really getting going, trying a lot of different technologies,” he says. Research and experimentation among both government and industry has ramped up in recent years and viable alternatives to still-untested end pit lakes are emerging as tailings management moves toward dry landscape options. Mikula, who has spent decades researching better options, believes the time has now come to move beyond wet landscape reclamation. He notes that Suncor recently indicated dry stackable tailings could represent the future of the industry, and more com panies are looking toward ways to reclaim tailings right behind the mining operation. As early as the 1980s, the shortcomings of the wet landscape option were known. The Fine Tailings Fundamentals Consortium was established in 1989 to investigate alternatives. One of its success stories was the consolidated tailings (CT) treatment process—also known as composite or non-segregating tailings—first commercialized by Suncor in 1994. It involves mixing mature fine tailings with tailings sand and an additive such as gypsum (calcium sulphate) as a coagulant to speed and improve the consolidation of the fluid fine tailings to the point, at greater than 80 per cent solids, where it has the strength to support a sand cap and ultimately be covered with overburden and reclaimed. Implementing the CT process for all the available fluid fine tailings would reduce net water loss to tailings per volume of bitumen production from four to three, Mikula says. While it won’t be the answer in all circumstances, CT is undergoing widespread adoption in the industry. “There are lots of ways to make consolidated tailings,” Mikula says. “Suncor commercialized with gypsum because they had lots of it from their flue gas desulphurization process. But we demonstrated at our lab that you can make CT with polymers, alum, lime, or carbon dioxide. Because of the interest in CO2 as a GHG, we ramped up our work with CO2 CT, and that was picked up by Syncrude and CNRL [Canadian Natural Resources Limited]. Together with CANMET, we performed a large pilot demonstration at the Syncrude site, and based on the success of that pilot demonstration, CNRL made it a part

of its commercialization plans. That was very gratifying, to see carbon dioxide being used, because it still makes CT and at the same time, of course, you are sequestering the CO2.” The CNRL tailings handling scheme will see CO2, supplied from CNRL’s upgrading operations, added to the tailings stream to enhance the settling rate of the clays and silts that make up MFT. In addition, the company will be using a thickener to allow for the recycled water to be sent back for reuse before it has cooled, reducing water heating costs. The rapid recycle rate, coupled with the CO2 tailings treatment, will also allow for smaller settling ponds and the ability to reduce pond full-cycle times from between 25 to 50 years to as little as 5 to 10 years. Meanwhile, the growing costs associated with MFT storage has prompted a re-evaluation of a technology once considered too costly—the use of centrifuges to dewater fine tailings to produce dry stackable tailings. In laboratory-scale trials, confirmed with a 20-tonne-per-hour pilot scale test program, CANMET was able to improve centrifuge performance with the addition of flocculants. Preliminary results indicate water consumption can be cut from four to two barrels per barrel of bitumen produced.

While the optics may appear grave, oilsands producers maintain the ponds are well-managed, and that new technologies being tested or on the horizon will dramatically improve the situation.

“I think the one [technology] that has the most promise is the centrifuged fine tails. The reason for that is it’s a process that the engineers can control right out the end of the pipe. Everything else has some sort of weather or time dependence. And all the other options have to have some provision for fluid fine tails containment. The centrifuge tails does not. If it’s designed and operated properly, what comes out the end of that pipe, or out the end of the centrifuge, is dry stackable tailings,” Mikula says. “We found it’s possible to centrifuge the mature fine tails to the point where you can just stack it up and make whatever kind of landform you want, and begin the reclamation process.” “There are a lot of different ways to optimize this process, and how you would decide that would depend on whether you are dealing mostly with what we call legacy MFT—the mature fine tails that you have accumulated over 40 years of operation—or whether you’re going to do something to stop making MFT in the first place. But either way, it’s a unit process that the engineers can just design, operate, and have a lot of control over, versus some of the other alternatives. That’s why I think the centrifuge tails might be the winner.” HEAV Y OI L & OI L SAN D S G UI D EBOO K & D I R E C TO R Y I V

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roundup R&D by private and public organizations helps boost recovery Pioneering efforts by researchers have transformed a once seemingly inconsequential heap of oily sand and clay into the world’s second-biggest reserve of petroleum. Today, scientists employed by companies, government agencies, and universities continue to conduct strategic research on economic and environmentally friendly recovery processes for bitumen and heavy oil. Oilsands mining pioneers Syncrude Canada Ltd. and Suncor Energy Inc. have invested millions in oilsands research. Syncrude alone has invested more than $200 million on research and development projects in the last five years. The company operates one of the largest private-sector research programs in western Canada and is one of the top 50 R&D spenders in Canada. Suncor also heavily invests in research. The company pioneered the use of consolidated tailings (CT) technology in the mid-1990s. The CT process accelerates the release of water from tailings ponds. The released water is then recycled through Suncor’s operation, reducing the amount of river water required. In addition, the company is conducting large-scale tests of new technologies to further accelerate reclamation efforts. These include a “dry tailings” technology that could reduce the amount of water captured in tailings through the extraction process. Researchers have also made great strides in aid of developing in situ heavy oil and oilsands projects. Imperial Oil Limited has a strong history of increasing recovery at its Cold Lake operations through R&D, while newer in situ players, such as Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. with its THAI (toe-toheel air injection) technology, also hope to benefit from their research efforts. One the province’s largest research programs aims to find an economic way to produce Alberta’s bitumen-bearing carbonate formations. Efforts to crack the carbonate bitumen puzzle are being led by Royal Dutch Shell plc, Husky Energy Inc., as well as researchers at the Alberta Research Council.

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I n March, the University of Calgary’s Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) said it was expanding its work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) after receiving $5 million in the federal budget to advance the area. ISEEE’s expanded work includes a new CCS Research Group, to conduct strategic research focused on finding ways to remove the most significant regulatory, technical, and economic barriers to deploying commercialscale CCS projects in Canada.

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Some of the larger government- and university-funded groups conducting heavy oil and oilsands research include:

Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) AERI was established in 2000 by the Alberta Science and Research Authority Act and is responsible for all energy-related research for the province. AERI assumed responsibility for the oil and gas research programs previously administered by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA). Website: aeri.ab.ca AOSTRA’s role was to: ■ P romote R&D into the technological methods required for the efficient and economic recovery and processing of crude bitumen and other oilsands deposits, and the effective and economic recovery of crude oil through the use of enhanced recovery methods. ■ Promote research into the technological methods required to ensure acceptable environmental standards during and after recovery and processing operations. ■ Promote and implement solutions to technological problems impeding the development of production capacity to meet the demand for crude oil, synthetic crude oil, and products derived from crude oil.

Alberta Research Council (ARC) ARC has been working with industry to develop Alberta’s bitumen resources since Karl Clark set up his first laboratory at the Alberta Research Council in 1921. Today, it has an international reputation as an established research organization in bitumen and heavy oil technologies. ARC, which is a not-for-profit corporation that is wholly owned by the province of Alberta, operates in five facilities located throughout the province. Website: arc.ab.ca Key research areas include: ■ In situ bitumen and heavy oil technologies, including bitumen carbonate recovery ■ Surface separation technologies ■ Production technologies ■ Engineered materials ■ Sensors for mining and extraction

Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy (AICISE) AICISE brings together the world’s leading innovative scientists, industry, and other partners to develop more efficient, costeffective, and sustainable processes and practices for in situ recovery and upgrading of Alberta’s oilsands resources, with extremely low environmental impacts. The centre is an initiative of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre Program and, at the University of Calgary, the Institute of Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE), the Schulich School of Engineering, and the Faculty of Science. Shell International is the first founding industry partner and has been joined by Alberta Energy Research Institute, ConocoPhillips, Nexen Inc., Repsol YPF, and Total E&P Canada. AICISE is housed in the Calgary Centre for Innovation Technology at the University of Calgary. Website: aicise.ca Key research areas include: ■ Catalyst design, kinetics, and recovery ■ Reactant and catalyst transport ■ Integrated recovery and upgrading processes ■ Bitumen and reservoir characterization and simulation

CanmetENERGY Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY in Devon, located near Edmonton, develops cleaner fossil fuels and related environmental technologies with a focus on oilsands and heavy oil. The Devon research centre is comprised of two science and technology groups: Advanced Separation Technologies (AST) and the National Centre for Upgrading Technology (NCUT). Website: canmetenergy.nrcan.gc.ca Key research areas include: ■ Extraction and tailings ■ Multiphase systems ■ Future fuels and emissions

■ Water management ■ Bioprocessing oilsands ■ Upgrading oilsands and heavy oil

Imperial Oil-Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI) COSI has a mission to generate breakthrough technologies that will revolutionize the productivity and sustainability of oilsands operations. Its groundbreaking research will ensure that extraction and upgrading processes contribute fully to social, economic, and environmental excellence now and for future generations. Long-term backing for the centre comes from two major sources: Imperial Oil Limited and Alberta Ingenuity, a $1-billion foundation created by the Alberta government in 2000 to stimulate science and engineering research. COSI uses equipment, facilities, and laboratories across the University of Alberta and other universities. Website: engineering.ualberta.ca/COSI.cfm Key research areas include: ■ Reducing the amount of water used in oilsands extraction ■ Reducing the amount of energy used in upgrading bitumen and improving the quality of product ■ Minimizing the surface footprint in mining processes ■ Value-added production in oilsands extraction

Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) PTRC is a not-for-profit research and development organization with offices and laboratories in Regina, Saskatchewan. The centre was founded in 1998 by Natural Resources Canada, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, Saskatchewan Research Council, and the University of Regina, with support from the western Canadian oil and gas industry. Website: ptrc.ca Key research areas include: ■ The Joint Implementation of Vapour Extraction (JIVE) project is a $40-million initiative with a goal to develop, demonstrate, and evaluate solvent vapour extraction processes for enhanced oil recovery from heavy oil reservoirs in western Canada. ■ The EOR Research Program—More than 90 per cent of current projects in the program focus on heavy oil recovery. PTRC says recovery can be increased by up to 20 per cent with new technologies.

Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) SRC’s Energy Division works with clients and partners to enable and optimize the recovery and processing of non-renewable sources of energy, such as heavy oil and oilsands. SRC has offices in Saskatoon and Regina. Website: src.sk.ca Key research areas include: ■ Thermal recovery processes ■ Transport/treating of oilsands slurries

■ Heavy oil upgrading ■ Vapex processes

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pressure The spiralling world financial crisis, rapid plunge of crude oil prices, and high costs have sparked a litany of project cancellations and deferrals in the oilsands. These delays have prompted the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) to slash its production outlook. CAPP now says oilsands production will reach 1.44 million barrels per day in 2009 instead of the 1.53 million barrels it estimated last summer. Despite this, hope for future prosperity remains. “I think the long-term growth of the oilsands is still there,” says Greg Stringham, CAPP’s vice-president of oilsands and markets. “We’ve been through ups and downs before. This one is probably more significant because of the credit crisis at the same time as lower oil prices.” But the short-term pain is hitting home with a dizzying amount of deferrals and cancellations for the massive bitumen upgrading projects slated for the Athabasca region and Alberta’s Industrial Heartland region, northeast of Edmonton. Suncor Energy Inc.’s construction on the Voyageur upgrader and Firebag Stage 3—near Fort McMurray—will be wound down and the projects placed in a “safe mode” pending resumption of expansion work. Construction restart and completion targets for these projects, and start-up and completion targets for all other expansion projects, have not been determined. Capital growth plans will be reviewed on a quarterly basis in light of market conditions. The Fort Hills project is also in a state of flux as a result of the market turmoil. Recently, French major Total S.A. launched an unsolicited takeover bid for UTS Energy Corp. to gain a stake in the delayed project, UTS holds 20 per cent. Petro-Canada, which holds 60 per cent (Teck Cominco has the remaining 20 per cent in the project), said recently the re-scoping and revision of cost estimates for Fort Hills will be finished sometime in the third quarter. Once this is complete, the partnership will develop a definitive cost estimate. Petro-Canada chief executive officer Ron Brenneman said a number of factors still need to fall in place before the project

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All Alberta upgrading projects have been afflicted by skyrocketing costs, which in some cases have doubled or even tripled, partly due to the skills shortage. If all seven upgraders had proceeded and stuck to their original schedules, Shelly says 22,000 skilled workers would have been needed at the peak of construction around 2013.

Value proposition Anticipated cost reductions could lead to new grassroots upgraders in Alberta The high cost of steel and a shortage of skilled labour have forced some Canadian oilsands producers to forge relationships with refiners in the United States to ease pressures that hurt the economics of building upgraders in Alberta. But an anticipated drop in costs could create a better investment environment for grassroots upgraders in the province. Virtually all of the upstream-downstream partnerships happened at the height of the boom in 2006 and 2007, when the shortage of skilled labour and high cost of steel punched a hole through the idea of building new upgraders. In December 2007, Husky Energy Inc. and BP agreed to two joint 50-50 partnerships: a Canadian oilsands partnership to be operated by Husky and a U.S. refining LLC to be operated by BP. Husky contributed its Sunrise asset located in the Athabasca oilsands in northeast Alberta while the Toledo refinery in Ohio would be included by BP. Husky also reached an agreement in May 2007 to acquire the refinery in Lima, Ohio, from Valero Energy Corporation, with plans to possibly reconfigure and expand the refinery to process heavy crude oil. Calgary-based energy giant EnCana Corporation announced a deal in October 2006 with ConocoPhillips in which EnCana would contribute 100 per cent of its Foster Creek and Christina Lake in situ oilsands projects with ConocoPhillips contributing 100 per cent of its Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois, and Borger refinery in Borger, Texas, and Western Oil Sands Inc.’s board approved in July 2007 a $6.6-billion deal in which Marathon Oil Corporation acquired the Canadian company. Western was pursuing downstream integration opportunities to maximize value from its oilsands resources and undeveloped acreage position. Marathon had been knocking at Alberta’s oilsands door for some time. The company had previously issued a request for

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proposals to “engage interested parties” in a process for a Canadian oilsands venture. The Houston, Texas-based company was looking for Canadian oilsands crude oil processing capacity in exchange for an equity interest in a Canadian project through a joint venture or other arrangements. Ian Moncrieff, vice-president of oil and gas with worldwide consulting firm Kline and Company, notes factors such as massive inflation hurt the economics of building upgraders in Alberta. “Realistically, when you think of upgraders, they are essentially refineries,” he says. “So you’re talking about building new refineries/ upgraders in central or even northern Alberta versus expanding existing refineries in the U.S. The cost differential between those two options is enormous. “The real problem is how do we get [development of facilities in] northern Canada down to some kind of level of cost relationship with competing facilities, i.e. the Gulf Coast? That’s the challenge,” he says. “I don’t know what the solution to that is.” Greg Stringham, vice-president of oilsands and markets for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, says despite some upgrading heading south, those opportunities will shrink. “Alberta is pretty well primed to be the most competitive when it comes to building an upgrader,” he says. “The challenge, I think, we’ve seen over the last little while is it’s a question of do we build a grassroots upgrader at all wherever it is versus either an expansion of a refinery that already has an upgrader or modify a refinery.” When it comes to building a grassroots upgrader, the Industrial Heartland area near Edmonton as well as the Fort McMurray area are competitive, Stringham says. “When you’re comparing either little or no investment with a very large investment, the little or no investment will always win,” he notes. “But there’s very few of those to choose from.” — Richard Macedo

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After evaluating their options such as importing temporary workers from across North America or overseas, the companies concluded it would be “almost impossible” to find 22,000 new workers, Shelly says. But if the projects were spread over more years, he adds, the same work could possibly be done by a steady construction workforce of 10,000–12,000 and those jobs could probably be filled from the Edmonton area. As it stands now, some or all of that potential upgrading capacity could be permanently lost to the U.S. EnCana Corporation and Husky Energy Inc. have already done deals with ConocoPhillips and BP plc, respectively, to upgrade and refine Alberta bitumen south of the border. Last fall’s global financial crisis and steep drop in oil prices increased the chances of more upgrading projects being delayed or scrapped. “I think virtually every major project out there that isn’t past the breaking point of where they can’t stop is just saying, ‘Hold on, we want to take a better look at what the world’s going to look like before we make any big decisions,’” says Shelly. However, there may be a silver lining. “In Alberta, a slowdown in projects will not be such a bad thing because it will help ease inflationary pressures in these projects and put us back on a more competitive [footing] with projects in the United States,” he says. Labour costs and availability would improve and the price of materials such as steel should fall as well, he notes. Another factor is the devaluation of the Canadian currency. The lull in activity will also give the province a chance to look at what it can do to promote more upgrading in Alberta. “Virtually every country around the world is starting to take a look at [its] resource and saying, ‘You know what? Just shipping the raw product out is not good for the country. And it’s not good for the region,’” Shelly says. “And whether it’s Russia or the Middle East, they’re all starting to take a hard-line approach to saying, ‘We’re not going to let the majority of the value leave and be processed somewhere else.’” As a positive development, he cites the Alberta government’s plan for a bitumen royalty-in-kind policy where bitumen royalties would be paid in bitumen rather than cash. Shelly says this program is “going to start off pretty small,” but “over the years” it will have a major impact on decisions about where to locate upgraders. He says a current incentive for locating upgrading capacity in Alberta is the province’s pledge of $2 billion in support for carbon capture and storage. In addition, the province released in late 2008 its energy strategy, which will create a government-led organization dedicated to planning for and developing policy analysis and options for upgrading/refining/chemical clusters in Alberta. It will also identify and share investment to develop major corridors for future pipelines, road, electrical transmission, and other requirements for such a cluster. The government said it will assess optimum targets for bitumen allocation (direct export/upgrading and refining/ petrochemical feedstock). The province also identified a need to diversify markets for its energy exports.

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“The fundamentals of industry structure tell us that it is wiser to cultivate a stable of customers than remain reliant on a singular customer. Energy demand in the U.S. has grown dramatically, but the development of supplementary markets accessible via tidewater would allow us to better manage risk as well as command greater bargaining power, thus increasing the likelihood we will be paid full value for our exports over the long haul,” the strategy says. Shelly suggests infrastructure support programs are also needed to help overcome Alberta’s “greenfield disadvantage. We need to get the infrastructure in place so we can compete with regions around the world.” Greenfield proposal The U.S. Midwest could be home by 2014 to a greenfield US$10-billion, environmentally friendly refinery specifically designed to accommodate the anticipated growth in Canadian oilsands bitumen production. Hyperion Refining, LLC is eyeing a 2010 construction start for what would be the first new refinery built in the U.S. in more than 30 years, says Eric Williams, a company spokesman. Plans for the Hyperion Energy Center “remain firmly on track,” and as construction is not scheduled to begin until 2010, there should be ample time for the markets to recover before financing needs to be finalized, he said in an email.

“I think the long-term growth of the oilsands is still there. We’ve been through ups and downs before. This one is probably more significant because of the credit crisis at the same time as lower oil prices.” — Greg Stringham, Vice-President, Oilsands and Markets, CAPP

Hyperion is an affiliate of Hyperion Resources, Inc., a private independent oil and gas company based in Dallas, Texas. The full-conversion facility will produce “green” transportation fuels (ultra-low sulphur gasoline, ultra-low sulphur diesel, and ultra-low sulphur aviation fuel) from Canadian synbit and dilbit, says Williams. Current plans call for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant that will produce hydrogen, power, and steam for the refinery while consuming the refinery’s petroleum coke byproduct. The refinery would meet the demand for refined products in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. The Midwest region currently brings in more than one million barrels a day of refined products from Gulf Coast region refineries. H E AV Y O I L & O I L S AND S G U I D E B OO K & D I R E C TO R Y I V

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A current incentive for locating upgrading capacity in Alberta is the province’s pledge of $2 billion in support for carbon capture and storage.

An inland location will also help eliminate risks from tropical storms that regularly threaten a significant percentage of U.S. refining infrastructure, says Hyperion. The U.S. is short of modern refining capacity for the heavier petroleum crudes that will dominate the world’s future pet roleum supplies, it says. The last refinery built in the U.S. was completed in 1976 and, on average, today’s operating refineries were sited and constructed more than 70 years ago. The U.S. has recently been importing more than four million barrels per day of refined product to meet demand. “Reliance on offshore outsourcing of our ability to produce oil, jobs, and refining capacity is not strategically or environmentally responsible for the United States,” says Hyperion. On its website, Hyperion says it is “dedicated to sponsoring and developing energy facilities in the most environmentally responsible manner possible and raising the standards against which the entire energy industry is judged.” The energy centre will incorporate many of the most advanced systems, technologies, and production processes available today, including Best Available Control Technology (BACT), water quality preservation processes, and innovative lighting and noise controls. BACT is a set of air pollution control methodologies to limit emissions based on the maximum degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of production processes and available methods, systems, and techniques. It is recognized by regulatory agencies as minimizing the emission of air pollutants for a particular industry or process. 136

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The innovative refinery design has eliminated the use of specific process units, further reducing the facility’s environmental impact. For example, while nearly all other petroleum refineries have a fluidized catalytic cracking unit, typically the largest emitting units at a refinery, the new refinery will not have such a unit. Similarly, engineers designing the energy centre have removed potential sources of toxic chemical releases by incorporating a system that eliminates the use of hydrofluoric acid or sulphuric acid as catalysts in the process that boosts the octane of the gasoline produced at the refinery. The IGCC process provides greater opportunity for emission reduction than any other process for steam and electricity production. In addition, the plant at the energy centre will include a patented syngas cleanup process that provides efficient removal of sulphur and other contaminants along with activated carbon for control of mercury emissions.

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As conventional crude oil production in Alberta slowly fades, strategies to expand interest in synthetic crude are becoming more crucial. Murray Morrell, manager of business development with Nexen Inc., says synthetic crude is different from the conventional variety on three key characteristics. Synthetic crude has more distillate (kerosene and diesel fuel) than conventional crude. This distillate has a low sulphur content but poor combustion quality. Also, synthetic has more cat cracker feed than conventional and has none of the heaviest part of crude oil—resid. “This combination of features has made synthetic crude extremely attractive with refineries as optimization crudes to take advantage of a special situation or solve a special problem,” he points out. For example, running synthetic crude in combination with medium or heavy crude allows a refiner to lower overall feedstock costs. Another example of optimization is where a refiner substitutes synthetic crude for light crude to meet sulphur specifications. But Morrell says that the market as an optimization crude is limited as some of the features of synthetic crude—high cat cracker feed content and poorer combustion properties—limit a refinery’s appetite for synthetic. As production has grown, producers have been working to expand the interest in synthetic crude. Part of this effort has been through the process of quality improvements.

Bitumen Royalty-In-Kind The Alberta government is exploring opportunities to enhance the value from bitumen produced in the province and a request for expressions of interest (REOI) issued last fall to industry players who might be interested in receiving and using Alberta’s bitumen royalty-in-kind was the first step in this process. Amendments made in November 2008 to the Mines and Minerals Act now allow the province to collect raw bitumen or products from bitumen anywhere along the value chain, in lieu of cash royalties. These products may then be sold at market prices to encourage more value-added development within the province. As with conventional oil, proceeds would be paid to the government. The REOI was promoted in newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and other communication vehicles around the globe, says Alberta Energy spokesman Jason Chance. To date, 20 responses were received and are currently under review. Once that review is complete, the province will determine the next steps. “Recognizing that to build a stable and prosperous future, especially during the current global economic crisis, it is important for the province of Alberta to get the best economic return on the development of its energy resources,” he notes. As the resource owner, the Alberta government is entitled to take its royalty share of bitumen production in kind in lieu of cash, as it does for conventional oil production. The government intends to have a portion of its royalty share of bitumen in kind upgraded to higher value products in the province. The government also wants to see what options and potential commercial opportunities are available. Only arrangements that offer a strong return to the province will be considered, he notes. —Richard Macedo

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“Some of the original synthetic plants have been working to improve combustion qualities,” he notes. “Some of the newer synthetic plants include hydrocracking that improves combustion properties and reduces cat cracker feed content.” A second element of market expansion is to further develop the pipeline network so that more refineries can use synthetic crudes. Morrell says that good global markets for synthetic crude would be refineries with an appetite for light, sweet crude oil and easy logistical access from the point of production. “Since refineries in Asia and Europe collectively have a lower level of sophistication than North American refineries, both of these markets have potential,” he says. “It is important to recognize that distillate specifications vary and some world markets demand very good combustion properties. “These markets will favour the higher-quality synthetic crudes. Given the location of synthetic production in the western part of Canada, Asian markets will be easier to access than European markets.” The Asia Pacific markets of China, Japan, Korea, and nearby countries are most attractive; “however, other world markets cannot be ruled out.” But access to world markets is restricted with the current logistical network. The only significant access to the Pacific is through Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to the Vancouver dock. Since the capacity of this pipeline is small relative to market potential and since ship size is limited by harbour restrictions, this route cannot meet the potential future need. Several pipeline companies, including Kinder Morgan and Enbridge Inc., have proposed new pipelines and port developments to improve access to Asian markets. These proposals generally feature large-diameter pipelines and deep-draft ports that allow larger ships. Both features reduce transportation costs. Some pipelines to access North America’s East Coast have been proposed that could open the door to Europe, but these concepts are not as advanced as Pacific market pipeline proposals. Costs to reach Europe are likely higher than to Asia, notes Morrell. Also, any new pipeline/dock development will be subject to a long and rigorous regulatory process and likely faces obstacles of finding shipper and financing support for multi-billion-dollar investments. “The decline in conventional production will create price signals that force refineries to adapt,” Morrell says. Some small refineries that lack the scale to undertake modification projects and lack crude supply options will be forced to pay more to attract scarce conventional crudes.” Refineries with the luxury of supply options can opt to replace declining conventional supplies with offshore crudes. Other refiners will see enough economic incentive to undertake projects to adapt their facilities to process more of the bitumen blends and synthetic crude coming from Canada. “The balance between synthetic and bitumen production will be determined by the economics of upgrading, relative costs in different regions, crude prices in world markets, and the supply and demand for different petroleum products,” he notes. H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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A decade ago, western Canadian heavy oil producers had to contend with pipeline restrictions on the volumes they could export out of the basin as transportation capacity had failed to keep pace with the growth in production. That apportionment constrained prices and created uncertainty for refiners. So when Enbridge Inc.’s Terrace expansion came on stream in early 2002, industry was determined that would not occur again. In the intervening years, it was quick to support crude oil pipeline expansions and even new pipelines to ensure transportation was available as Alberta oilsands volumes began to ramp later in the decade. Existing pipeline capacity to Canada’s West Coast has been expanded and new pipelines are being planned and built to provide capacity to the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast to meet the forecast growth in production. While some oilsands projects have been delayed, in the longer-term Enbridge remains optimistic those resources will be developed, Pat Daniel, president and chief executive officer, said in a recent conference call. “It’s the secondlargest reserve of crude oil in the world and it’s connected by Enbridge’s mainline pipeline system to the largest market in the world,” he said. The first phase of Enbridge’s Southern Access expansion project to the U.S. Midwest is already in service, transporting 190,000 barrels per day from Superior to Delavan, Wisconsin. When fully operational in the second quarter of this year, the 42-inch pipeline will provide a total of 400,000 barrels per day of incremental oilsands capacity from Superior to Flanagan,

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Illinois, just west of Chicago, where it will connect with Enbridge’s Spearhead system to Cushing, Oklahoma. Southern Access will be extended by early 2011 from Flanagan south to Patoka, Illinois, to be in operation as refineries south of Chicago expand their capacity to handle heavy crudes. From Patoka, heavy and synthetic crude can move to a variety of markets such as Wood River, the Gulf Coast, and Eastern PADD II (Midwest). While most of the expanded oilsands pipeline capacity is directed eastbound, Kinder Morgan Canada completed an expansion in late 2008 of its Trans Mountain line from Edmonton to Burnaby/Vancouver, British Columbia. The 36inch anchor loop project from Hinton, Alberta, to Valemont, British Columbia, runs through Jasper National Park, Mount Robson Provincial Park, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The project increased Trans Mountain’s capacity to the West Coast by 40,000 barrels per day to 400,000 barrels per day. From Vancouver, crude can be shipped by tanker to refineries in the Pacific Northwest and California. TransCanada Corporation, Canada’s largest natural gas transportation company, is a new player in the crude oil transportation market with its Keystone Pipeline to the U.S. Midwest, which is currently under construction. The pipeline initially will transport 435,000 barrels per day in a 30-inchdiameter pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, to Wood River and Patoka, Illinois, beginning in the first quarter of 2010. The Canadian portion of the initial project involves the conversion of approximately 864 kilometres of existing natural gas mainline pipeline facilities to crude oil transmission service and construction of approximately 373 kilometres of pipeline, pump stations, and terminal facilities at Hardisty. The U.S. portion of the project includes construction of approximately 2,219 kilometres of pipeline and pump stations. Capacity will be expanded to 590,000 barrels per day with a 36-inch diameter extension to Cushing in 2010. A proposed 500,000 barrel per day expansion by 2012 provides for a more direct route from Hardisty to the Gulf Coast. “Keystone is a great example of a regulatory process that worked out very well,” Hal Kvisle, president and chief executive officer of TransCanada, said in an interview. “From the first filing of regulatory applications until the start of construction was about two years.” TransCanada has a 79.99 per cent interest in Keystone with ConocoPhillips holding a 20.01 per cent share. Alberta Clipper, a second Enbridge crude oil pipeline to the U.S. Midwest, will be in operation by mid-2010 pending U.S. regulatory approvals. The project involves the construction of a new 36-inch-diameter, 1,607-kilometre crude oil pipeline from Hardisty to Superior with an initial capacity of 450,000 barrels per day and ultimate capacity of 800,000 barrels per day. Enbridge’s Southern Lights pipeline will transport 180,000 barrels per day of diluent from the U.S. Midwest to Edmonton by late 2010. The project is designed to bridge the gap between the available supply of diluent from U.S. refineries and supply centres and increased demand for diluent by western Canadian oilsands and heavy oil producers. In the U.S., new pipe will be built from Chicago to Clearbrook, Minnesota, while in Canada H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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The Keystone pipeline may eventually take Canadian crude to the Gulf Coast. A number of other similar projects are planned.

Enbridge’s existing Line 13 will be removed from southbound crude oil service and reversed to transport diluent from Clearbrook to Edmonton. With Alberta oilsands production forecast to increase to an estimated 2.37 million barrels per day by 2015 in the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers’ moderate growth forecast, producers have begun to look for new markets for their diluted bitumen or synthetic crude oil, recognizing that traditional markets will be hard pressed to be able to accommodate those volumes. A major new target is the Gulf of Mexico, which has seven million barrels per day of refining capacity—of which about 2.2 million barrels per day is already capable of handling heavier crudes similar to the Mexican Mayan and Venezuelan Orinoco currently imported into the area. At present, about 120,000 barrels per day of Canadian production is flowing into the Gulf via the ExxonMobil Pipeline. A second potential export market is Southeast Asia, which could provide a substitute to U.S. markets as Asian refiners look for an alternative to Middle East crude and both Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Canada have proposed pipelines from Edmonton to the port of Kitimat, British Columbia. In accessing the Gulf Coast, TransCanada is proposing the Keystone expansion, a direct line from Edmonton to Steele City, Nebraska. It would incorporate a portion of the Keystone Pipeline to be constructed through Kansas to Cushing, Oklahoma, before continuing through Oklahoma to a delivery point near existing terminals in Nederland, Texas, to serve the marketplace at Port Arthur, Texas. The proposed expansion could provide an additional 500,000 barrels per day to the Gulf Coast in 2012. Also proposed is an approximate 80-kilometre pipeline to the marketplace in Houston, Texas. 142

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Enbridge and BP Pipelines (North America) Inc. also have entered into an agreement to develop a new delivery system to transport Canadian heavy crude oil from Flanagan to Houston and Texas City, Texas, using a combination of existing facilities and new pipeline construction where required. The new delivery system is expected to be in service by late 2012 with an initial total system capacity of 250,000 barrels per day into the Gulf Coast. Enbridge and BP intend to use the BP #1 System and other existing pipelines north of Cushing and some new pipeline construction south of Cushing, to connect to markets in Houston and possibly Nederland, Texas. Initial receipts at Flanagan would be approximately 140,000 barrels per day with deliveries to Gulf Coast markets. The remaining 110,000 barrels per day would originate from interconnecting pipelines at Cushing. Altex Energy also has proposed a 36-inch pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf Coast but so far has been unable to obtain sufficient shipper support. The proposed pipeline, with an initial capacity of 425,000 barrels per day, would use new technologies that would reduce the need for diluent and promise lower transportation costs. In the west, Enbridge initially proposed the Gateway project from Edmonton to Kitimat in 2003 but suspended work when it was unable to attract commercial support. The company last year resumed work on what it now calls the Northern Gateway project, which would transport 525,000 barrels per day of crude to Kitimat, where it would be loaded onto very large crude carriers (VLCC) for export to Asian refineries. Plans call for an application to be submitted to the National Energy Board this year. To get the project to the regulatory stage, the company has already raised $100 million through the sale of 10 units at $10 million apiece to western Canadian producers and East Asian refiners. In return, the sponsors will have an option to have founder shipper status and to make an equity investment in Gateway. The 36-inch pipeline would transport an average of 525,000 barrels per day of crude 1,170 kilometres from near Edmonton to Kitimat, where it would be loaded onto VLCCs for shipment to Asia or the U.S. West Coast. A 20-inch diluent line in the same corridor would transport an average of 193,000 barrels per day of imported condensate from Kitimat to Edmonton. Depending upon regulatory approvals, Northern Gateway could be in operation in 2014–2015. Enbridge, though, is facing competition from Kinder Morgan Canada, which is proposing to add a 760-kilometre leg from Valemont to Kitimat to deliver 400,000 barrels per day of crude to Asian markets via VLCCs. The northern expansion, which would also involve looping of a 340-kilometre Trans Mountain segment from Edmonton to Hinton, Alberta, offers the shortest length and the lowest cost, according to Kinder Morgan. Oilsands producers with Asian owners such as Husky Energy Inc. and Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited are especially interested in a West Coast pipeline, seeing it as an opportunity to diversify their customer base. A Canadian source of supply would also provide an alternative for Japanese refiners that currently rely on Middle East for 90 per cent of their oil.

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“smarten up” Alberta launches program to improve dead-last productivity levels

by Peter McKenzie-Brown

In economics, the definition of “productivity” is bloodless. It is a ratio comparing what is produced to what is required to produce it—usually an average expressing the total output of some category of goods divided by the total input of, say, labour or raw materials. Bloodless the definition may be, but the reality of Alberta’s productivity ranking is downright bloody: dead last in labour productivity growth among Canadian provinces during the period 1997–2005. Growth was 1 per cent per year—below the national average of 1.4 per cent, and well below growth rates for the United States and European countries. “It’s really tough to be less productive [than other com panies] when times get tough,” notes Jim Rakievich, president and chief executive officer of Edmonton-based McCoy Corporation. “You and your competitors are scrambling for sales, but prices become compressed. So the companies that aren’t really productive and have too much cost built into their products—they really get killed.” The Alberta government is concerned about this problem, and in March 2009 launched an agency—Productivity Alberta—to help improve provincial productivity. Rakievich is one of a group of private sector executives who have agreed to serve as advisors to the agency. “If you want to stimulate productivity in Alberta,” he says, “it’s important to have those who are passionate about it on the governing board. That’s why I’m on the board.” Alberta’s go-to person is Lori Schmidt, a senior director in the Finance and Enterprise bureaucracy. “When this process started,” she says, “companies were working flat out, didn’t have enough people, but despite working at capacity were finding their bottom line continually shrinking. That’s why we started to look at the importance of increasing our productivity. Today, with the economic conditions changing, there’s probably even more need for firms to look at their efficiencies. This doesn’t mean getting rid of people, but utilizing our people to their best ability. Are we utilizing all the inputs and resources and processes that we have so that we can continue to compete?” Schmidt describes that the new agency sees itself as a “pathfinding service” that will offer two levels of service to any business that asks for it. “For free, we will offer a preliminary assessment to help them with their operational efficiencies, perhaps by directing clients to online tools. Right now, people may know they have problems but don’t know where to begin. That’s the free part.”

Adds the ever-enthusiastic Rakievich, “You don’t really pay for someone to help you analyse your processes and offer advice. In effect, you are getting free consultants, and these are really sharp guys. Where your costs come in is in implementing those ideas.” “The second part,” continues Schmidt, “is to connect [our clients] to tools and programs and services that are already out there in the marketplace. We want to be the connection point” between organizations that need to become more efficient and resources they can use to achieve that aim. “This is available to any business, but we are really focusing on value-adding businesses— anyone who produces a good. Manufacturers and their supply chains, for example, but also small and medium enterprises. In Alberta, that means businesses with 100 employees or less. Those companies have been doing a lot of work in the oilsands.” According to the new agency’s slick new brochure, “Productivity Alberta brings together the talents and efforts of people and organizations across the province to tackle productivity challenges and to provide a direct point of access to productivity enhancement offerings. This industry-guided, not-for-profit corporation works in concert with government, industry, academia, associations, and communities throughout Alberta to address productivity challenges.” Rakievich has bold opinions about the importance of higher productivity and the reasons why Alberta’s recent record has been so dismal. “Those who are more productive have lower input costs. If you are not really connected [to the importance of increased productivity], you have a lot of waste in your system.” Alberta’s low productivity growth has had a number of causes—most importantly the tight labour market. There is also a geographical component to Alberta’s recent poor performance. According to Rakievich, “North America is not very competitive compared to the rest of the world, and Canada generally performs worse than the U.S. Alberta just hasn’t been very focused on becoming more competitive”—to a big extent because of the tight labour market. “Rather than finding the right skill sets for jobs on offer, [companies in Alberta] have been hiring warm bodies and trying to bring them up to standard.” He adds that, because manufacturing is such a small part of the provincial economy, there is less experience to draw from than in, say, southern Ontario. Rakievich’s final comment pertains to the threat of global markets to Alberta business: “Markets are really global in nature now, and outsiders are coming in to steal market share. This is forcing us to realize someone is going to eat our lunch if we don’t smarten up.” H E AV Y O I L & O I L S A N D S G U I D E B O O K & D I R E C T O R Y I V

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GLOSSARY Heavy oil and oilsands lingo API An American Petroleum Institute measure of liquid gravity. Water is 10 degrees API, and a typical light crude is from 35 to 40. Heavy oil is, by convention, typically from 9 to 11 degrees API, while bitumen is 7.5 to 8.5. Aromatics Hydrocarbon species that occurs in unusually high concentrations in bitumen and some derived products. Asphaltenes The heaviest and most concentrated aromatic hydrocarbon fractions of bitumen. Banked cubic metres (BCM) A measurement of volume used to state the volume of in situ material moved during mining operations. Barrel The traditional measurement for crude oil volumes. One barrel equals 42 U.S. gallons (159 litres). There are 6.29 barrels in one cubic metre of oil. Bitumen Naturally occurring, viscous mixture of hydrocarbons that contains high levels of sulphur and nitrogen compounds. In its natural state, it is not recoverable at a commercial rate through a well because it is too thick to flow. Bitumen typically makes up about 10 per cent by weight of oilsand, but saturation varies. Bucket-wheel excavator Mining machine that uses toothed buckets mounted on the rim of a revolving wheel to scoop up oilsand and deposit it on a conveyor system.

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Catalyst Used in upgrading processes to assist cracking and other upgrading reactions. Coke Solid, black hydrocarbon which is left as a residue after the more valuable hydrocarbons have been removed from bitumen by heating the bitumen to high temperatures. Coking An upgrading/refining process used to convert the heaviest fraction of bitumen into lighter hydrocarbons by rejecting carbon as coke. Coking can be either delayed coking (semi-batch) or fluid coking (continuous). Cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) CHOPS is a non-thermal primary heavy oil production method. Continuous production of sand improves the recovery of heavy oil from the reservoir. The simultaneous extraction of oil and sand during the cold production of heavy oil generates high-porosity channels termed “wormholes.” Wormholes grow in a threedimensional radial pattern within a certain layer of net pay zones, resulting in the development of a high permeability network in the reservoir, boosting oil recovery. In most cases, an artificial lift system is used to lift the oil with sand. Cogeneration The simultaneous production of electricity and steam. Condensate Mixture of extremely light hydrocarbons recoverable from gas reservoirs. Condensate is also referred to as a natural gas liquid, and is used as a diluent to reduce bitumen viscosity for pipeline transportation.

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Conventional crude oil Mixture mainly of pentane and heavier hydrocarbons recoverable at a well from an underground reservoir and liquid at atmospheric pressure and temperature. Unlike bitumen, it flows through a well without stimulation and through a pipeline without processing or dilution. In Canada, conventional crude oil includes light, medium, and heavy crude oils, like those produced from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Crude oils containing more than 0.5 per cent of sulphur are considered “sour,” while crudes with less than 0.5 per cent are “sweet.” Cracking An upgrading/refining process for converting large, heavy molecules into smaller ones. Cracking processes include fluid cracking and hydrocracking. Cyclic steam stimulation For several weeks, high-pressure steam is injected into the formation to soften the oilsand before being pumped to the surface for separation. The pressure created in the underground environment causes formation cracks that help move the bitumen to producing wells. After a portion of the reservoir has been saturated, the steam is turned off and the reservoir is allowed to soak for several weeks. Then the production phase brings the bitumen to the surface. It either flows on its own, or is pumped up the well to the surface. When the rates of production start to decline, the reservoir is pumped with steam once again. Cyclofeeder Receives oilsand feed and prepares it in slurry form for transport to extraction.

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Deasphalting (or solvent deasphalting) A physical separation process using light solvents to separate heavy material from deasphalted oil. Density The heaviness of crude oil, indicating the proportion of large, carbon-rich molecules, generally measured in kilograms per cubic metre (kg/m3) or degrees on the American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity scale; in western Canada, oil up to 900 kg/m3 is considered light to medium crude—oil above this density is deemed as heavy oil or bitumen. Desulphurization The process of removing sulphur and sulphur compounds from gases or liquid hydrocarbon mixes. Dilbit Bitumen that has been reduced in viscosity through addition of a diluent such as condensate or naphtha. DilSynBit A blend of bitumen, condensate, and synthetic crude oil similar to medium sour crude. Diluent see Condensate Dragline Mining machine that drops a heavy, toothed bucket on a cable from the end of a boom into the oilsand, then drags the bucket through the deposit, scooping up the sand. Ebullated bed process An upgrading/refining process that uses an expanded, ebullated bed of catalyst for hydrocracking. Engineered tails A term used to describe a mixture of mature fine tails and coarse tails. Also referred to as “consolidated tails.” Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) The third stage of hydrocarbon production during which sophisticated techniques that alter the original properties of the oil are used. Enhanced oil recovery can begin after a secondary recovery process or at any time during the productive life of an oil reservoir. Its purpose is not only to restore formation pressure, but also to improve oil displacement or fluid flow in the reservoir. The three major types of enhanced oil recovery operations are chemical flooding (alkaline flooding or micellar-polymer flooding), miscible displacement (carbon dioxide injection or hydrocarbon injection), and thermal recovery (steam flood). The optimal application of each type depends on reservoir temperature, pressure, depth, net pay, permeability, residual oil and water saturations, porosity and fluid properties such as oil API gravity, and viscosity.

Established recoverable reserves Reserves recoverable under current technology and present and anticipated economic conditions, plus that portion of recoverable reserves that is interpreted to exist, based on geological, geophysical, or similar information, with reasonable certainty.

Gypsum A byproduct of flue gas desulphurization units, and is also partly consumed in mining operations to help consolidate fine tailings. Heavy crude oil Oil with a gravity below 22 degrees API. Heavy crudes must be blended, or mixed, with condensate to be shipped by pipeline.

Established reserves Reserves recoverable with current technology and present and anticipated economic conditions specifically proved by drilling, testing, or production, plus the portion of contiguous recoverable reserves that are interpreted to exist from geological, geophysical, or similar information with reasonable certainty.

Hydrocracking Refining process for reducing heavy hydrocarbons into lighter fractions, using hydrogen and a catalyst; can also be used in upgrading of bitumen.

Extraction A process, unique to the oilsands industry, which separates the bitumen from the oilsand using hot water, steam, and caustic soda.

Hydroprocessing An upgrading/refining process that adds hydrogen to crude oil fractions using a catalyst system. Hydroprocessing includes both hydrotreating and hydrocracking.

Fine tailings Essentially muddy water—about 85 per cent water and 15 per cent fine clay particles by volume produced as a result of extraction.

Hydrotransport A slurry process that transports water and oilsand through a pipeline to primary separation vessels located in an extraction plant.

Fines Minute particles of solids such as clay or sand.

Hydrotreater An upgrading/refining process unit that reduces sulphur and nitrogen levels in crude oil fractions by catalytic addition of hydrogen.

Fiscal terms Royalty and tax terms under which the industry operates.

Initial established reserves Established reserves prior to the deduction of any production.

Fluid coking A residual upgrading process which continuously cracks the heaviest fraction of bitumen into lighter hydrocarbons as fluid coke.

Initial volume in place The volume calculated or interpreted to exist in a reservoir before any volume has been produced.

Fraction A portion of crude oil defined by boiling range. Naphtha, diesel, gas oil, and residual are fractions of crude oil. Froth treatment The means to recover bitumen from the mixture of water, bitumen, and solids “froth” produced in hot water extraction (in mining-based recovery). Gas oil The fraction of crude oil that can be processed into gasoline through fluid catalytic cracking or hydrocracking in a refinery. Gasification A process to partially oxidize any hydrocarbon, typically heavy residues, to a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Can be used to produce hydrogen and various energy byproducts. Greenhouse gases Gases commonly believed to be connected to climate change and global warming. CO2 is the most common, but greenhouse gases also include other light hydrocarbons (such as methane) and nitrous oxide.

In situ In its original place; in position; in situ recovery refers to various methods used to recover deeply buried bitumen deposits, including steam injection, solvent injection, and fire floods. In situ combustion A displacement enhanced oil recovery method. It works by generating combustion gases (primarily CO and CO2) downhole, which then “pushes” the oil towards the recovery well. LC-Fining A licensed hydroprocessing upgrading technology that uses an ebullated catalyst bed to continuously crack the heaviest fraction of bitumen into lighter products. Lease A legal document from the province of Alberta giving an operator the right to extract bitumen from the oilsand existing within the specified lease area. The land must be reclaimed and returned to the Crown at the end of operations.

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Light crude oil Liquid petroleum with a gravity of 28 degrees API or higher. A high-quality light crude oil might have a gravity of about 40 degrees API. Upgraded crude oils from the oilsands run around 30 to 33 degrees API (compared to 32 to 34 for Light Arab and 37 to 40 for West Texas Intermediate). Mature fine tailings A gel-like material resulting from the processing of clay fines contained within the oilsands. Medium crude oil Liquid petroleum with a gravity between 23 and 28 degrees API. Middlings Mixture of water, clay, sand, and bitumen that remains between the bitumen froth at the surface and the sand at the bottom of a primary separation vessel at the end of the extraction stage. Further processing is required to maximize bitumen recovery. Muskeg A water-soaked layer of decaying plant material, one to three metres thick, found on top of the overburden. Naphtha Any of various volatile, often flammable, liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and diluents. Naphtha has a boiling range of 40 to 400 degrees Celsius. Oilsands Bitumen-soaked sand, located in four geographic regions of Alberta: Athabasca, Wabasca, Cold Lake, and Peace River. The Athabasca deposit is the largest, encompassing more than 42,340 square kilometres. Total deposits of bitumen in Alberta are estimated at 1.7 trillion to 2.5 trillion barrels. Overburden A layer of sand, gravel, and shale between the surface and the underlying oilsand. Must be removed before oilsands can be mined. Overburden underlies muskeg in many places.

Process gas Gas produced from the upgrading process that is not distilled as a liquid. Usually burned as a fuel. Proven recoverable reserves Reserves that have been proven through production or testing to be recoverable with existing technology and under present economic conditions. Reclamation Returning disturbed land to a stable, biologically productive state. Reclaimed property is returned to the province of Alberta at the end of operations. Remaining established reserves Initial reserves less cumulative production. Residuum The heaviest boiling fraction (552 degrees Celsius plus) remaining after processing or distillation of hydrocarbons. Royalty The Crownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of production or revenue. About three-quarters of Canadian crude oil is produced from lands, including the oilsands, on which the Crown holds mineral rights. The lease or permit between the developer and the Crown sets out the arrangements for sharing the risks and rewards. Sour oil Crude oil containing free sulphur, hydrogen sulphide, or other sulphur compounds. Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) An in situ production process using two closely spaced horizontal wells: one for steam injection and the other for production of the bitumen/ water emulsion. Steam methane reforming A process commonly used to convert natural gas to hydrogen for upgrading. Surface mining Operations to recover oilsands by open-pit mining, where overburden depth permits.

Pilot plant Small model plant for testing processes under actual production conditions.

SynBit A blend of bitumen with sweet synthetic crude oil to meet pipeline transportation specifications.

Primary production The first stage of hydrocarbon production, in which natural reservoir energy (such as gas drive, water drive, and gravity drainage) displaces hydrocarbons from the reservoir into the wellbore and up to surface. Primary production uses an artificial lift system in order to reduce the bottomhole pressure or increase the differential pressure to sustain hydrocarbon recovery since reservoir pressure decreases with production.

Synthetic crude oil A manufactured crude oil comprised of naphtha, distillate, and gas oil-boiling range material. Can range from high-quality, light sweet bottomless crude to heavy, sour blends.

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Tailings A combination of water, sand, silt, and fine clay particles that is a byproduct of removing the bitumen from the oilsand.

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Tailings settling basin The primary purpose of the tailings settling basin is to serve as a process vessel allowing time for tailings water to clarify and silt and clay particles to settle, so the water can be reused in extraction. The settling basin also acts as a thickener, preparing mature fine tails for final reclamation. Thermal recovery Any process by which heat energy is used to reduce the viscosity of bitumen in situ to facilitate recovery. Toe to heel air injection (THAI) An in situ combustion method for producing heavy oil and oilsand. In this technique, combustion starts from a vertical well, while the oil is produced from a horizontal well having its toe in close proximity to the vertical air-injection well. This production method is a modification of conventional fire flooding techniques in which the flame front from a vertical well pushes the oil to be produced from another vertical well. Total volume to bitumen in place The ratio of ore plus overburden volume to total bitumen in place. Truck-and-shovel mining Large electric or hydraulic shovels are used to remove the oilsand and load very large trucks. The trucks haul the oilsand to dump pockets where it is conveyed or pipelined to the extraction plant. Trucks and shovels are more economic to operate than the bucket-wheel reclaimers and draglines they have replaced at oilsands mines. Upgrading The process of converting heavy oil or bitumen into synthetic crude either through the removal of carbon (coking) or the addition of hydrogen (hydroconversion). Vapour extraction (Vapex) Vapex is a non-thermal recovery method that involves injecting a gaseous hydrocarbon solvent into the reservoir where it dissolves into the sludgelike oil, which becomes less viscous (or more fluid) before draining into a lower horizontal well and being extracted. Visbreaking A process designed to reduce residue viscosity by thermal means, but without appreciable coke formation. Viscosity The ability of a liquid to flow. The lower the viscosity, the more easily the liquid will flow. Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) The major land-based sedimentary basin in Canada. The basin extends from British Columbia in the west, eastward through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and includes portions of the Northwest and Yukon territories. The WCSB covers approximately 1,502,193 square kilometres.

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Edmonton

31 1 2

Burnaby

Hardisty

TRANS MOUNTAIN Anacortes

3 26

EXPRESS

Montreal

Superior

ENBRIDGE

St. Paul

Sarnia

PLATTE Salt Lake City

Guernsey

Chicago

Buffalo 13

10 15

24 23

Toledo Lima

Philadelphia Patoka

Wood River

17 4

Portland

Cushing

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CAPLINE 20 19

Houston St. James

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Light and Bitumen Crude Oil Prices

Oilsands: Mining and In Situ Oilsands Land Use

140 Mining 2.5%

Mining 20%

In Situ 80%

In Situ 97.5%

Light Crude Oil Prices Quoted in Media (West Texas Intermediate) Estimated Bitumen Price Netback

120 US$ per barrel

Oilsands Reserves

Kinder Morgan TMX 1A Expansion Kinder Morgan TMX 1B Expansion TransCanada Keystone TransCanada Keystone Cushing Ext. Enbridge AB Clipper Enbridge Line 4 Extension Minnesota Pipeline Expansion Enbridge Southern Access Expansion Enbridge Southern Access Ext. Enbridge Line 5 Expansion Enbridge Line 6B Expansion Enbridge Line 6C Expansion Enbridge Line 9 Re-reversal Portland Pipeline Reversal Sunoco—to Philadelphia Enbridge Pioneer (Opt 2) Enbridge Eastern PADD II Enbridge Pioneer (Opt 1) ExxonMobil Mustang Expansion Enbridge Spearhead Expansion (N/S) Sunoco—to US Gulf Coast ExxonMobil/Enbridge Texas Access ExxonMobil/Enbridge Pegasus Exp. Centurion Pipeline Reversal TEPPCO/KM Chinook-Maple Leaf BP No. 1 TransCanada Keystone XL Altex Energy Kinder Morgan TMX2 Expansion Kinder Morgan TMX3 Expansion TransCanada Alberta-California Enbridge Northern Gateway Kinder Morgan Northern Leg Enbridge Gateway Condensate Import Enbridge Southern Lights Capline/Chicap Enbridge North Dakota Enbridge Light Sour Line

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Jan

’07

Jul

Jan

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Economic Benefits from Oilsands 2000—2020 Study Period

Western Canadian Oilsands and Conventional Production

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Employment Impact Distribution (6.6 Million Person-Years)

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$102 Alberta Ontario Other Canada Foreign

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Alberta Ontario Other Canada Foreign

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Forecast

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Oilsands Production

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2007 = 1.2 MMbbl/d 2013 = 2.0 MMbbl/d 2018 = 3.0 MMbbl/d 2020 = 3.3 MMbbl/d

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Sulphur Dioxide

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A colourless gas with a pungent, rotten egg odour. Natural gas, oilsands, and power plants are major sources of sulphur dioxide in Alberta. Other minor sources include gas plant flares, oil refineries, pulp and paper mills, and fertilizer plants.

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1.2

184.3

2.6

238.5

AMS 4 - Buffalo Viewpoint

1.2

250.6

AMS 5 - Mannix

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686.7

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AMS 6 - Patricia McInnes

1.1

115.3

AMS 7 - Athabasca Valley

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76.5

AMS 8 - Fort Chipewyan

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AMS 10 - Albian Mine Site

1.3

61.7

AMS 11 - Lower Camp

2.1

194.5

AMS 12 - Millennium Mine

2.1

211.5

AMS 13 - Syncrude UE1

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114.3

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35.1

11.0

172.0

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Water Quality

Aquatic Insects

Sediment Quality

Fish

Clearwater-Christina Rivers

Muskeg River

Steepbank River

Tar River

MacKay River

Calumet River

Firebag River

Ells River

Hangingstone River

Poplar Creek

Fort Creek

50 Acid-Sensitive Lakes

Athabasca River and Delta

Number of 1Hour Guideline Exceedances

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Alberta Environment Guidelines

Water Body

Maximum 1-Hour Readings (ppb)

Comments 2006 was a dry year in the oilsands region Increased run-off due to land clearing Approved diversion of the river

Polar spillway regulation

Summary of 2006 Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program Results Legend: 1 Within normal range 2 Change in 2006 related to natural factors 3 Potential oilsands effect in 2006 4 Not monitored in 2006

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Particulate Matter (PM2.5)

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Particulate matter refers to particles in the air. Larger particles can be inhaled through the nose and throat, and smaller particles are respirable, which means they are small enough to penetrate the lungs.

Air Monitoring Station

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Number of 1Hour Guideline Exceedances

AMS 1 - Fort McKay

4.3

141.9

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AMS 6 - Patricia McInnes

3.8

247.7

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AMS 7 - Athabasca Valley

5.1

125.8

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AMS 8 - Fort Chipewyan

2.3

144.0

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AMS 10 - Albian Mine Site

5.3

163.7

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AMS 12 - Millennium Mine

17.2

406.3

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AMS 13 - Syncrude UE1

3.9

94.7

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AMS 14 - Anzac

5.5

225.4

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Oilsands Area Comparisons

Global Energy Related Emissions

160,000

Area (square kilometres)

140,200

Europe 17%

China 20%

Eurasia 9%

120,000 90,462 80,000

40,000

United States 22%

64,919

Japan 4%

Defined Oilsands Area

Oilsands Leased Area

3,450

420

Oilsands Mineable Area

Oilsands Disturbed Area (Mining)

SOURCE: CAPP

Protected Areas in Alberta

India 4%

Other 21%

Canada 2% Australia 1%

Canada's GHG Emissions by Sector

Agriculture 9% Transportation 25%

Buildings 10%

Solvent & Waste 4%

Fort McMurray Peace River

Oil & Gas ex OS 18%

Other Industry 14%

Electricity & Heat Generation 16%

Grande Prairie

Athabasca

Oilsands 5% Edmonton

SOURCE: CAPP

Full Cycle GHG Emissions by Crude Type 700

Lloydminster

Red Deer

Kg CO2e/Barrel

600

Production Transportation to Markets Refining

Venezuelan Partial Upgrading

Mexican

Nigerian

Arab Light

100

North Sea

200

Canadian Light

300

Canadian Diluted Bitumen

400

Canadian Upgraded Bitumen

500

Calgary

Medicine Hat Lethbridge

Refining Byproducts End Use Consumption SOURCE: T.J. McCann & Associates

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NETWORKING Associations & Organizations Alberta Association of Surface Land Agents 140, 21-10405 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3S2 Phone: (780) 413-3185 Fax: (780) 421-0204 Contact: Ted Parent, President tedp@hurland.ca www.aasla.com Alberta Building Trades Council 11848 111 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5G 0E1 Phone: (780) 421-9400 Fax: (780) 421-9433 www.albertabuildingtrades.com Alberta Chamber of Resources 1940-10180 101 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 3S4 Phone: (780) 420-1030 Fax: (780) 425-4623 Contact: Lloyd Dick, Communication and Research Specialist lloyd@acr-alberta.com www.acr-alberta.com Alberta Chambers of Commerce 1808-10025 102A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 2Z2 Phone: (780) 425-4180 Fax: (780) 486-7309 www.abchamber.ca

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Alberta Construction Safety Association 101-13025 St Albert Tr NW Edmonton AB T5L 5G2 Phone: (780) 453-3311 Fax: (780) 455-1120 Toll Free: (800) 661-2272 Toll Free Fax: (877) 441-0440 edmonton@acsa-safety.org www.acsa-safety.org Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association 1000-10020 101A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3G2 Phone: (780) 429-8805 Fax: (780) 429-3374 info@alsa.ab.ca www.alsa.ab.ca Alberta Research Council 3608 33 St NW Calgary AB T2L 2A6 Phone: (403) 210-5222 Fax: (403) 210-5380 Contact: John McDougall, President and CEO www.arc.ab.ca Alberta Sand & Gravel Association 201-9333 45 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Z7 Phone: (780) 435-2844 Fax: (780) 435-2044 techrock@connect.ab.ca www.asga.ab.ca

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Alberta Urban Municipalities Association 10507 Saskatchewan Dr NW Edmonton AB T6E 4S1 Phone: (780) 433-4431 Fax: (780) 433-4454 Contact: Bob Hawkesworth, President main@auma.ab.ca www.munilink.net

ASET-The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta 1630-10020 101A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3G2 Phone: (780) 425-0626 Fax: (780) 424-5053 www.aset.ab.ca

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association 202-9906 102 St Fort Saskatchewan AB T8L 2C3 Phone: (780) 998-7453 Fax: (780) 998-7543 Toll Free North America: (888) 414-0032 Contact: Neil Shelly, Executive Director inquiries@industrialheartland.com www.industrialheartland.com

Calgary Chamber of Commerce 100 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0P5 Phone: (403) 750-0400 Fax: (403) 266-3413 www.calgarychamber.com

APEGGA 1500-10060 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 4A2 Phone: (780) 426-3990 Fax: (780) 426-1877 email@apegga.org www.apegga.org APEGS 104-2255 13 Ave Regina SK S4P 0V6 Phone: (306) 525-9547 Fax: (306) 525-0851 apegs@apegs.sk.ca www.apegs.sk.ca

Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers 800-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 264-4311 Fax: (403) 263-3796 Contact: Doug Hollies, President doug.hollies@encana.com www.cade.ca Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors 1045-1015 4 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J4 Phone: (403) 265-0045 Fax: (403) 265-0025 Contact: Mike Doyle, President mjd@cagc.ca www.cagc.ca

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NETWORKING Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors 800-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 264-4311 Fax: (403) 263-3796 Contact: Mark Scholz, Manager, Technical Services mscholz@caodc.ca www.caodc.ca

Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research & Development A1, 157-3608 33 St SW c/o Alberta Research Council Calgary AB T2L 2A6 Phone: (403) 210-5221 Fax: (403) 210-5380 Contact: Erdal Yildirim, General Manager yildrim@conrad.ab.ca www.conrad.ab.ca

Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen 350-500 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3L5 Phone: (403) 237-6635 Fax: (403) 263-1620 Contact: Denise Grieve, Office Manager dgrieve@landman.ca www.capl.ca

Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Engineering Bldg, 57 Campus Dr Saskatoon SK S7N 5A9 Phone: (306) 966-4771 Fax: (306) 966-4777 Contact: Ajay Dailai, MCIC, Dept of Chemical Engineering ajay.dalai@usask.ca www.chemeng.ca

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) 2100-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 267-1100 Fax: (403) 261-4622 communication@capp.ca www.capp.ca Canadian Council of Professional Geologists 2200-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2W1 Phone: (403) 232-8511 Fax: (403) 269-2787 contact@ccpg.ca www.ccpg.ca Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) 1860-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V7 Phone: (403) 221-8777 Fax: (403) 221-8760 info@cepa.com www.cepa.com Canadian Energy Research Institute 150-3512 33 St NW Calgary AB T2L 2A6 Phone: (403) 282-1231 Fax: (403) 284-4181 Contact: Dr Carmen Dybwad, Vice-President, Business Development vpbusiness@ceri.ca www.ceri.ca Canadian Geoscience Council (CGC) 1607-110 Gymnasium Pl University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 4J8 Phone: (306) 966-8578 Fax: (306) 966-8597 Contact: Bryan Schreiner, International Director bt.schreiner@usask.ca www.geoscience.ca Canadian Heavy Oil Association 400-500 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3L5 Phone: (403) 269-1755 Fax: (403) 262-4792 Contact: Bill MacFarlane office@choa.ab.ca www.choa.ab.ca

Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) 600-640 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1G7 Phone: (403) 262-0015 Fax: (403) 262-7383 Contact: Jim Racette, Managing Director jimra@shaw.ca www.cseg.ca Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) 600-640 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1G7 Phone: (403) 264-5610 Fax: (403) 264-5898 Contact: Jim Reimer, President jim@resultenergy.com www.cspg.org Canadian Standards Association 1707 94 St NW Edmonton AB T6N 1E6 Phone: (780) 450-2111 Fax: (780) 461-5322 Contact: Patricia Pasemko patricia.pasemko@csa-international.org www.csa.ca Canadian Well Logging Society 2200-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2W1 Phone: (403) 269-9366 Fax: (403) 269-2787 Contact: Peter Kubica, President kubica@petro-canada.ca www.cwls.org Central Alberta Economic Partnership Ltd (CAEP) B102, 354-5212 48 St Red Deer AB T4N 7C3 Phone: (403) 357-2237 Fax: (403) 357-2288 Contact: Dawna Allard, Manager info@centralalberta.ab.ca www.centralalberta.ab.ca Christian Labour Association Of Canada 232-2333 18 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 8T6 Phone: (403) 686-0288 Fax: (403) 686-0357 Contact: Paul de Jong, Alberta Representative calgary@clac.ca www.clac.ca

Clean Air Strategic Alliance (CASA) 1000-10035 108 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 3E1 Phone: (780) 427-9793 Fax: (780) 422-3127 Contact: Donna Tingley, Executive Director casa@casahome.org www.casahome.org Coal Association of Canada 150-205 9 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0R3 Phone: (403) 262-1544 Fax: (403) 265-7604 info@coal.ca www.coal.ca Construction Labour Relations An Alberta Association 207-2725 12 St NE Calgary AB T2E 7J2 Phone: (403) 250-7390 Fax: (403) 250-5516 Toll Free: (800) 308-9466 Contact: Andrew Beaton www.clra.org Construction Owners Association of Alberta 1940-10180 101 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 3S4 Phone: (780) 420-1145 Fax: (780) 425-4623 Contact: Brad Anderson, Executive Director www.coaa.ab.ca Edmonton Chamber of Commerce 700-9990 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 1P7 Phone: (780) 426-4620 Fax: (780) 424-7946 info@edmontonchamber.com www.edmontonchamber.com Environmental Services Association of Alberta 1710-10303 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3N6 Phone: (780) 429-6363 Fax: (780) 429-4249 Contact: Joe Barraclough, Director, Industry and Government Relations info@esaa.org www.esaa.org Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce 304-9612 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2J9 Phone: (780) 743-3100 Fax: (780) 790-9757 www.fortmcmurraychamber.ca Freehold Owners Association 1403 12 St SW Calgary AB T3C 1B3 Phone: (403) 245-4438 Fax: (403) 245-4420 Contact: Else Pedersen, President fhoa@shaw.ca www.fhoa.ca International Energy Foundation Site 8 RR 1 Box 64 Okotoks AB T1S 1A1 Phone: (403) 938-6210 Fax: (403) 938-6210 Contact: Dr. Peter J. Catania, Chairman chairman@ief-energy.org www.ief-energy.org

International Union of Painters & Allied Trades 17804 118 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2W3 Phone: (780) 484-8645 Fax: (780) 486-7309 info@iupat.ab.ca Lakeland Industry & Community Association 5006 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2J5 Phone: (780) 812-2182 Fax: (780) 812-2186 lica2@lica.ca www.lica.ca Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce 4419 52 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 0Y8 Phone: (780) 875-9013 Fax: (780) 875-0755 www.lloydminsterchamber.com Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show PO Box 2084 Lloydminster SK S9V 1R5 Phone: (780) 875-6664 Fax: (780) 875-8856 Manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Health & Safety Association 201-292060 Wagon Wheel Link Rocky View AB T4A 0E2 Phone: (403) 279-5555 Fax: (403) 279-1993 bob@mhsa.ab.ca www.mhsa.ab.ca Merit Contractors Association 103-13025 St Albert Tr NW Edmonton AB T5L 5G4 Phone: (780) 455-5999 Fax: (780) 455-2109 meritedm@meritalberta.com www.meritalberta.com Oil Sands Environmental Research Network (OSERN) Room 751, General Services Bldg University of Alberta Edmonton AB T6G 2H1 Phone: (780) 492-6538 Fax: (780) 492-4323 Contact: David Chanasyk, Coordinator david.chanasyk@ualberta.ca www.osern.rr.ualberta.ca Oil Sands Geological Associates 593 Silvergrove Dr NW Calgary AB T3B 4R9 Phone: (403) 288-2565 Fax: (403) 288-2565 Contact: Brian Rottenfuser b.rottenfuser@home.com Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA) Box 13-8115 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2H7 Phone: (780) 791-4944 Fax: (780) 715-3945 www.ossa-wb.ca Petroleum Joint Venture Association 400-1040 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G9 Phone: (403) 244-4487 Fax: (403) 244-2340 Contact: Connie Pruden, Administrator pjva@pjva.ca www.pjva.ca

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The Oil Sands Developers Group 613A-8600 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 4G8 Phone: (780) 790-1999 Fax: (780) 790-1971 Contact: Jacob Irving, Executive Director www.oilsandsdevelopers.ca

Education Alberta Ironworkers Apprenticeship Training Plan 10508 122 St NW Edmonton AB T5N 1M6 Phone: (780) 482-0901 Fax: (780) 482-0874 Contact: Jeff Norris jeff@ironworkers720.com www.ironworkers720.com Athabasca University 1 University Dr Athabasca AB T9S 3A3 Phone: (780) 675-6100 Fax: (780) 675-6437 www.athabascau.ca Ayrton Exploration Consulting Ltd 1409 Shelbourne St SW Calgary AB T3C 2L1 Phone: (403) 262-5440 Fax: (403) 229-0083 Contact: Bill Ayrton, President info@ayrtonexploration.com www.ayrtonexploration.com Canadian Industrial & Construction Training (CICT) 620B-8600 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 4G8 Phone: (780) 790-1230 Fax: (780) 791-9330 Contact: Carolyn Glavine, Manager cict@telus.net www.cict.ca CAREERS: The Next Generation 200-10787 180 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 1G8 Phone: (780) 426-3414 Fax: (780) 428-8164 careers@nextgen.org www.nextgen.org DeVry Institute of Technology 2700 3 Ave SE Calgary AB T2A 7W4 Phone: (403) 235-3450 Fax: (403) 207-6225 Toll Free: (800) 247-7800 International Office Phone: (602) 216-7700 www.devry.ca Enform 1538 25 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 8Y3 Phone: (403) 250-9606 Fax: (403) 291-9408 Contact: Lois Holloway, Events Coordinator, Business Development & Communication lholloway@enform.ca www.enform.ca Engineering Internship Program Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary 118-2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Phone: (403) 220-2930 Fax: (403) 220-9057 Contact: Nima Dorjee, Director engineer@ucalgary.ca www.schulich.ucalgary.ca/eip

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Grande Prairie Regional College 10726 106 Ave Grande Prairie AB T8V 4C4 Phone: (780) 539-2975 Fax: (780) 539-2791 Contact: Don Gnatiuk, President www.gprc.ab.ca Grant MacEwan College 5 138-10700 104 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 4S2 Phone: (780) 497-5040 Fax: (780) 497-5001 www.macewan.ca Institute For Sustainable Energy, Environment & Economy 220 CCIT Bldg, University of Calgary 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Phone: (403) 220-6100 Fax: (403) 210-9770 Contact: Alison Doyle, Administrative Coordinator aedoyle@ucalgary.ca www.iseee.ca Keyano College 8115 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2H7 Phone: (780) 791-4800 Fax: (780) 791-1555 Contact: Jim Foote, President jim.foote@keyano.ca www.keyano.ca Lakeland College 5707 47 Ave W Vermilion AB T9X 1K5 Phone: (800) 661-6490 Fax: (780) 853-2955 Contact: Heather MacMillan, Enrollment Specialist admissions@lakelandcollege.ca www.lakelandcollege.ca Mount Royal College 4825 Richard Rd SW Calgary AB T3E 6K6 Phone: (403) 240-6163 Fax: (403) 240-6095 Contact: Dr. David Marshall, President externalrelations@mtroyal.ca www.mtroyal.ab.ca Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 2000-11762 106 St NW Edmonton AB T5G 2R1 Phone: (780) 378-5057 Fax: (780) 471-8370 registrar@nait.ca www.nait.ca Northern Lights College 11401 8 St Dawson Creek BC V1G 4G2 Phone: (250) 782-5251 Fax: (250) 784-7563 appinfo@nlc.bc.ca www.nlc.bc.ca PDAC Mining Matters 900-34 King St E Toronto ON M5C 2X8 Phone: (416) 362-1969 Fax: (416) 362-0101 pdacmm@pdac.ca www.pdac.ca/miningmatters

Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education (PEICE) 201-1228 Kensington Rd NW Calgary AB T2N 3P7 Phone: (403) 284-1250 Fax: (403) 770-8252 Contact: Celina Almeida, Registrar & Accounts Receivable Coordinator www.peice.com Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) 6 Research Dr Regina SK S4S 7J7 Phone: (306) 787-7497 Fax: (306) 787-8811 Contact: Norman Sacuta, Communications Manager norm.sacuta@ptrc.ca www.ptrc.ca Portage College PO Box 417 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-5551 Fax: (780) 623-7847 Contact: Leona Geller, Public Relations & Information Administrator info@portagecollege.com www.portagec.ab.ca SAIT Polytechnic 1301 16 Ave NW Calgary AB T2M 0L4 Phone: (403) 210-4453 Fax: (403) 284-7163 Contact: Corporate Training training@sait.ca www.sait.ca/training University of Alberta 114 St 89 Ave NW Industrial Design Studio Edmonton AB T6G 2E1 Phone: (780) 492-3111 www.ualberta.ca University of Calgary 118-2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Phone: (403) 210-5110 Fax: (403) 289-6800 www.ucalgary.ca University Of Lethbridge 4401 University Dr W Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Phone: (403) 329-2111 Fax: (403) 329-5159 inquiries@uleth.ca www.uleth.ca University of Regina Faculty of Engineering 3737 Wascana Pky Regina SK S4S 0A2 Phone: (306) 585-4160 Fax: (306) 585-4855 Contact: Dr. Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Dean of Engineering paitoon@uregina.ca www.uregina.ca/engg

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University of Saskatchewan Dept of Civil & Geological Engineering 57 Campus Dr Saskatoon SK S7N 5A9 Phone: (306) 966-5336 Fax: (306) 966-5427 Contact: Dr. S.L. Barbour, Head of Dept lee.barbour@usask.ca www.engr.usask.ca

Government Alberta Aboriginal Relations 203-10800 97 Ave NW Legislature Bldg Edmonton AB T5K 2B6 Phone: (780) 422-4144 Fax: (780) 644-8389 www.aboriginal.alberta.ca Alberta Advanced Education & Technology 500-10020 101A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3G2 Phone: (780) 427-0285 Fax: (780) 415-9824 is.inq@gov.ab.ca www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca Alberta Community DevelopmentPreservation 320-10800 97 Ave NW Legislature Bldg Edmonton AB T5K 2B6 Phone: (780) 427-4928 Alberta Department of Energy 700-9945 108 St NW Edmonton AB T5K 2G6 Phone: (780) 427-7425 Fax: (780) 422-0698 www.energy.gov.ab.ca Alberta Department of Sustainable Resource Development 9920 108 St NW Edmonton AB T5K 2M4 Phone: (780) 944-0313 Fax: (780) 427-4407 Alberta Energy Research Institute 2540-801 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3W2 Phone: (403) 297-7089 Fax: (403) 297-3638 Contact: Eddy Isaacs, Executive Director aeri@gov.ab.ca www.aeri.ab.ca

Alberta Environment 9820 106 St NW 4th Floor Oxbridge Place Edmonton AB T5K 2J6 Phone: (780) 427-2700 Fax: (780) 422-4086 env.infocent@gov.ab.ca www.gov.ab.ca Alberta Geological Survey 4000-4999 98 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2X3 Phone: (780) 422-1927 Fax: (780) 422-1918 Contact: Andrew Beaton, Section Leader, Geologist, Unconventional Gas and Oil Sands andrew.beaton@gov.ab.ca www.ags.gov.ab.ca Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations PO Box 1333 Edmonton AB T5J 2N2 Phone: (780) 427-2711 Fax: (780) 422-2852 www.international.alberta.ca

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Alberta China Office Canadian Embassy, 19 Dongzhimenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District Beijing 100600 Phone: 01186 106532-3536 Fax: 01186 106532-1304 albertachinaoffice@gov.ab.ca www.albertachina.com CNPC - Alberta Petroleum Centre 200, Science & Technology Bldg 20 Xue Yuan Rd, HaiDian District Beijing 100083 Phone: 01186 106209-8522 Fax: 01186 106209-8529 capc@gov.ab.ca www.albertachina.com Alberta Hong Kong Office 1004 Admiralty Centre, Tower Two 18 Harcourt Rd Central Hong Kong Phone: 011852 2528-4729 Fax: 011852 2529-8115 albertahongkongoffice@gov.ab.ca www.alberta.org.hk

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Alberta Mexico Office Calle Schiller No. 529 Colonia Polanco, Del. Miguel Hidalgo Mexico D.F. 11560 Phone: 52555 387-9302 Fax: 52555 724-7913 albertamexicooffice@gov.ab.ca www.alberta-canada.com/mexico

Alberta Land Compensation Board 1800-10020 101A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3G2 Phone: (780) 422-2988 Fax: (780) 427-5798 www.surfacerights.gov.ab.ca./lcb Alberta Queen’s Printer 10611 98 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5K 2P7 Phone: (780) 427-4952 Fax: (780) 452-0668 Contact: Gisele Abt, Manager qp@gov.ab.ca www.qp.alberta.ca Alberta Surface Rights Board 1800-10020 101A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3G2 Phone: (780) 427-2444 Fax: (780) 427-5798 www.surfacerights.gov.ab.ca Alberta Utilities Commission 4 Flr-425 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3L8 Phone: (403) 592-8845 Fax: (403) 592-4406 info@auc.ab.ca www.auc.ab.ca

BC Ministry of EMPR 1810 Blanshard St Victoria BC V8T 4J1 Phone: (250) 952-0115 Fax: (250) 952-0922 www.em.gov.bc.ca Calgary Economic Development 731 1 St SE Calgary AB T2G 2G9 Phone: (403) 221-7831 Fax: (403) 221-7828 www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com CANMET Mining & Mineral Sciences Laboratories 580 Booth St Ottawa ON K1A 0G1 Phone: (613) 992-7392 Fax: (613) 947-0983 canmet-mmsl@nrcan.gc.ca www.nrcan.gc.ca Climate Change Central 100-999 8 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J5 Phone: (403) 517-2700 Fax: (403) 517-2727 contact@climatechangecentral.com www.climatechangecentral.com Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan 400-2400 College Ave Regina SK S4P 1C8 Phone: (306) 787-5754 Fax: (306) 787-8125 pwyant@cicorp.sk.ca www.cicorp.sk.ca Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) 4 Flr-9990 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 1P7 Phone: (780) 424-9191 Fax: (780) 426-0535 Toll Free: (800) 661-6965 info@edmonton.com www.edmonton.com/eedc Energy Resources Conservation Board 1500-640 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G4 Phone: (403) 297-8311 Fax: (403) 297-7336 inquiries@ercb.ca www.ercb.ca

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NETWORKING Environment Canada 70 Cremazie St Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Phone: (819) 997-2800 Fax: (819) 994-1412 enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca www.ec.gc.ca Foreign Affairs and International Trade 300-639 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M9 Phone: (403) 292-6070 Fax: (403) 292-4578 www.infoexport.gc.ca Lac La Biche County Economic Development PO Box 2188 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2662 Fax: (780) 623-2671 Contact: Jane Palmer, Manager - Economic Development cfllb@telus.net www.LacLaBicheRegion.com Leduc/Nisku Economic Development Authority 6422 50 St Leduc AB T9E 7K9 Phone: (780) 986-9538 Fax: (780) 986-1121 Contact: Trevor King eda@internationalregion.com www.internationalregion.com National Energy Board 444 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0X8 Phone: (403) 292-4800 Fax: (403) 292-5503 info@neb-one.gc.ca www.neb-one.gc.ca National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program 250 Karl Clark Rd NW Edmonton AB T6N 1E4 Phone: (780) 495-6509 Fax: (780) 495-6510 Contact: Don Towson, Industrial Technology Advisor www.irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Natural Resources Canada 580 Booth St Ottawa ON K1A 0E4 Phone: (613) 947-1948 Fax: (613) 947-0373 To Order Publications: (800) 287-2000 www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Northern Alberta Development Council Bag 900, 206-9621 96 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1T4 Phone: (780) 624-6274 Fax: (780) 624-6184 Contact: Dan Dibbelt, Executive Director nadc.council@gov.ab.ca www.nadc.gov.ab.ca Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo 9909 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2K4 Phone: (780) 743-7000 Fax: (780) 743-7874 www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca

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Saskatchewan Energy and Resources 200-2103 11 Ave Regina SK S4P 3V7 Phone: (306) 787-1691 Fax: (306) 787-2198 Contact: Robert Ellis, Director www.er.gov.sk.ca

Information Resources Alberta Construction Magazine 300-5735 7 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8V3 Phone: (403) 265-3700 Fax: (403) 265-3706 www.albertaconstructionmagazine.com Alberta Ingenuity Centre for In Situ Energy 2410-10180 101 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 3S4 Phone: (780) 423-5735 Fax: (780) 420-0018 Contact: Dr. Peter Hackett, President and CEO info@albertaingenuity.ca www.aicise.ca Alberta Oil-The Magazine 200-1013 17 Ave SW Calgary AB T2T 0A7 Phone: (403) 338-1731 Fax: (403) 663-0086 www.albertaoilmagazine.com Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd 6-3535 Research Rd NW University Research Centre Calgary AB T2L 2K8 Phone: (403) 220-5346 Fax: (403) 284-2054 Contact: Paul Davis, General Manager asrinfo@ucalgary.ca www.chem.ucalgary.ca/asr B & S Publications Inc (Oil & Gas Index) 405 14 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 1E6 Phone: (403) 237-0318 Fax: (403) 264-1313 www.oilandgasindex.com Canadian Centre for Energy Information 1600-800 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G3 Phone: (403) 263-7722 Fax: (403) 237-6286 Contact: Colleen Killingsworth, President www.centreforenergy.com Canadian Oilfield Service & Supply Directory 300-5735 7 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8V3 Phone: (403) 265-3700 Fax: (403) 265-3706 sales@cossd.com www.cossd.com Canadian Wellsite PO Box 70045 RPO Bowness Calgary AB T3B 5K3 Phone: (403) 286-6150 Fax: (403) 206-7292 info@canadian-wellsite.com www.canadianwellsite.com dmg world media 605-999 8 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J5 Phone: (403) 209-3555 Fax: (403) 245-8649 www.petroleumshow.com

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Edmonton Pipe Trades Education 200-16214 118 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5V 1M6 Phone: (780) 488-1266 Fax: (780) 482-9520 Contact: Bill Wilson, Training Coordinator billw@local488.ca www.local488.ca Ian Murray & Company Ltd 1400-10025 106 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 1G4 Phone: (780) 482-5577 Fax: (780) 482-5939 www.imcprojects.ca IHS Energy 3900-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 770-4646 Fax: (403) 770-4647 www.ihsenergy.com JuneWarren-Nickleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Group 300-5735 7 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8V3 Phone: (403) 265-3700 Fax: (403) 265-3706 Contact: Alaina Dodge-Foulger, Senior Marketing Coordinator adodge@junewarren-nickles.com www.junewarren-nickles.com Kirby Hayes Incorporated 5601 35 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1S1 Phone: (780) 871-2555 Fax: (780) 875-9327 Contact: Kirby Hayes, President www.kirbyhayes.com Marengo Energy Research Ltd 62129 Twp Rd 252 Calgary AB T3Z 3P5 Phone: (403) 932-4162 Fax: (403) 932-4068 marengo@telusplanet.net Mikisew Energy Services Group 345 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-1020 Fax: (780) 791-2510 National Centre for Upgrading Technology (NCUT) 1 Oil Patch Dr Devon AB T9G 1A8 Phone: (780) 987-8682 Fax: (780) 987-5349 Contact: Debbie Kobza ncut@nrcan.gc.ca www.ncut.com Northern Star Communications 500-900 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3K2 Phone: (403) 263-6881 Fax: (403) 263-6886 www.northernstar.ab.ca Oil & Gas Inquirer 300-5735 7 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8V3 Phone: (403) 265-3700 Fax: (403) 265-3706 www.oilandgasinquirer.com Oil & Gas Network 300-840 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E5 Phone: (403) 539-1165 Fax: (403) 206-7753 www.oilgas.net

Oil Sands Discovery Centre 515 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4X3 Phone: (780) 743-7167 Fax: (780) 791-0710 osdc@gov.ab.ca www.oilsandsdiscovery.com Oilsands Expediting Ltd PO Box 5830 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 4V9 Phone: (780) 792-0190 Fax: (780) 715-0725 Oilsands Review 6111 91 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6V6 Phone: (780) 944-9333 Fax: (780) 944-9500 Oilweek 300-5735 7 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8V3 Phone: (403) 265-3700 Fax: (403) 265-3706 www.oilweek.com PetroStudies Consultants Inc 204-4603 Varsity Dr NW Calgary AB T3A 2V7 Phone: (403) 265-9722 Fax: (403) 265-8842 info01@petrostudies.com www.petrostudies.com Portfire Associates Inc 823 120 Ave SE Calgary AB T2J 2K5 Phone: (403) 870-5402 Fax: (403) 206-7306 Contact: Marc Godin info@portfire.com www.portfire.com Public Knowledge Inc 300-840 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E5 Phone: (403) 531-9575 Fax: (403) 531-9579 Contact: Norm Watts www.oilandgasreserves.com Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 4928 190 St NW Edmonton AB T6M 2S6 Phone: (780) 428-8088 Fax: (780) 428-0405 Contact: Randy Williamson, President president@urisab.org www.urisab.org Venture Publishing Inc 10259 105 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 1E3 Phone: (780) 990-0839 Fax: (780) 425-4921 www.venturepublishing.ca Wellhub 5020 12 St SE Calgary AB T2G 5K9 Phone: (403) 243-2220 Fax: (403) 243-2872 admin@wellhub.com www.wellhub.com

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PRODUCERS Lease Holders Allied Land Services (1978) Ltd 200-718 15 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0R6 Phone: (403) 244-5530 Fax: (403) 245-8336 Alterren Land Services Ltd 100-1721 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0K1 Phone: (403) 266-2858 Fax: (403) 263-3174 Antelope Land Services Ltd 1920 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0J8 Phone: (403) 265-2855 Fax: (403) 266-4389 Bancroft Oil & Gas Ltd 1318 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0M6 Phone: (403) 229-1500 Fax: (403) 245-0074 Brio Energy Corp 1100-630 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S8 Phone: (403) 266-5746 Fax: (403) 266-1293 Bristol Land & Leasing 1600-144 4 SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 233-8822 Fax: (403) 538-2317

Britt Resources Ltd 1100-630 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S8 Phone: (403) 266-5746 Fax: (403) 266-1293 www.brittland.com Calico Land Services Ltd 550-815 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Phone: (403) 237-5570 Fax: (403) 237-5568 Canadian Landmasters Resource Services Ltd 300-1324 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0M6 Phone: (403) 802-4223 Fax: (403) 264-5185 terry.henkelman@divestco.com www.landmasters.ca Cavalier Land Ltd 300-1324 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0M6 Phone: (403) 264-5188 Fax: (403) 264-5185 www.divestco.com Charter Land Services Ltd 440-510 5 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3S2 Phone: (403) 269-3931 Fax: (403) 266-4926

Four West Land Consultants Ltd 510-206 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0W7 Phone: (403) 237-5460 Fax: (403) 263-3151 info@fourwest.com www.fourwest.com

Pioneer Professional Services Group 200-1711 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0K1 Phone: (403) 229-3969 Fax: (403) 244-1202 calgary@pioneer-group.ca www.pioneer-group.ca

LandSolutions Inc 200-601 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0B2 Phone: (403) 290-0008 Fax: (403) 290-0050

Ranger Land Services Ltd 211-1215 13 St SE Calgary AB T2G 3J4 Phone: (403) 265-2225 Fax: (403) 265-2227 brad@rangerland.ca www.rangerland.ca

Map Resources Ltd 202-1040 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G9 Phone: (403) 265-8709 Fax: (403) 269-2652 Maverick Land Consultants Ltd. 207-5720 Macleod Tr SW Calgary AB T2H 0J6 Phone: (403) 537-1158 Fax: (403) 243-7947 www.maverickland.ca Meridian Land Services (90) Ltd 100-1721 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0K1 Phone: (403) 266-2858 Fax: (403) 263-3174 www.meridianland.com Petroland Services (1986) Ltd 1221A 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0M5 Phone: (403) 229-1500 Fax: (403) 245-0074

Regent Land Services Ltd 202-1040 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G9 Phone: (403) 265-8709 Fax: (403) 269-2652 Sandstone Land & Mineral Company Ltd 200-608 7 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1Z2 Phone: (403) 265-1116 Fax: (403) 265-1118 Scott Land & Lease Ltd 900-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 261-1000 Fax: (403) 263-5263 www.scottland.ca

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PRODUCERS Standard Land Co Inc 1300-734 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P8 Phone: (403) 265-1116 Fax: (403) 265-1118 standard@standardland.com Storm Exploration 62C Riel Dr St Albert AB T8N 5C4 Phone: (780) 460-9994 Thunder Creek Resources Ltd 440-510 5 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3S2 Phone: (403) 269-3931 Fax: (403) 266-4926 Township Land Co Ltd 1000-825 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2T3 Phone: (403) 234-8134 Fax: (403) 233-0203 Western Land Services Co Ltd 220-1509 Centre St SW Calgary AB T2G 2E6 Phone: (403) 266-3076 Fax: (403) 262-3430 wlsmain@telusplanet.net Windfall Resources Ltd 900-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 261-1000 Fax: (403) 263-5263

Producers Action Energy Inc 800-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 264-1112 Fax: (403) 264-1116 www.action-energy.com Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd 3100-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 261-8810 Fax: (403) 262-0723 www.advantageincome.com Alberta Oilsands Inc 2800-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 263-6700 Fax: (403) 263-6702 www.aboilsands.ca Albian Sands Energy Inc PO Box 5670 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 713-4400 Fax: (780) 713-4601 www.albiansands.ca Arrowwood Oil & Gas Ltd 1000-736 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T7 Phone: (403) 269-8913 Fax: (403) 237-7963 Avenir Operating Corp 200-116 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1B3 Phone: (403) 263-3495 Fax: (403) 263-0643 www.avenirtrust.com

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BA Energy Inc 1100-635 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 539-4500 Baytex Energy Ltd 2200-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V7 Phone: (403) 269-4282 Fax: (403) 267-0777 investor@baytex.ab.ca www.baytex.ab.ca Bonavista Petroleum Ltd 700-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 213-4300 Fax: (403) 262-5184 www.bonavistaenergy.com Bounty Developments and Oilsands 1250-340 12 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1L5 Phone: (403) 264-4994 Fax: (403) 266-6031 info@bountydev.com www.bountydev.com BP Canada Energy Company PO Box 200 Stn M Calgary AB T2P 2H8 Phone: (403) 233-1313 Fax: (403) 233-5610 www.bp.com Buffalo Resources Corp 410-396 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 252-2462 Fax: (403) 252-1399 www.buffaloresources.com Canadian Forest Oil Ltd 2500-645 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4G8 Phone: (403) 292-8000 Fax: (403) 261-7665 www.forestoil.com Canadian Natural Resources Limited 2500-855 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 4J8 Phone: (403) 517-6700 Fax: (403) 517-7350 investor.relations@cnrl.com www.cnrl.com Canadian Oil Sands Trust 2500-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 218-6200 Fax: (403) 218-6201 Canol Resources Ltd 2040-605 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H5 Phone: (403) 269-6400 Fax: (403) 269-8050 Celtic Exploration Ltd 500-505 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3E6 Phone: (403) 201-9153 Fax: (403) 201-9163 www.celticex.com Chevron Canada Resources 500 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0L7 Phone: (403) 234-5000 Fax: (403) 234-5947 phcm@chevron.com www.chevron.com

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CNPC International (Canada) Ltd 518-100 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N2 Phone: (403) 261-3970 Fax: (403) 261-3974 admin.cnpc@cnpc-canada.com Coastal Resources Limited 1400-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 266-1930 Fax: (403) 266-2032 Compton Petroleum Corporation 3300-425 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3L8 Phone: (403) 237-9400 Fax: (403) 237-9410 investorinfo@comptonpetroleum.com www.comptonpetroleum.com Connacher Oil & Gas Ltd 900-332 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0B2 Phone: (403) 538-6201 Fax: (403) 538-6225 www.connacheroil.com ConocoPhillips Canada Limited 1600-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 233-4000 Fax: (403) 233-5143 www.conocophillips.com Cyries Energy Inc 700-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2W1 Phone: (403) 261-6883 Fax: (403) 266-1814 Daylight Energy Ltd 2100-144 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 266-6900 Fax: (403) 266-6988 ir@daylightenergy.ca www.daylightenergy.ca Deep Well Oil & Gas Inc 700-10150 100 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 0P6 Phone: (780) 409-8144 Fax: (780) 409-8146 www.deepwelloil.com Devon Canada Corporation 4 Flr Mail Rm-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 232-7100 Fax: (403) 232-7211 www.devonenergy.com Diaz Resources Ltd 1800-633 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2Y5 Phone: (403) 269-9889 Fax: (403) 269-9890 admin@diazresources.com www.diazresources.com Durando Resources Corp 507 9 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 0W2 Phone: (403) 819-8778

Duvernay Oil Corp 1500-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 571-3600 Fax: (403) 269-6510 EnCana Corp 1800-855 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 4Z5 Phone: (403) 645-2000 Fax: (403) 645-3400 www.encana.com Enerplus Group 3000-333 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2Z1 Phone: (403) 298-2255 www.enerplus.com Enterra Energy Corp 2700-500 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V6 Phone: (403) 263-0262 Fax: (403) 294-1197 bighorn@enterraenergy.com www.enterraenergy.com E-T Energy Ltd 4895 35B St SW Calgary AB T2B 3M9 Phone: (403) 569-5100 Fax: (403) 272-2701 info@e-tenergy.com www.e-tenergy.com ExxonMobil Canada Ltd PO Box 800 Stn M Calgary AB T2P 2J7 Phone: (403) 232-5300 Fax: (403) 237-2197 pat_j_oscienny@email.mobil.com www.exxon.mobil.com 439 Oil Corp 200-1210 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0M4 Phone: (403) 571-4477 Fax: (403) 571-4444 Freehold Royalty Trust 400-144 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 221-0802 Fax: (403) 221-0888 kctaylor@freeholdtrust.com www.freeholdtrust.com Frog Lake Energy Corp Frog Lake First Nations General Delivery Frog Lake AB T0A 1M0 Phone: (780) 943-3737 Fax: (780) 943-3966 Habanero Resources Inc 1205-789 West Pender St Vancouver BC V6C 1H2 Phone: (604) 646-6900 Fax: (604) 689-1733 info@habaneroresources.com www.habaneroresources.com Halvar Resources Ltd 201-17707 105 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1T1 Phone: (780) 451-0071 Fax: (780) 451-3716 Harvard International Resources Ltd PO Box 6748 Stn D Calgary AB T2P 2E6 Phone: (403) 261-2950 Fax: (403) 264-2251

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PRODUCERS Harvest Operations Corp 2100-330 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0L4 Phone: (403) 265-1178 Fax: (403) 265-3490 info@harvestenergy.ca www.harvestenergy.ca Hunt Oil Company of Canada Inc 3100-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 531-1530 Fax: (403) 531-1539 www.huntoil.com Huron Energy Corp 1000-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 264-1200 Fax: (403) 264-2200 Husky Energy Inc 707 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H5 Phone: (403) 298-6111 Fax: (403) 298-7464 www.huskyenergy.ca Imperial Oil Resources Limited 4063-237 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0H6 Phone: (403) 237-3737 Fax: (403) 237-4017 www.imperialoil.ca

Indian Oil & Gas Canada 100-9911 Chiila Blvd SW Tsuu T’ina AB T2W 6H6 Phone: (403) 292-5625 Fax: (403) 292-5618 www.iogc.gc.ca

Kaiser Exploration Ltd 850-700 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3J4 Phone: (403) 263-4245 Fax: (403) 265-3161

L B Noble Resource Management Ltd 1003 Edgemont Rd NW Calgary AB T3A 2J5 Phone: (403) 220-1400 Fax: (403) 282-0375

Invasion Energy Inc 2500-645 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4G8 Phone: (403) 292-8000 Fax: (403) 261-7665

Kinderock Resources Ltd 21 Capillano Dr Saskatoon SK S7K 4A4 Phone: (306) 244-6721 Fax: (306) 653-5710

Laricina Energy Ltd 800-138 4 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 4Z6 Phone: (403) 750-0810 Fax: (403) 263-0767 laricina@laricinaenergy.com www.laricinaenergy.com

ISH Energy Ltd 900-700 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3J4 Phone: (403) 262-2244 Fax: (403) 265-1792 Jaco Energy Ltd 240 Lake Mead Rd SE Calgary AB T2J 4A5 Phone: (403) 278-7129 Fax: (403) 278-7129 jaco.energy@shaw.ca Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited PO Box 5120 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G2 Phone: (780) 799-4000 Fax: (780) 799-4010

Koch Exploration Canada Corp 1500-111 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y6 Phone: (403) 716-7800 Fax: (403) 716-7602 info@kochcanada.com www.kochcanada.com Korea National Oil Corporation 2010-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 999-6572 K-Town Energy Ltd 102A-9705 Horton Rd SW Calgary AB T2V 2X5 Phone: (403) 271-4277 Fax: (403) 271-6303 ktown.@shaw.ca

Linray Energy Inc 200-10655 Southport Rd SW Calgary AB T2W 4Y1 Phone: (403) 271-7277 Fax: (403) 271-7279 ryancar@shaw.ca Marathon Oil Canada Corporation 2400-440 2 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5E9 Phone: (403) 233-1700 Fax: (403) 234-9156 www.marathon.com

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Suncor’s main upgrading site.

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PRODUCERS MEG Energy Corp 1000-734 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P8 Phone: (403) 770-0446 Fax: (403) 264-1711 www.megenergy.com Mistahiya Resources Ltd 1230-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 263-4292 Fax: (403) 263-0477 Murphy Oil Company Ltd 1700-555 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E7 Phone: (403) 294-8000 Fax: (403) 233-2565 www.murphyoilcorp.com New Century Petroleum Corp 950-550 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S2 Phone: (403) 269-2880 Fax: (403) 269-2897 Nexen Inc 2900-801 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P7 Phone: (403) 699-4000 Fax: (403) 699-5800 marlene_robertson@nexeninc.com www.nexeninc.com

Oilsands Quest Inc. 800-326 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 263-1623 Fax: (403) 263-9812 info@oilsandsquest.com www.oilsandsquest.com OPTI Canada Inc 2100-555 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E7 Phone: (403) 249-9425 Fax: (403) 225-2606 info@opticanada.com www.opticanada.com OSUM Oil Sands Corp 300-1204 Kensington Rd NW Calgary AB T2N 3P5 Phone: (403) 283-3224 Fax: (403) 283-3970 info@osumcorp.com www.osumcorp.com Pan Pacific Oils Ltd 206-206 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0W7 Phone: (403) 266-8726 www.panpacificoils.com Paramount Energy Operating Corp 3200-605 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H5 Phone: (403) 269-4400 Fax: (403) 269-4444 www.paramountenergy.com

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Northpine Energy Ltd 700-630 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S8 Phone: (403) 262-8410 Fax: (403) 262-7173

NorthWest Upgrading Inc 2800-140 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N3 Phone: (403) 313-5656 Fax: (403) 451-4197 info@northwestupgrading.com www.northwestupgrading.com

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Paramount Energy Trust 3200-605 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H5 Phone: (403) 290-3600 Fax: (403) 262-7994 www.paramountres.com Patch International Inc 1000-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 441-4390 Fax: (403) 441-4395 info@patchenergy.com www.patchenergy.com Pearl E & P Canada Ltd 2500-111 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y6 Phone: (403) 215-8313 Fax: (403) 262-5123 Pengrowth Corporation 2100-222 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0B4 Phone: (403) 233-0224 Fax: (403) 265-6251 pengrowth@pengrowth.com www.pengrowth.com Penn West Petroleum Ltd 200-207 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1K3 Phone: (403) 777-2500 Fax: (403) 777-2699 www.pennwest.com Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd 2600-240 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H4 Phone: (403) 750-4400 Fax: (403) 266-5794 ir@petrobank.com www.petrobank.com

Petro-Canada PO Box 2844 Stn M Calgary AB T2P 3E3 Phone: (403) 296-8000 Fax: (403) 296-3030 RBrennem@petro-canada.ca www.petro-canada.ca Petromin Resources Ltd 1101-808 W Hastings St Vancouver BC V6C 2X4 Phone: (604) 682-8831 Fax: (604) 682-8683 petromin@direct.ca www.petromin-resources.com Profound Energy Inc 380-435 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3A8 Phone: (403) 237-6102 Fax: (403) 237-6103 www.profoundenergy.ca Provident Energy Ltd 2100-250 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 0C1 Phone: (403) 296-2233 Fax: (403) 294-0111 info@providentenergy.com www.providentenergy.com Ranger Canyon Energy Inc 520-734 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P8 Phone: (403) 265-5115 Fax: (403) 265-2798 Rangewest Resources Ltd 3843 Point McKay Rd NW Calgary AB T3B 4V7 Phone: (403) 247-6202 Fax: (403) 247-8342 kkisman@rangewest.ca

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PRODUCERS Reece Energy Exploration Corp 200-1111 Kingsway Ave SE Medicine Hat AB T1A 2Y1 Phone: (403) 526-9700 Fax: (403) 527-9739 www.reeceenergy.com Rock Energy Ltd 800-607 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0A7 Phone: (403) 218-4380 Fax: (403) 234-0598 www.rockenergy.ca Roland Resources (87) Inc 62 Mission Rd SW Calgary AB T2S 3A2 Phone: (403) 243-7833 Fax: (403) 243-7947 Sedna Oil & Gas Ltd 804-825 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2T3 Phone: (403) 538-0024 Fax: (403) 538-0025 eanderson@sogl.ca Shell Canada Limited PO Box 100 Stn M Calgary AB T2P 2H5 Phone: (403) 691-3111 Fax: (403) 691-4894 vasu.ramaswai@shell.ca www.shell.ca Signet Energy Inc 2600-144 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 440-1118 Fax: (403) 440-1114 www.surgeglobalenergy.com

SinoCanada Petroleum Corporation 1705-639 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M9 Phone: (403) 261-8885 Fax: (403) 261-8899

Sure Northern Energy Ltd 21-3030 Sunridge Way NE Calgary AB T1Y 7K4 Phone: (403) 450-0322 Fax: (403) 450-0337

Skylight Energy Resources Ltd 1210 8 Ave W Kindersley SK Phone: (306) 463-4800 Fax: (306) 463-4779

Syncrude Canada Ltd PO Bag 4023 MD 2800 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3H5 Phone: (780) 790-5911 Fax: (780) 790-6215 www.syncrude.com

Spry Energy Ltd 720-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 265-7770 Fax: (403) 265-7010 StatoilHydro Canada Ltd 2100-635 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3M3 Phone: (403) 513-0877 Fax: (403) 234-0103 www.statoilhydro.com Stone Petroleums Ltd 1050-717 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z3 Phone: (403) 262-4572 Fax: (403) 294-1325 dwolf@nucleus.com www.stonepetroleumsltd.com Strata Oil & Gas 408-918 16 Ave NW Calgary AB T2M 0K3 Phone: (403) 668-6539 Fax: (403) 770-8882 www.strataoil.com Suncor Energy Inc PO Box 38 Stn Main Calgary AB T2P 2V5 Phone: (403) 269-8100 Fax: (403) 269-6200 info@suncor.com www.suncor.com

Total E&P Canada Ltd 2900-240 4th Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H4 Phone: (403) 571-7599 Fax: (403) 571-7595 www.total-ep-canada.com Trafalgar Energy Ltd 920-521 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T3 Phone: (403) 216-2705 Fax: (403) 290-0587 www.trafalgarenergy.ca

Synenco Energy Inc 1000-715 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2X6 Phone: (403) 261-1990 Fax: (403) 514-8128 www.synenco.com

Triton Energy Corp 600-734 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P8 Phone: (403) 266-5541 Fax: (403) 266-5579 www.tritonenergy.ca

Talisman Energy Inc 2000-888 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5C5 Phone: (403) 237-1234 Fax: (403) 237-1902 tlm@talisman-energy.com www.talisman-energy.com

True Energy Inc 2300-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 266-8670 Fax: (403) 264-8163 www.trueenergytrust.com

Teck Cominco Ltd 3300-550 Burrard St Vancouver BC V6C 2K2 Phone: (604) 699-4000 Fax: (604) 699-4750 www.teckcominco.com

UTS Energy Corp 1000-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 538-7030 Fax: (403) 538-7033 www.uts.ca

Timberwolf Resources Ltd 1100-717 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z3 Phone: (403) 261-3851 Fax: (403) 261-3834

Value Creation Inc 1100-635 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3M3 Phone: (403) 539-4500 Fax: (403) 539-4501

Total E & P 2 place de la Coupole La Defense 6 Paris La Defense Cedex 92078 Phone: 330 147444546

Workers taking a break at the Jackfish SAGD project.

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Pipeline construction is a year-round activity in Alberta.

SERVICE & SUPPLY Accommodations Alta-Fab Structures Ltd 504 13 Ave Nisku AB T9E 7P6 Phone: (780) 955-7733 www.altafab.com Black Gold Camp Services & Inn PO Box 269 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-4653 Canada North Camps Inc PO Box 208 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-3391 www.canadanorthcamp.com Chard Camp Catering Ltd 113 Wood Buffalo Way Fort McMurray AB T9K 1W5 Phone: (780) 791-0232 Christina Lake Lodge 3790 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6B4 Phone: (780) 577-1552 www.christinalakelodge.com CRC Open Camp & Catering Ltd Lac La Biche AB Phone: (780) 623-3788 Crown Camp Services 207-10020 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2K6 Phone: (780) 790-5447

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Denman Industrial Trailers Ltd 14907 111 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 2P6 Phone: (780) 450-6526 www.denmanindustrial.com

PTI Group Inc 3790 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6B4 Phone: (780) 463-8872 www.ptigroup.com

Enercor Camp & Catering Services 300-8170 50 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 1E6 Phone: (780) 701-3296 www.enercoroilfield.ca

Red Earth Lodge Ltd 275 Hwy 88 Red Earth Creek AB Phone: (780) 649-2422 www.redearthlodge.ca

Hamburg Open Camp PO Box 818 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3220

Sawridge Inns & Conference Centres 530 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C8 Phone: (780) 791-7900 www.sawridge.com/fortmcmurray

Jenniferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Camp PO Box 628 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-2267

Air Charter Services

Born Flying Ltd 5613 37 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1Z2 Phone: (780) 871-1213 Can-West Corporate Air Charters Ltd PO Box 40 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-5353 www.canwestair.com Delta Helicopters Ltd Site 6 Box 1 RR 1 St Albert AB T8N 1M8 Phone: (780) 458-3564 www.deltahelicopters.com McMurray Aviation Site 1 Box 5 RR 1 Fort McMurray AB T9H 5B4 Phone: (780) 791-2182 www.mcmurrayaviation.com

MM Limited Partnership 345 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-1020 www.mesg.ca

Air Mikisew Ltd Box 2 CPT 2 RR 1 Fort McMurray AB T9H 5B5 Phone: (780) 743-8218 www.airmikisew.com

Nakoda Lodge PO Box 149 Morley AB T0L 1N0 Phone: (403) 881-3949

Airco Aircraft Charters Ltd 6-11930 109 St NW Edmonton AB T5G 2T8 Phone: (780) 471-4771 www.aircocharters.com

Phoenix Heli-Flight RR 1 Site 1 Box 6 Fort McMurray AB T9H 5B4 Phone: (780) 799-0141 www.phoenixheliflight.com

Black Swan Helicopters PO Box 263 Berwyn AB T0H 0E0 Phone: (780) 338-2964 www.blackswanhelicopters.com

Remote Helicopters PO Box 1340 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-2222 www.remotehelicopters.com

Noralta Lodge Ltd PO Box 419 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4904 www.noraltalodge.com

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Northern Air Charter (PR) Inc PO Box 677 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 624-1911

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Rupert’s Land Operations Inc PO Box 6099 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G7 Phone: (780) 826-7777

Cross Contracting Inc 7211 Cliff Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G7 Phone: (780) 743-3745

Swanberg Air Inc 102-11010 Airport Dr Grande Prairie AB T8V 7Z5 Phone: (780) 513-8977 www.swanbergair.com

ThyssenKrupp Safway Inc 11237 87 Ave Fort Saskatchewan AB T8L 2S3 Phone: (780) 992-1929 www.safway.com

Doug’s Bobcat & Backhoe Services PO Box 166 Mannville AB T0B 2W0 Phone: (780) 763-3991

T-Rex Contracting & Consulting Inc 280B MacLennan Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4G1 Phone: (780) 743-1868

Select Energy Systems Inc 4215 54 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2A2 Phone: (403) 243-7542 www.selectesi.com

ULTRA Helicopters Ltd PO Box 1188 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-2995 www.ultrahelicopters.com

Fisher Building Systems Inc PO Box 2689 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y3 Phone: (306) 825-4513

Valard Construction Ltd 14310 97 St Grande Prairie AB T8V 7B6 Phone: (780) 539-4750 www.valard.com

Source Energy Tool Service Inc 6402 56 St Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 808-8788 www.sourceenergy.ca

Wood Buffalo Helicopters 273 Barber Dr Fort McMurray AB T9K 2J4 Phone: (780) 743-5588 www.woodbuffalo-helicopters.com

GenMec ACL Ltd 7301 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2P3 Phone: (780) 826-4450 www.genmecacl.com

Wood Buffalo Scaffolding Ltd 3A-242 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 743-1740

Stellarton Technologies Inc 1000-635 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3M3 Phone: (403) 699-7675 www.stellartontech.com

Building Products & Services

Hart Construction (911478 Alberta Ltd) PO Box 89 Tofield AB T0B 0J0 Phone: (780) 662-2541

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All Weather Shelters Inc 12304 184 St NW Edmonton AB T5V 0A5 Phone: (780) 930-1551 www.allweather-shelters.com Aluma Systems 6366 50 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2N7 Phone: (780) 440-1320 www.aluma.com ATCO Structures Inc 5115 Crowchild Tr SW Calgary AB T3E 1T9 Phone: (403) 292-7600 www.atcostructures.com Badger Daylighting 6740 65 Ave Red Deer AB T4P 1A5 Phone: (403) 343-0303 www.badgerinc.com Bexson Construction Ltd 3705 51 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2C3 Phone: (780) 875-0333 Big Eagle Services 3815A 47 Ave Camrose AB T4V 4S4 Phone: (780) 672-3863 www.bigeagle.ca Cam-Trac Inspection Services RR 1 Legal AB T0G 1L0 Phone: (780) 460-5440 www.cam-trac.ca Con-Force Structures 205-26229 Twp Rd 531A Zone 2 Acheson AB T7X 5A4 Phone: (403) 998-6022 www.con-force.com Cow Harbour Construction Ltd 316 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4E4 Phone: (780) 791-5477

Klinger Building Systems PO Box 977, 5101 63 St Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y9 Phone: (780) 875-9811 MakLoc Buildings Inc 706 17 Ave Nisku AB T9E 7T1 Phone: (780) 955-2951 www.makloc.com Petryshyn Oilfield Services Inc 5305 47 Ave Vegreville AB T9C 1N4 Phone: (780) 632-6503 Rolled Alloys-Canada, Inc. 19-7251 67 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 3N3 Phone: (780) 469-9469 www.rolledalloys.ca Shandro George Contracting PO Box 7556 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H8 Phone: (780) 826-2211 Slave Lake Specialties PO Box 87 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3863 Sprung Instant Structures PO Box 62 Maple Leaf Rd Aldersyde AB T0L 0A0 Phone: (403) 245-3371 www.sprung.com Star Concrete & Construction PO Box 93 Mallaig AB T0A 2K0 Phone: (780) 635-3082 Stuart Olson Constructors Inc 12836 146 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 2H7 Phone: (780) 452-4260 www.stuartolson.com Thompson Cats Ltd PO Box 240 Kitscoty AB T0B 2P0 Phone: (780) 846-2908

Rock Solid Nitrogen Services Ltd 4538 47 Ave Vermilion AB T9X 1H8 Phone: (780) 853-6604

Alberta Oil Tool 6939 68 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3E3 Phone: (780) 434-8566 www.albertaoiltool.com

Synerchem International Inc 4333 46 Ave SE Calgary AB T2B 3N5 Phone: (403) 203-1481 www.synerchem.com W E Greer Ltd 14704 119 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5L 2P1 Phone: (780) 451-1516 www.wegreer.com

Ashland Canada Corp 1720 106 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1X9 Phone: (780) 417-9385 www.ashland.com

Weatherford PC Pump 4604 62 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2G2 Phone: (780) 875-0103 www.weatherford.com

Baker Petrolite 3-412 Thickwood Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9K 1P1 Phone: (780) 714-6672 www.bakerhughes.com

West Penetone Inc 11411 160 St NW Edmonton AB T5M 3T7 Phone: (780) 454-3919

Champion Technologies Ltd 1400-815 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Phone: (403) 234-7881 www.champ-tech.com

Windale Oilfield Services Ltd 5517 38 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1J6 Phone: (780) 871-1999

ICTC - Innovative Chemical Technologies Canada Ltd 400-635 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T5 Phone: (403) 720-5020 www.eclgroup.com

Winterhawk Enterprises (Provost) Ltd PO Box 2925 Wainwright AB T9W 1S8 Phone: (780) 842-2841 www.winterhawk.ca

Lone Wolfe Distributors c/o Sci-Tech Engineered Chemicals 340-53016 Hwy 60 Acheson AB T7X 5A7 Phone: (780) 960-1200

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Pro-Rod 918-304 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1C2 Phone: (403) 269-5116 www.prorod.com Quadra Chemicals (Western) Ltd 470-700 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3J4 Phone: (403) 232-8130 www.quadrachemicals.com Regent Energy Group 300-840 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T5 Phone: (403) 269-8088 www.regentenergygroup.com RG Industries Ltd 6939 68 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3E3 Phone: (780) 496-7473 www.rodguideindustries.com

A 1 Topsoil & Construction Services Ltd 15 May Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 1J6 Phone: (780) 791-1677 Aecon Industrial 9830 42 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5V5 Phone: (780) 433-9321 www.aecon.com Allan’s Backhoe Service PO Box 135 Minburn AB T0B 3B0 Phone: (780) 593-2256 Armtec 202-10464 Mayfield Rd NW Edmonton AB T5P 4P4 Phone: (780) 444-1560 www.armtec.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Bellamy Backhoe Service Ltd PO Box 22 Dapp AB T0G 0S0 Phone: (780) 954-2029 Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) Ltd PO Box 277 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-3794 Bird Construction Company 16815 117 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 3V6 Phone: (780) 452-8770 www.bird.ca Bob’s Backhoe Service PO Box 1916 Lloydminster SK S9V 1N4 Phone: (306) 825-2596 Border City Concrete Ltd PO Box 1618 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1K5 Phone: (780) 875-0550 Border Paving Ltd 4217 41 St Camrose AB T4V 3V8 Phone: (780) 672-3389 Bryce & Youngman Construction Ltd PO Box 1476 Lloydminster SK S9V 1T4 Phone: (780) 875-2660 Cardinal’s Backhoe Service PO Box 522 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-7987 Carmacks Enterprises Ltd 701 25 Ave Nisku AB T9E 0C1 Phone: (780) 955-5545 www.carmacksent.com Casman Construction 330 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 791-9283 CBS Construction Ltd 150 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W8 Phone: (780) 743-1810 CEMATRIX (Canada) Inc 5440 53 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4B6 Phone: (403) 219-0484 www.cematrix.com

Consolidated Gypsum Supply Ltd 11660 170 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 1J7 Phone: (780) 452-7786 www.consolidatedgypsum.ca

Floyd’s Backhoe & Vacuum Truck Service PO Box 7491 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H8 Phone: (780) 826-5340

Lockerbie & Hole Industrial Inc 14940 121A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5V 1A3 Phone: (780) 416-5700

Cover-All Alberta 5-285145 Wrangler Way SE Calgary AB T1X 0K3 Phone: (403) 735-1021 www.coverall.net

H. Wilson Industries Ltd PO Box 5660 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G6 Phone: (780) 743-1881 www.wilson-industries.com

M.C. Campbell Directional Boring Ltd 5202 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E6 Phone: (780) 875-2401 www.mccampbelldirectionalboring.com

D R C Construction Ltd PO Box 8026 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J3 Phone: (780) 826-3994

Hammer’s Gravel Supplies Ltd PO Box 385 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-3232

Danny’s Picker Service Ltd 201 Caribou Tr Slave Lake AB Phone: (780) 849-5441

IRISNDT Corp 5311 86 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5T8 Phone: (780) 437-4747 www.irisndt.com

Melloy Industrial Services Inc 2305 5 St Nisku AB T9E 7X1 Phone: (780) 955-8500 www.melloy.com

DBY Contractors Inc PO Box 39 Tangent AB T0H 3J0 Phone: (780) 359-2363 Demers Contracting Services Ltd 240 MacLennan Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4G1 Phone: (780) 799-3222 www.dcsl.ca Dipper Oilfield Developments PO Box 20002 Conklin AB T0P 1H0 Phone: (780) 559-2244 Dynamic Energy Projects Inc 29 Stein Cl SE Medicine Hat AB T1B 4M8 Phone: (403) 580-9876 www.dynamicenergyprojects.ca Elk Point Sand & Gravel PO Box 690 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-4144 Exergy Project Corp 1-1915 32 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7C8 Phone: (403) 540-1064 www.exergy.ca EXH Engineering Services 132, 2693 Broadmoor Blvd Sherwood Park AB T8H 0G1 Phone: (780) 410-6740 www.exheng.com FAM Canada Inc 102-4208 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Z9 Phone: (780) 481-1177 www.fam-canada.com

Chinchaga Anchors & Pilings Ltd PO Box 489 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3800

Ferbey Sand & Gravel Ltd 4509 47 Ave Vermilion AB T9X 1H9 Phone: (780) 853-4960

Churchill Industrial Group 12836 146 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 2H7 Phone: (780) 454-3667 www.churchillcorporation.com

Finning (Canada) 16830 107 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5P 4C3 Phone: (780) 930-4800 www.finning.ca

Clayton Construction Group Inc PO Box 136 Paradise Hill AB S0M 2G0 Phone: (306) 344-4649

Fleming Cats Inc PO Box 1320 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4701

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J W Contracting PO Box 1157 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-4000 Jacobs Catalytic PO Box 5244 Station A Calgary AB T2H 2N7 Phone: (403) 258-6533 www.jacobs.com Jim Wagner Enterprises Ltd PO Box 351 Mannville AB T0B 2W0 Phone: (780) 763-3860 JLG Ball Enterprises PO Box 211 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-2395 www.jlgball.com Kellogg, Brown & Root Canada Company 3300 76 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1J4 Phone: (780) 468-1341 www.halliburton.com Ketron Construction Ltd PO Box 772 Stn Main Cold Lake AB T9M 1P2 Phone: (780) 594-2085 KMC Mining Bldg 30 - 60 Flight Line Road NW Edmonton AB T5G 3G2 Phone: (780) 454-0664 Layton Bros Construction Co Ltd 6015 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2L3 Phone: (780) 826-6969 www.laytonbros.com Lehigh Inland Cement Limited 12640 Inland Way NW Edmonton AB T5V 1K2 Phone: (780) 420-2500 www.lehighinland.com Lloyd’s & Frank’s Backhoe Services Ltd 3401 Canyon Rd Athabasca AB T9S 1J6 Phone: (780) 675-2762

Monad Industrial Constructors Inc 9744 45 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5C5 Phone: (780) 468-8026 www.monad.ca NEC Contractors Ltd PO Box 2100 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4643 www.neccontractors.com Noetic Engineering Inc 4628 Eleniak Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 2S1 Phone: (780) 414-6241 www.noetic.ca Olson’s Sand & Gravel Ltd PO Box 218 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-2360 PCL Industrial Constructors Inc 5402 99 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3P4 Phone: (780) 733-5500 www.pcl.com PCL Industrial Management Inc 5404 99 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3N7 Phone: (780) 733-5700 www.pcl.com PCL Pipe Fabrication & Module Construction Facilities 2107 4 St Nisku AB T9E 7W6 Phone: (780) 979-6300 www.pcl.com Process Plant Construction Ltd PO Box 5178 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G3 Phone: (780) 334-4365 R P Oilfield Construction 502 5 St Wainwright AB T9W 1A7 Phone: (780) 842-3940 R T Grading & Roadbuilding PO Box 6033 Peace River AB T8S 1S1 Phone: (780) 624-8298 Reda Enterprises Ltd PO Box 7130 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H5 Phone: (780) 826-2737

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Cranes rise into the sky above a staging yard for Suncor’s Voyageur project.

Reon Oilfield Contractors Ltd B-4902 48 St Athabasca AB T9S 1B8 Phone: (780) 675-2614

Snelgrove R & Sons Ltd 4605 47 St Vermilion AB T9X 1L6 Phone: (780) 853-4040

Valley C Construction Ltd PO Box 2157 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1R6 Phone: (780) 875-1659

Advantage Insight Group Inc 210-3553 31 St NW Calgary AB T2L 2K7 Phone: (403) 571-1705

Roberge Construction Ltd PO Box 82 Jarvie AB T0G 1H0 Phone: (780) 954-2534

Superior Propane 4431 6 St SE Calgary AB T2G 4E1 Phone: (403) 287-1356

Van-Ross Contracting PO Box 1547 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2378

All West X-Ray 9025 Abbot Ave North Battleford SK S9A 3E8 Phone: (306) 446-0242

Rogo Holdings Ltd PO Box 4031 Spruce Grove AB T7X 3B2 Phone: (780) 962-9209

Supermetal Structures Inc 3813-75 Ave Leduc AB T9E 0K3 Phone: (780) 980-4830 www.supermetal.com

Voice Construction Ltd 7545 52 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2G2 Phone: (780) 469-1351 www.voiceconstruction.com

Amundrud Enterprises Inc 102-5720 44 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0R6 Phone: (780) 872-7704

Swamp Cats Ltd PO Box 1885 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2891

Ward’s Hydraulic Services Ltd 8314 Fraser Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1X1 Phone: (780) 799-7340 www.wardshydraulic.com

Rondell Road Contracting PO Box 1145 St Paul AB T0A 3A0 Phone: (780) 645-5083 Seisland Surveys Ltd 7235 Flint Rd SE Calgary AB T2H 1G2 Phone: (403) 255-2770 www.seisland.com Seko Construction Ltd 201-425 Gregoire Dr Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K7 Phone: (780) 743-1636 Simplex/ UAH Universal Air Hydraulics 904 16 Ave Nisku AB T9E 0A4 Phone: (800) 840-1196 www.tksimplex.com Snamprogetti Canada 1540-521 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T3 Phone: (403) 261-6610 www.saipem.eni.it

T B G Contracting Ltd PO Box 5207 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G3 Phone: (780) 743-8474 www.tbgcontracting.com Thiel Scaffolding Canada 27324 Twp Rd 513 Spruce Grove AB T7Y 1H8 Phone: (780) 968-1420 Triton Projects Inc 8525 Davies Rd NW Edmonton AB T6E 4N3 Phone: (780) 485-6717 www.tritonprojects.com Tuccaro Group Companies 283 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-9386 www.tuccaroinc.com

Westlock Sand & Gravel Co Ltd 4819 52 St Clyde AB Phone: (780) 348-5252 World Alliance Management 61 Spring Cres SW Calgary AB T3H 1X7 Phone: (403) 701-6100 www.exergy.ca

Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd 1000-10909 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 0E4 Phone: (780) 451-7666 www.ae.ca ATECH Application Technology Limited 242-3359 27 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 5E4 Phone: (403) 261-0005 www.atech.ca

Consultants & Engineering Firms Advanced Geotechnology 1100-333 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3B6 Phone: (403) 269-7788 www.advgeotech.com

ASRC Energy Services Tri Ocean Engineering Ltd 1400-727 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z5 Phone: (403) 266-4400 www.tri-ocean.com

Autopro Automation Consultants Ltd 103-11039 78 Ave Grande Prairie AB T8W 2J7 Phone: (780) 539-2450 www.autopro.ca

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY AVG Consulting Services 276 Cochrane Cres Fort McMurray AB T9K 1J4 Phone: (780) 791-0920 Bantrel Co 1400-700 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T8 Phone: (403) 290-5000 www.bantrel.com Bar Engineering Co Ltd 6004 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2T9 Phone: (780) 875-1683 Barnett Consulting PO Box 379 Marwayne AB T0B 2X0 Phone: (780) 871-1259 BFL Energy Services Ltd 5610 54 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2H7 Phone: (780) 826-4412 www.bflenergyser.com Bitcan Geosciences & Engineering Inc 268 Edgebank Circle NW Calgary AB T3A 4W1 Phone: (403) 208-0772 Blazer Wellsite D & C Ltd 1653 6 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1J6 Phone: (780) 842-4026 Calibre Production Operators Ltd PO Box 9 Bruderheim AB T0B 0S0 Phone: (780) 895-2733 CB Engineering Ltd 515-9945 50 St NW Edmonton AB T6A 0L4 Phone: (780) 465-9370 www.cbeng.com C.B. Inspection Services PO Box 736 Two Hills AB T0B 4K0 Phone: (780) 603-7301 CDI International 162, 63-4307 130 Ave SE Calgary AB T2Z 3V8 Phone: (403) 630-2757 C-FER Technologies 200 Karl Clark Rd NW Edmonton AB T6N 1H2 Phone: (780) 450-8989 www.cfertech.com CG Hylton & Associates Inc 103-138 18 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 5P9 Phone: (403) 264-5288 www.hylton.ca CG Industrial Specialties Ltd 2-10004 29A Ave NW Edmonton AB T6N 1A8 Phone: (780) 462-1014 www.cgis.ca Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd 445-708 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0E4 Phone: (403) 266-4141 www.chapeng.ab.ca CHASE Consulting & Advocacy PO Box 398 Duffield AB T0E 0N0 Phone: (780) 963-7570 www.chaseconsulting.ca

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CH2M Hill Canada Ltd 1200-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 232-9800 www.ch2m.com

Epic Consulting Services Ltd 1900-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 444-1400 www.epiccs.com

Hatch Ltd 700-840 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 Phone: (403) 920-3218 www.hatch.ca

Cobra Energy Consultants 5014 50 Ave Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-4444

Equinox Engineering Ltd 640 12 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0H5 Phone: (403) 205-3833 www.equinox-eng.com

Hemisphere Engineering Inc 10950 119 St NW Edmonton AB T5H 3P5 Phone: (780) 452-1800

ES Denbina Petroleum Consulting Services 136 Parkland Hill SE Calgary AB T2J 4K6 Phone: (403) 278-9284 www.members.shaw.ca/denbina/index.htm

Horton CBI Ltd 9816 Hardin St Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K3 Phone: (780) 743-0114

Executrade Consultants Limited 9917 112 St NW Edmonton AB T5K 1L6 Phone: (780) 944-1122 www.executrade.com

IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc 810-744 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T4 Phone: (403) 234-0342 www.ifp-canada.com

Falcon EDF Ltd 76 Skyline Cres NE Calgary AB T2K 5X7 Phone: (403) 253-2741 www.falcon-edf.com

IMV Projects 1400-500 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3L5 Phone: (403) 537-8811 www.imvprojects.com

Computer Modelling Group Ltd 150-3553 31 St NW Calgary AB T2L 2K7 Phone: (403) 531-1300 www.cmgl.ca Concise Design 300-736 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T7 Phone: (403) 237-7160 www.concisedesign.ca Cord Projects Ltd 1000-10201 Southport Rd SW Calgary AB T2W 4X9 Phone: (403) 258-8660 www.cordprojects.com Corrpro Canada, Inc. 10848 214 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2A7 Phone: (780) 447-4565 www.corrpro.ca CS Automation Ltd 8040 Chardie Rd SW Calgary AB T2V 2T4 Phone: (403) 255-0244 www.csautomation.ca C’s Oilfield Consulting & Construction Service Ltd PO Box 1155 Lloydminster AB T9V 1G1 Phone: (780) 808-2272 CSA International 1707 94 St NW Edmonton AB T6N 1E6 Phone: (780) 450-2111 www.csa-international.org Daniel’s Drafting & Consulting Ltd PO Box 173 Mundare AB T0B 3H0 Phone: (780) 764-0984 www.danielsdrafting.com Deer Creek Oilfield Services PO Box 265 Bruderheim AB T0B 0S0 Phone: (780) 446-6972 DeGolyer and MacNaughton Canada Limited 1430-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 266-8680 www.demac.com Diamondback Enterprises Ltd 20 Woodgate Bay SW Calgary AB T2W 4B8 Phone: (403) 238-3874 E.I. du Pont Canada Company PO Box 5000 Kingston ON K7L 5A5 Phone: (613) 548-5290 www2.dupont.com ENGlobal Canada 7805 Flint RD SE Calgary AB T2H 1G3 Phone: (403) 221-6320 www.englobal.com

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Fekete Associates Inc 2000-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 213-4200 www.fekete.com

J & G Oilfield Supervision 330, 3-6309 43 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2W9 Phone: (780) 871-1025

Fluor Canada Ltd 55 Sunpark Plaza SE Calgary AB T2X 3R4 Phone: (403) 537-4600 www.fluor.com

J R Services PO Box 97 Minburn AB T0B 3B0 Phone: (780) 593-2210

Focus Corporation Ltd 201-10010 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2K6 Phone: (780) 790-0704 www.focus.ca

JA Sprinkle Engineering Ltd PO Box 1054 Lloydminster SK S9V 1E9 Phone: (780) 875-5306

Fourth Meridian Enterprises Ltd PO Box 1908 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1N4 Phone: (306) 753-7424 Fractical Solutions Inc 6010 Signal Ridge Heights SW Calgary AB T3H 2N7 Phone: (403) 242-1240 Frontier Engineering & Consulting Ltd 300-1601 Westmount Rd NW Calgary AB T2N 3M2 Phone: (403) 265-3900 Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd 300-2749 39 Ave NE Calgary AB T1Y 4T8 Phone: (403) 250-2950 www.gasliquids.com Genesis Executive Corporation 1800-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 237-8622 www.genesiscorporatesearch.com GLJ Petroleum Consultants 4100-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 266-9500 www.gljpc.com Golder Associates Ltd Bay 4-6125 12 St SE Calgary AB T2H 2K1 Phone: (403) 252-3705 www.golder.com

JDEL Associates Ltd 208-4207 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5R7 Phone: (780) 455-6710 www.jdel.ca JPI Geo-Industry Engineering Consultants 8403 187 St NW Edmonton AB T5T 1H9 Phone: (780) 443-2290 www.jpicanada.com K W Anderson Consulting PO Box 7615 Peace River AB T8S 1T2 Phone: (780) 618-7985 Kade Technologies Inc 1450-707 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H6 Phone: (403) 269-5556 www.kadeinc.com KBC Advanced Technologies 260-1015 4 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J4 Phone: (403) 206-1533 www.kbcat.com Kilowatts Design Company Inc 90-2150 29 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 7G4 Phone: (403) 272-9404 www.kilowatts.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Kinetic Engineering Ltd 825-808 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E8 Phone: (403) 221-8380 www.kineticeng.com Lebob Holdings Ltd PO Box 782 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4296 Levelton Consultants Ltd 500-1110 Centre St NE Calgary AB T2E 2R2 Phone: (403) 269-4141 www.levelton.com Lorrnel Consultants 400 6 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1X2 Phone: (403) 233-0900 www.lorrnel.com M S Carleton Consulting Inc 1615 Cayuga Dr NW Calgary AB T2L 0N2 Phone: (403) 282-7004 Ma O’Kane Consultants Inc 171 Barber Dr Fort McMurray AB T9K 1X1 Phone: (780) 881-0592 www.okane-consultants.com McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd 2200-255 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G6 Phone: (403) 262-5506 www.mcdan.com McLeay Geological Consultants (2006) Ltd 3905 29 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 6B5 Phone: (403) 250-1806 www.mcleay.ab.ca Meyers Norris Penny 300-622 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M6 Phone: (403) 263-3385 www.mnp.ca Midwest Geological Services Ltd 5624 42 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0A3 Phone: (780) 875-7080 Moh-Lita Holdings Ltd PO Box 1633 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-6585 Noralco Consulting Ltd 5707 39 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2P2 Phone: (780) 875-2337 Norwest Corporation 2700-411 1 St SE Calgary AB T2G 0R3 Phone: (403) 237-7763 www.norwestcorp.com Page OCL PO Box 767 Lloydminster SK S9V 1C1 Phone: (780) 875-2402 www.pageocl.com PCL Constructors Inc 5410 99 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3P4 Phone: (780) 733-5000

Peat’s Holdings Inc 11016 101 Ave Lac La Biche AB Phone: (780) 623-8199 Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd 500-736 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H4 Phone: (403) 218-1618 www.petrelrob.com Petroleum Geomechanics Inc PO Box 31062 RPO Bridgeland 112 4 St NE Calgary AB T2E 9A3 Phone: (403) 874-7066 www.petroleumgeomechanics.com Petrospec Engineering Ltd 5311 72A Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2J1 Phone: (780) 468-6901 www.petrospeceng.com Pinnacle Technologies Inc 106-2730 39 Ave NE Calgary AB T1Y 7H6 Phone: (403) 516-2260 www.pinntech.com Post Process Consultants Corp 300-736 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T7 Phone: (403) 237-7160 www.post-process.com ProjEx Technologies Ltd 500-404 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0R9 Phone: (403) 705-4100 www.projex.ca Purvin & Gertz Inc 1720-144 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 266-7086 www.purvingertz.com Quorum Business Solutions Inc. 210-101 6 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5K7 Phone: (403) 806-2550 www.qbsol.com Rangeland Engineering 400-534 17 Ave SW Calgary AB T2S 0B1 Phone: (403) 265-5130 www.rangelandeng.com R.L.M. Consulting Ltd 5412 31 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1J2 Phone: (780) 871-8680 Roxar Canada Ltd 220-906 12 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1K7 Phone: (403) 265-3727 www.roxar.com

Sethi Research & Testing Ltd 10-431 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C5 Phone: (780) 791-2000 www.sethiresearch.com

Westwater Environmental Ltd 900-808 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E8 Phone: (403) 233-0202 www.westwaterenv.com

Silvertip Consulting PO Box 6264 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G8 Phone: (780) 826-6359

WorleyParsons Canada 400-10201 Southport Rd SW Calgary AB T2W 4X9 Phone: (403) 258-8000 www.worleyparsons.com

SNC-Lavalin Inc 1700-605 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H5 Phone: (403) 294-2431 www.snc-lavalin.com Sproule Unconventional Limited 900-140 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N3 Phone: (403) 294-5500 www.sproule.com SRW Technologies Inc 4521 101 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5C6 Phone: (780) 413-4833

Contractors-General Oilfield Athabasca Industrial Maintenance PO Box 549 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-2440

Stewart Weir & Co Ltd PO Box 6938 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H3 Phone: (780) 812-3183 www.swg.ca

Basarab Garry Construction & Grader PO Box 1467 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-4793

Strategy West Inc Box 76037 Calgary AB T2Y 2Z9 Phone: (403) 256-9220 www.strategywest.com Teknica Petroleum Services Ltd 1900-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 269-4386 www.teknicaltd.com The Churchill Corporation 11825 149 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 2J1 Phone: (780) 454-3667

Battle River Oilfield Construction Ltd PO Box 957 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3498 Beder Holdings Limited PO Box 116 Marwayne AB T0B 2X0 Phone: (780) 847-3815 Big D Contracting Ltd PO Box 816 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4443

Thimm Engineering Inc 214-3916 64 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2B4 Phone: (403) 265-0792 www.hfthimm.com

Boisson Contracting Inc PO Box 1868 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-2561

Thurber Engineering Ltd 200-9636 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 6A5 Phone: (780) 438-1460 www.thurber.ca

Boxer Petroleum Services Inc PO Box 6819 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H3 Phone: (780) 826-5002 www.boxervalve.com

United Oil & Gas Consulting Ltd 910-396 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 265-0111 www.uogc.com

Brother’s Oilfield Services PO Box 3273 Wainwright AB T9W 1T2 Phone: (780) 842-4220

RPS Energy 1400-800 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3T6 Phone: (403) 265-7226 www.rpsgroup.com

Upside Engineering Ltd 409 10 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0W3 Phone: (403) 290-4650 www.upsideeng.com

SDH Oilfield Consulting Ltd 217 29 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 2C2 Phone: (403) 875-1547

West Rock Energy Consultants Ltd 1110-910 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N8 Phone: (403) 663-4860

Serpa Petroleum Consulting Ltd 403 Oakside Cir SW Calgary AB T2V 4P1 Phone: (403) 861-6753

WorleyParsons MEG 540 12 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0H4 Phone: (403) 508-5300 www.worleyparsons.com

CD Rouleau Construction PO Box 327 Eaglesham AB T0H 1H0 Phone: (780) 837-1712 Central Peace Contracting Ltd Peace River AB Phone: (780) 338-3898 CERA Contracting Ltd PO Box 338 Waskatenau AB T0A 3P0 Phone: (780) 358-2792

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Christina River Enterprises (1987) Ltd PO Box 6040 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 334-2446 www.clac.ca

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Consun Contracting Ltd PO Box 5056 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 3E2 Phone: (780) 743-3163 Crude Energy Services Inc PO Box 2635 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4409 www.crude-energy.ca D Prpich Enterprises Ltd PO Box 597 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3661

Glen Armstrong Construction Ltd 8122 102 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1M6 Phone: (780) 624-2101 Granite Oilfield Services Inc 6006 52 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2S8 Phone: (780) 875-1652

Deynaka Developments Ltd PO Box 935 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-2420

Guest Industrial Contractors Ltd 5503 52 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0R7 Phone: (780) 875-5877

Digrite Backhoe Service Ltd PO Box 305 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-3976

Homeland Well Servicing Ltd GD Fishing Lake AB T0A 3G0 Phone: (780) 943-2466

Elite Mechanical - A Division of Carson Welding & Maintenance Ltd PO Box 12188 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C4 Phone: (780) 808-8450 www.carsonwelding.com Enmax Corporation 141 50 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 4S7 Phone: (403) 514-3290 www.enmax.com Estabrook Construction Ltd PO Box 258 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-4111 Flint Field Services Ltd PO Box 8029 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J3 Phone: (780) 826-5523 www.denmarenergy.com Fort McKay Group of Companies PO Box 5360 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G4 Phone: (780) 828-2400 www.fortmckay.com

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Gill’s Vacuum Service Ltd PO Box 5 Kinsella AB T0B 2N0 Phone: (780) 336-3520

Grimm Mel Holdings Ltd PO Box 630 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3632

E G Gas Operators Ltd PO Box 26 Innisfree AB T0B 2G0 Phone: (780) 592-3733

Foster Bulldozing Services Ltd PO Box 540 Mannville AB T0B 2W0 Phone: (780) 763-3750

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Gift Lake Metis Settlement PO Box 60 Gift Lake AB T0G 1B0 Phone: (780) 767-3794

Denision Contractors Ltd 7912 97 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1W5 Phone: (780) 624-5718

E Construction Ltd 10130 21 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1W7 Phone: (780) 467-7701 www.ecltd.ca

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GEM Grant Energy Maintenance PO Box 1683 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3470

Hugo Zbinden Contracting 50 Cougarstone Terrace SW Calgary AB T3H 4Z8 Phone: (403) 454-6241 ICJ Artificial Lift 1100-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (780) 875-5504 www.natoil.com Jay’s Salvage & Cats Ltd Site 632 Comp 3 RR 1 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C1 Phone: (780) 623-4096 JMB Crushing Systems Ltd 4725 Railway Ave Elk Point AB Phone: (780) 724-3960 L Robert Enterprises Ltd 125 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C9 Phone: (780) 791-0118 www.lre.ca Lakeshore Contracting Ltd 14 Crescent Hts Fort McMurray AB T9H 1L6 Phone: (780) 714-3665 Liam Construction Alberta Inc 36 Riedel St Fort McMurray AB T9H 3E1 Phone: (780) 791-1500 Lorenzen’s Oilfield Service Ltd PO Box 353 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3786 M & J Cats Ltd PO Box 749 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-7653

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY MacMillan Construction Ltd PO Box 7080 Peace River AB T8S 1S7 Phone: (780) 624-3777 www.maccon.ca

Rene’s Vacuum Service Inc RR 1 Site 5 Box 5 Legal AB T0G 1L0 Phone: (780) 961-3064

Millennium Cats Inc PO Box 1914 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4036

Riverside Oilfield Services 5709 50 Ave Bonnyville AB Phone: (780) 826-9327

Monte’s Mechanical 144 Beaconwood Pl Fort McMurray AB T9H 2S7 Phone: (780) 791-9162

Rocky Pine Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 739 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1C1 Phone: (780) 724-2625

Neegan Development Corporation Ltd 283 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-9386

S N R Contracting Ltd PO Box 357 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-2169

NorDen Contracting Ltd PO Box 2307 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-7567 North East Sixteen Construction PO Box 173 Fawcett AB T0G 0Y0 Phone: (780) 681-3737 Northern Backhoe Ltd PO Box 149 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2617 Permasteel Building Contractors Ltd 17430 103 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2K8 Phone: (780) 452-7281 www.permasteel.com Peter Kiewit Sons Co Ltd 11211 215 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2B2 Phone: (780) 447-3509 www.kiewit.ca Phoenix Industrial Maintenance Ltd 3703 38 Ave Whitecourt AB T7S 0A2 Phone: (780) 778-5883 www.phoenixindustrial.ca

Sabre Cats Ltd 10140 101 St Lac La Biche AB Phone: (780) 623-2113 Shamrock Valley Enterprises Ltd PO Box 505 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-3177 Skully’s Oilfield Maintenance Ltd PO Box 272 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-4064 Spirig Welding Ltd PO Box 68 Dixonville AB T0H 1E0 Phone: (780) 971-3730 Stony Valley Contracting 239 Woodword Lane Fort McMurray AB T9H 5K8 Phone: (780) 743-0527 Stuber’s Cat Service Ltd Site 7 Box 12 RR 2 Barrhead AB T7N 1N3 Phone: (780) 785-2173

Tri-Rez Oil & Gas Productions Ltd. PO Box 1769 Stn Main Cold Lake AB T9M 1P4 Phone: (780) 594-7183

B-Line Directional Drilling PO Box 1240 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-2184

Tuc’s Contracting 283 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-9386

Bonnyville Drilling Services 5210 54 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2H9 Phone: (780) 826-3906

TWB Construction Ltd 210 Weston Ave W Maidstone SK S0M 1M0 Phone: (306) 893-4500

Brandt 1600-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 264-9646 www.nov.com

W.A.T. Holdings Ltd PO Box 1170 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-3006

Brian Steed Contracting & Horizontal Drilling Ltd PO Box 6934 Peace River AB T8S 1S7 Phone: (780) 624-8609

Wiebe Construction PO Box 818 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3220

Drilling Products & Service A & C Water Well Drilling PO Box 6496 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H1 Phone: (780) 826-5625 Aable Directional Drilling Box 14 Site 15 RR 3 Olds AB T4H 1P4 Phone: (403) 556-7400 Ace Power Tongs PO Box 1576 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 805-2999

Cheyenne Rig Repair & Supply Ltd PO Box 1319 Gibbons AB T0A 1N0 Phone: (780) 414-1477 www.chevron.ca

AKITA Drilling Ltd 900-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 292-7979 www.akita-drilling.com Akuna Drilling Limited Partnership 1800-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 503-0652 www.akunadrilling.com

Tarsands Steam Cleaning PO Box 39 Kehiwin AB T0A 1C0 Phone: (780) 826-6392

Alfs Drilling & Supplies Ltd PO Box 452 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-2207

Tenaris 400-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 767-0100 www.tenaris.com

Anchor Industries Ltd RR 1 Site 1 Box 8 Bon Accord AB T0A 0K0 Phone: (780) 910-8598

Precision Contractors Ltd PO Box 10578 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A7 Phone: (780) 875-1962

Tercon Enterprises Inc 200-9401 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 3Z7 Phone: (780) 799-3217 www.dclconstruction.com

Anchors First Ltd PO Box 2388 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1W5 Phone: (306) 825-6535

Predator Logistics PO Box 1816 Vegreville AB T9C 1S9 Phone: (780) 632-9394

Thompson Bros (Constr) Ltd 411 South Ave Spruce Grove AB T7X 3B5 Phone: (780) 962-1030 www.thompsonbros.com

Powell Cats Ltd PO Box 248 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-3978 Prairie Tech Oilfield Services PO Box 819 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 614-1873

R P Mad Enterprises Girouxville AB Phone: (780) 323-4356

Trans Tech Contracting Inc 811-53016 Hwy 60 Acheson AB T7X 5A7 Phone: (780) 447-3700 www.transtecgroup.com

CTC Energy Services 7775 Edgar Industrial Way Red Deer AB T4P 3R2 Phone: (403) 347-6717 www.buildersenergy.com Directional Plus & The Directional Co 1700-715 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2X6 Phone: (403) 265-2560 www.directionalplus.com Edcon Power Tongs and Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 209 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4808 Emco Corporation - Waterworks & Geosynthetics 1-270 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 713-2433 www.emcoltd.com

Apex Oilfield Services (2000) Inc 2020-633 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T5 Phone: (403) 257-5152 www.apexoil.ca Black Gold Drilling PO Box 56 Nampa AB T0H 2R0 Phone: (780) 322-2123

Canadian Mat Systems Inc 241 76 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1P2 Phone: (780) 485-0808 www.matsystems.ca Carnwood Wireline Service Ltd PO Box 427 Slave Lake AB 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3085

Szmyrko Construction PO Box 300 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-9497 www.szmyrko.com

Porkys Oilfield Construction Ltd 2101 17 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-3661

Bullseye Directional Drilling Ltd PO Box 176 Mannville AB T0B 2W0 Phone: (780) 853-7840

Encore Coring & Drilling Inc 1345 Highfield Cres SE Calgary AB T2G 5N2 Phone: (403) 287-0123 www.ensignenergy.com/encore Eveready Directional Boring 256-28042 Hwy 11 Red Deer County AB T4S 2L4 Phone: (403) 346-7332 www.evereadydirectional.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY G & L Slotco Oil Field Services 1110-700 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3J4 Phone: (403) 261-1717 www.gl-slotco.com Garritty And Baker Geotechnical Drilling Inc 5715 56 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3G3 Phone: (780) 433-8786 www.garrittyandbakerdrilling.com Hunting Energy Services (Canada) Ltd. 5550 Skyline Way NE Calgary AB T2E 7Z7 Phone: (403) 543-4477 www.hunting-intl.com Hurricane Industries Ltd PO Box 2038 Lloydminster SK S9V 1R5 Phone: (780) 875-5597 www.hurricanefoam.com Impact Rock Bits PO Box 6448 Peace River AB T8S 1S3 Phone: (780) 624-2640 www.impactrockbits.com Import Tool Corp Ltd. 930-910 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N8 Phone: (403) 261-3032 www.importtool.com Inspectrite Services Inc PO Box 6235 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G8 Phone: (780) 826-3480 J & L Supply Co Ltd 4511 Manitoba Rd SE Calgary AB T2G 4B9 Phone: (403) 287-3300 Jay-Nart Directional Drilling Ltd PO Box 400 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-4105 www.jaynart.com J.E.D. Anchors & Environmental Ltd RR 3 Eckville AB T0M 0X0 Phone: (403) 746-3826 K & S Power Tongs Ltd 3614 63 Ave Cl Lloydminster AB T9V 2W1 Phone: (780) 875-0000 Kodiak Wireline Services Ltd 9702 90 Ave Morinville AB T8R 1K7 Phone: (780) 939-5554 www.kodiakservices.ca LoCo Power Tongs Ltd PO Box 1401 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-2475 Marquis Fluids Inc 700-706 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z1 Phone: (403) 264-1588 www.marquisfluids.com McAllister Drilling Inc PO Box 1189 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1G1 Phone: (780) 875-2409

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M-I Drilling Fluids 500-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2W2 Phone: (403) 290-5336 Mid-East Oilfield Services Inc PO Box 56 Minburn AB T0B 3B0 Phone: (780) 593-3946 Mitee Industries Inc PO Box 1088 Gibbons AB T0A 1N0 Phone: (780) 872-5322 www.mightymitetongs.ca Nabors Canada 2800-500 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V6 Phone: (403) 263-6777 www.nabors.com Newpark Canada Inc 300-635 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T5 Phone: (403) 266-7383 www.newpark.ca Newsco Directional & Horizontal Services Inc 7000 Railway St SE Calgary AB T2H 3A8 Phone: (403) 243-2331 www.newsco.ca Norseman Inc 14545 115 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 3B8 Phone: (780) 451-6828 www.norseman.ca Northstar Drillstem Testers Inc Box 166 Unit B28 200 Barclay Parade SW Calgary AB T2P 4R5 Phone: (403) 265-8987 www.northstardst.com NOV ReedHycalog 2700-144 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N4 Phone: (403) 234-9999 www.ReedHycalog.com Peak Energy Services 900-222 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0B4 Phone: (403) 543-7325 www.peak-energy.com Petroline Rentals Ltd PO Box 118 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-0063 Prairie Dog Directional Drilling PO Box 7921 Stn Main Bonnyville AB T9N 2J2 Phone: (780) 812-9145 Precision Drilling 4400-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 264-4882 www.precisiondrilling.com ProDrill Fluid Technologies 1740-840 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 Phone: (403) 269-8260 www.ccscorporation.ca Pro-Rod Coiled Rod Solutions 3201 84 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1K1 Phone: (780) 449-7101 www.prorod.com

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Q’Max Solutions Inc 1700-407 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2Y3 Phone: (403) 269-2242 www.qmaxsolutions.com RBI Canada 2000 Inc 5677 Burleigh Cres SE Calgary AB T2H 1Z7 Phone: (403) 255-3730 Remote Wireline Services 8804 98 St Morinville AB T8R 1K6 Phone: (780) 939-6655 www.remotewireline.com Ryan Energy Technologies 2800-500 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V6 Phone: (403) 269-5981 www.ryanenergy.com Scormac Oilfield Bits Inc 4710 62 Ave Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 808-6462 SDS Drilling 4025 96 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 4T7 Phone: (403) 287-1460 www.boartlongyear.com Shield Wireline Ltd 6004 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2T9 Phone: (780) 875-2772 Sicotte Drilling Tools 1101 77 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1M8 Phone: (780) 440-6700 www.sicottedrillingtools.com Silverline Coil PO Box 923 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-8377 Silvertip Rentals And Fishing Tools PO Box 207 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-8372 www.silvertiprentals.com Smith Bits 700-396 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 264-6077 www.smithbits.com Smith International Canada Ltd 7 Flr-396 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 264-6077 www.smith.com Smith Services 700-396 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C5 Phone: (403) 264-6077 www.siismithservices.com Summit Wireline Inc PO Box 11439 Lloydminster AB T9V 3B7 Phone: (306) 825-4191

Superheat FGH Canada, Inc 1303 77 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1M8 Phone: (780) 469-8008 www.superheatfgh.com Tallrig International Safety PO Box 12387 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C6 Phone: (780) 808-5311 Tangedal Water Well Drilling PO Box 1 Athabasca AB T9S 2A2 Phone: (780) 675-4405 Tartan Controls Inc 320-1201 5 St SW Calgary AB T2R 0Y6 Phone: (403) 232-1490 www.tartancontrols.com Ted’s Power Tongs & Laydown Machine Ltd PO Box 267 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2460 Titus Tools Inc 6014 52 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2S8 Phone: (780) 875-6282 www.titustools.com Tomtruck Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 1705 Lloydminster SK S9V 1M6 Phone: (780) 205-1535 www.tomtruck.ca Tornado Technologies Inc 3236 50 Ave SE Calgary AB T2B 3A3 Phone: (403) 244-3333 www.tornadotech.com Trendon Bit Service Ltd PO Box 548 Redcliff AB T0J 2P0 Phone: (403) 548-7242 www.trendonbitservice.com Treo Drilling Services LP 1600-333 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2Y 1L9 Phone: (403) 723-8600 www.treodrilling.com Trinidad Drilling Ltd 2500-700 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3V4 Phone: (403) 265-6525 www.trinidaddrilling.com Triple D Bending 4707 Glenmore Tr SE Calgary AB T2C 2R9 Phone: (403) 255-2944 www.pipebending.com Tryton Tool Services 5107 62 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E3 Phone: (780) 875-0800 www.trytontoolservices.ca Tundra Environmental Drilling Stettler AB Phone: (403) 883-2671 www.tundraenvirodrilling.ca Unique Boring PO Box 1122 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-0232

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY VAM Canada Inc 1920-444 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2T8 Phone: (403) 233-0119 www.vmtubes.com

Abstract Gasfield Solutions Limited 5141 50 Ave Vegreville AB T9C 1M5 Phone: (780) 603-7770 www.gasfieldsolutions.com

Varel Rock Bits Canada Inc 9926 29 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6N 1A2 Phone: (780) 435-5706 www.varelrockbits.com

Ainsworth Inc 102-7304 30 St SE Calgary AB T2C 1W2 Phone: (403) 265-6750 www.ainsworth.com

Variperm Canada Limited 10-3424 26 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 4T7 Phone: (403) 250-7263 www.variperm.com

Aircom Industries 9328 37 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5K3 Phone: (780) 434-6916 www.teamaircom.com

Vetco Gray Canada ULC 710-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 264-4146 www.vetcogray.com

All-Tek Industrial & Auto Electric 6015 53 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2T1 Phone: (780) 808-5209

Volant Products 2008 Inc. 4624 Eleniak Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 2S1 Phone: (780) 490-5185 www.volantproducts.ca Vortex Energy Pumping Services Inc 5115 62 St Vegreville AB T9C 1N6 Phone: (780) 632-3558 Wavefront PO Box 124 Marsden SK S0M 1P0 Phone: (306) 826-5750 Wellsite Masters Ltd 301-9816 Hardin St Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K3 Phone: (780) 880-6559 www.wmasters.ca Welltec Canada Inc 4860 25 St SE Calgary AB T2B 3M2 Phone: (403) 263-2248 www.welltec.com Welltec Wireline Services 5617 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2L1 Phone: (780) 812-2585 www.heatseekersltd.com Western Lakota Energy Services Inc 300-500 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V6 Phone: (403) 214-5970 www.westernlakota.com Wipers PO Box 456 Bashaw AB T0B 0H0 Phone: (780) 372-3883 Xtreme Wireline 1700-715 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2X6 Phone: (403) 206-3458

ElectricalInstrumentation/ Controls ABB Inc 110-4411 6 St SE Calgary AB T2G 4E8 Phone: (403) 225-5511 www.abb.com

Borealis Electrical & Controls Ltd 129 Silverdale Gdns Fort McMurray AB T9H 3S6 Phone: (780) 743-1118 Bredon Electrical Systems Ltd PO Box 6136 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 799-9117 Brews Supply Ltd 12203 40 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 4E6 Phone: (403) 243-1144 www.brewssupply.com Canonbie Contracting Ltd 12307 17 St NE Edmonton AB T6S 1A7 Phone: (780) 377-2200 www.canonbie.ca

Energy Navigator Inc 2200-101 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P4 Phone: (403) 233-9400 www.energynavigator.com

Carbon Controls Ltd 124-11979 40 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M3 Phone: (403) 238-9944 www.carboncontrolsltd.com

Apex Valve Services 6217 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2L9 Phone: (780) 826-4355 www.apexdistribution.com

Casca Electric Ltd 206-9401 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 3Z7 Phone: (780) 743-2002 www.cascaelectric.com

B J Electric Supplies Ltd 4143 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6E9 Phone: (780) 461-2334 www.bjelectric.ca

CD Nova Instruments Ltd 117-1144 29 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7P1 Phone: (403) 250-5600 www.cdnova.com

Baldor Dodge Reliance 230 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 743-1123

Centurion Energy Services Ltd 6-242 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 791-5661 www.centurionenergy.ca

Classic Electric PO Box 6021 Peace River AB T8S 1S1 Phone: (780) 624-5749

Bayzik Electrical Valve & Instrumentation Inc 8112 Fraser Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1W5 Phone: (780) 743-2995 www.bayzikelectric.com

Concept Controls Inc 1-2315 30 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7C7 Phone: (403) 208-1065 www.conceptcontrols.com

Benchmark Instrumentation & Analytical Services Ltd 146-51350 Rge Rd 224 Sherwood Park AB T8H 1H3 Phone: (780) 669-1300 www.benchmarkinc.ca Bentek Systems Ltd 315-3750 46 Ave SE Calgary AB T2B 0L1 Phone: (403) 243-5135 www.scadalink.com Ber-Mac Electrical & Instrumentation Ltd 250 42 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 1Y4 Phone: (403) 287-6026 www.ber-mac.com Bi-Systems Electric & Controls Ltd PO Box 309 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y2 Phone: (780) 875-4047

Enviromeasure Inc 100-18130 105 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2T4 Phone: (780) 487-4334 Fluid Lift Systems Inc PO Box 104 Vimy AB T0G 2J0 Phone: (780) 961-3545 www.fluidlift.com

Chemco Electrical Contractors Ltd 6-210 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 790-9722

Battle River Electric Ltd 1330 10A St Wainwright AB T9W 1K5 Phone: (780) 842-4485

G G Electric 3807 46A Ave Close Lloydminster SK S9V 2C1 Phone: (306) 825-5484 General Electric Canada Inc 9353 45 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Z7 Phone: (780) 438-3280

Guillevin International Co 4220A Blackfoot Tr SE Calgary AB T2G 4E6 Phone: (403) 287-1680 www.guillevin.com

D’Lanne Electro Controls (2000) 905 4 St NW Slave Lake AB T0G 2A1 Phone: (780) 849-4316

EECOL Electric 63 Sunpark Dr SE Calgary AB T2X 3V4 Phone: (403) 253-1952 www.eecol.com

Fort McMurray Valve & Fitting Ltd 2-266 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 790-0640

Grizzly Electric & Instrumentation Ltd PO Box 332 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-9164

Daryl’s Electric & Trenching Services PO Box 348 Glendon AB T0A 1P0 Phone: (780) 635-2634

Eagletech Electric Ltd 1215 Main St NE Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-7818

Endress + Hauser 318-8925 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5J3 Phone: (780) 486-3222 www.ca.endress.com Energy Electric Ltd 4111 48 St Bonnyville AB T9N 1P4 Phone: (780) 826-7795

Amercable 3812 64 St Stettler AB T0C 2L1 Phone: (403) 742-1833

Baldor-Reliance 4053 92 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6R8 Phone: (780) 434-4900 www.ebaldor.ca

Emes Electric Ltd PO Box 351 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A4 Phone: (780) 849-2771

Hampton Power Systems Ltd 200-3415 29 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 5W4 Phone: (403) 730-8877 www.hampton-power.com Harris Electric Co Ltd 6205 48 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2G1 Phone: (780) 875-3336 Hy-Lok Canada Inc 2407 96 St NW Edmonton AB T6N 0A7 Phone: (780) 409-4484 www.hylok.ca Independent Electric & Controls Ltd 6211 51 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2E1 Phone: (780) 871-0830

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Industrial Electrical Services (Fort McMurray) Ltd 8333 Fraser Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1W9 Phone: (780) 743-9393

Kondro Electric (1980) Ltd 6202 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2C9 Phone: (780) 875-6226

Mosan Communications Ltd PO Box 3342 Wainwright AB T9W 1T3 Phone: (780) 842-2400

PCL Intracon Power Inc 5350 99 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5L7 Phone: (780) 733-5300 www.pcl.com

InTech NDE 6211 Roper Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 3G6 Phone: (780) 448-9575 www.intech-nde.com

Laird Electric Inc 225 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B5 Phone: (780) 743-2595 www.lairdelectric.com

Moventas Ltd PO Box 20100 Cambridge ON N1R 8C8 Phone: (519) 621-6390 www.moventas.com

PMC Process Measurement & Controls Inc 6235B 86 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2S4 Phone: (403) 258-3670

Invensys Systems Canada Inc 4540 104 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 1R7 Phone: (403) 777-1150 www.invensys.com

Link Industrial Technologies Ltd 9544 27 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6N 1B2 Phone: (780) 437-4380 www.linkindustrial.com

Nedco 5-242 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 743-3461

Primary Flow Signal Canada Inc 4003 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Y5 Phone: (780) 440-0109 www.primaryflowsignalcanada.com

JAG Instrument Services Ltd PO Box 1138 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-2786

Marlyn Electric Ltd PO Box 805 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4447

Nipisi Electric Ltd PO Box 1216 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3700

Procon Systems Inc 9310 60 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 0C1 Phone: (780) 437-0244 www.proconsystems.com

Nomad Electrical Contractors Ltd 8909 96 St Peace River AB T8S 1G8 Phone: (780) 624-2447

Pronghorn Controls Ltd 101-4919 72 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 3H3 Phone: (403) 720-2526 www.pronghorn.ca

Kenry Electric Ltd 9717 90 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1G8 Phone: (780) 624-5435 Kingsway Instruments Inc 4238 91A St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5V2 Phone: (780) 463-5264 www.kingswayinstruments.com Kinsella Electric Ltd PO Box 7 Kinsella AB T0B 2N0 Phone: (780) 336-2493 Kintek Ltd 10214 Centennial Dr Fort McMurray AB T9H 1Y5 Phone: (780) 790-0746

Matrikon Inc 1800-10405 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3N4 Phone: (780) 448-1010 www.matrikon.com Midlite Powerline Construction PO Box 25058 Fort McMurray AB T9H 5N8 Phone: (780) 714-6966 Midwest Communications 5910 44 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1V7 Phone: (780) 808-2223 www.midwestcommunications.ca

Noralta Controls Ltd 6010B 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2T9 Phone: (780) 875-6777 www.noraltacontrols.com

Pyramid Corporation 2308 8 St Nisku AB T9E 7Z2 Phone: (780) 955-2988 www.pyramidcorporation.com

Nor-Tech Systems LP 4819 55 Ave Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-3944

Regent Electric Ltd 6202 49 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2M5 Phone: (780) 826-5573

North Star Electric PO Box 517 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-5511

Rentco Equipment Ltd 7913 100 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1M5 Phone: (780) 624-4646 www.rentcoequipment.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY R.L. Electric Motor Rewinding (1995) Ltd 6506 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2W8 Phone: (780) 875-6880 Rockwell Automation 164 Chapala Dr SE Calgary AB T2X 3S9 Phone: (403) 663-8772 Rotork Controls (Canada) Ltd 6-820 28 St NE Calgary AB T2A 6K1 Phone: (403) 569-9455 www.rotork.com Rutter Hinz Inc 103-801 Manning Rd NE Calgary AB T2E 7M8 Phone: (403) 235-5305 www.rutterhinz.com Simark Controls Ltd 10509 46 St SE Calgary AB T2C 5C2 Phone: (403) 236-0580 www.simark.com SMS Equipment 16116 111 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 2S1 Phone: (780) 451-2630 www.coneco.ca Spartan Controls Ltd 8403 51 Ave Edmonton AB T6E 5L9 Phone: (780) 440-8351 www.spartancontrols.com Specialties Valve Inc PO Box 446 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3432 Stellar Tech Energy Services Inc 4-6160 40 St SE Calgary AB T2C 1Z3 Phone: (403) 279-8367 www.stes.ca Sterling Technical Services Ltd PO Box 261 Ardmore AB T0A 0B0 Phone: (780) 812-3567 Studon Electric & Controls Inc 1030-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 781-6302 www.studon.com Studon Electric & Controls Inc 102-8024 Edgar Industrial Cres Red Deer AB T4P 3R3 Phone: (800) 825-1646 www.studon.com Stuve Electrical Contractors Ltd 8128 Manning Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1V7 Phone: (780) 743-2424 Syntech Enerflex 4912 52 St SE Calgary AB T2B 3R2 Phone: (403) 290-1880 www.enerflex.com Systech Instrumentation Inc 1-1815 27 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7E1 Phone: (403) 291-3535 www.systechinst.com

Tarpon Energy Services Ltd 7020 81 St SE Calgary AB T2C 5B8 Phone: (403) 234-8647 www.tarponenergy.com TECO-Westinghouse Motors (Canada) Inc 18060 109 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2K2 Phone: (780) 444-8933 www.twmi.com

Wika Instruments Canada Ltd 3103 Parsons Rd NW Edmonton AB T6N 1C8 Phone: (780) 463-7035 www.wika.ca

Bear Slashing Ltd PO Box 6158 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G8 Phone: (780) 826-8048 www.bearslashing.com

Environmental Products & Services

Beaver Regional Waste Management Authority PO Box 322 Ryley AB T0B 4A0 Phone: (780) 663-2038 www.agt.net/public/brwmsccc

Telvent Canada 200-10333 Southport Rd SW Calgary AB T2W 3X6 Phone: (403) 253-8848 www.telvent.com

A D Williams Engineering Inc 10010 100 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 0N3 Phone: (780) 424-2393 www.adwilliams.com

The Cat Rental Store - Wirtanen Electric Division 14849 124 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5L 3B2 Phone: (780) 434-8421 www.catrents.ca

Ace Vegetation Control Service Ltd 2001 8 St Nisku AB T9E 7Z1 Phone: (780) 955-8980 www.acevegetation.com

Thomas & Betts Ltd 700 Thomas Ave Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu QC J2X 2M9 Phone: (450) 347-5318 www.tnb.com/canada

AGI-Envirotank PO Box 879 Biggar SK S0K 0M0 Phone: (306) 948-5262 www.envirotank.com

Toran Power & Equipment Ltd 7506 43 St Leduc AB T9E 7E8 Phone: (780) 980-8000 www.toranpower.com

Akcess Drum Ltd PO Box 774 Two Hills AB T0B 4K0 Phone: (780) 657-3505

Tracer Industries Inc 11004 174 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2P3 Phone: (780) 455-8111

Alfa Laval Inc 305-2912 Memorial Dr SE Calgary AB T2A 6R1 Phone: (403) 269-5300 www.alfalaval.ca

Trakware Systems Inc 800-10050 112 St Edmonton AB T5K 2J1 Phone: (780) 454-8725 www.trakware.com TurboCare Canada Ltd 4920 43 St SE Calgary AB T2B 3N3 Phone: (403) 279-2211 www.turbocare.com TYCO Thermal Controls 11004 174 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2P3 Phone: (780) 434-7417 www.tycothermal.com Vanko Analytics Ltd 4408 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2W2 Phone: (780) 436-0281 www.vanko.net Voyageur Electric Ltd PO Box 159 Plamondon AB T0A 2T0 Phone: (780) 798-3939 Vulcan Electrical Ltd 18225 107 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1K4 Phone: (780) 483-0036 www.vulcanelectrical.com Wesco Distribution Canada Inc 385 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 5E2 Phone: (780) 799-4337 Western Gauge & Instruments Ltd Bay 2-4045 74 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2H9 Phone: (403) 236-4888 www.wgiltd.com

CEB Technologies 3000-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 539-5099 www.bekaert.com/ncdflaring Century Environmental Services 1-3006 Cleveland Ave Saskatoon SK S7K 8B5 Phone: (306) 934-4549 www.wolseleyinc.ca Chedkor Contracting Ltd PO Box 313 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2407

Altus Energy Services Partnership PO Box 6727 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H3 Phone: (780) 826-2290 www.altusenergy.com AMEC Earth & Environmental 140 Quarry Park Blvd SE Calgary AB T2C 3G3 Phone: (403) 248-4331 www.amec.com

Apex Geoscience Ltd 200-9797 45 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5V8 Phone: (780) 439-5380 www.apexgeoscience.com Aquatech International Corp 205-259 Midpark Way SE Calgary AB T2X 1M2 Phone: (403) 256-8700 www.aquatech.com ATCO Noise Management Ltd 1243 McKnight Blvd NE Calgary AB T2E 5T1 Phone: (403) 292-7804 www.atconoise.com

C. Herman Trucking Ltd PO Box 1132 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-5399 Cave Inspection Ltd PO Box 25 Kitscoty AB T0B 2P0 Phone: (780) 846-2437

Alpine Environmental Ltd 119-1440 Aviation Park NE Calgary AB T2E 7E2 Phone: (403) 291-1081 www.alpine-env.com

Amplex Environmental Ltd Box 26 Site 330 RR 3 Stony Plain AB T7Z 1X3 Phone: (780) 799-3849

Bulldog Protective Coatings 605 Caribou Tr SW Slave Lake AB Phone: (780) 849-2581 www.bulldogcoating.com

Chipewyan Prairie Environmental 39A Janvier Dr Conklin AB T0P 1H0 Phone: (780) 559-2661 Clariant Oil Services 950-717 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z3 Phone: (403) 262-7846 www.clariantoil.com Clean Harbors Canada Inc PO Box 390 Ryley AB T0B 4A0 Phone: (780) 663-3828 www.cleanharbors.com Contain Enviro Services Ltd PO Box 269 Cold Lake AB T9M 1P1 Phone: (780) 639-6654 www.contain.ca Core Laboratories Canada Ltd 2810 12 St NE Calgary AB T2E 7P7 Phone: (403) 250-4000 www.corelab.com Cozy Cats Ltd PO Box 1282 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-1926 D & G Polyethylene Products Ltd PO Box 276 Neilburg SK S0M 2C0 Phone: (306) 823-4789 www.dgpolyproducts.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Darnic Environmental Services RR 1 Stn Main Lloydminster AB S9V 0X6 Phone: (780) 875-8673 Dentor Enterprises PO Box 5665 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G6 Phone: (780) 743-9446 Deuce Disposal Ltd PO Box 362 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3334 Dipper Holdings Ltd PO Box 10457 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A6 Phone: (780) 875-0657 www.littledipper.ab.ca Dow Chemical Canada Inc 2100-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 267-3500 www.dowcanada.com Dziengielewski Enterprises Ltd PO Box 6321 Peace River AB T8S 1S2 Phone: (780) 624-5532 EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd 14940 123 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5V 1B4 Phone: (780) 451-2121 www.eba.ca Enviro Vault Canada Ltd 503-10 Discovery Ridge Hill SW Calgary AB T3H 5X2 Phone: (403) 263-4433 www.envirovault.com

G.L.M. Vessels & Process Equipment 900-706 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z1 Phone: (403) 231-2730 www.glmprocess.com

Key Maintenance Technologies 204 Carmichael Cl NW Edmonton AB T6R 2K6 Phone: (780) 437-7659 www.spinnerii.ca

Newalta Corporation 211 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0C6 Phone: (403) 806-7000 www.newalta.com

Gourley Construction Ltd 4606 49 Ave Vermilion AB T9X 1R6 Phone: (780) 853-5087

Kinsella Plastics PO Box 5 Kinsella AB T0B 2N0 Phone: (780) 336-3308 www.kinsellaplastic.com

Nilex Inc 9222 40 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2P3 Phone: (403) 543-5454 www.nilex.com

Gower & Co Vegetation Management Inc PO Box 11812 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C1 Phone: (780) 808-3141

Kleen-Bee Lloydminster 5402 51 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0P8 Phone: (780) 875-7627

Hatfield Consultants 8542B Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2J4 Phone: (780) 743-4290 www.hatfieldgroup.com

Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd 500-2618 Hopewell Pl NE Calgary AB T1Y 7J7 Phone: (403) 274-3424 www.klohn.com

Noise Solutions Inc 301-206 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0W7 Phone: (403) 232-0916 www.noisesolutions.com

HAZCO Environmental Services 103-3355 114 Ave SE Calgary AB T2Z 0K7 Phone: (403) 297-0444 www.hazco.com Highland Maintenance PO Box 1220 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1G1 Phone: (780) 875-6882 Hobblestone Enterprises Inc PO Box 28 Blackfoot AB T0B 0L0 Phone: (780) 875-7282 www.hobblestoneplastics.com Interra Environmental Inc 12-2180 Pegasus Way NE Calgary AB T2E 8M5 Phone: (403) 236-4901 www.envirospill.com

EnviroSORT Inc. 700-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 509-2150 www.envirosort.com

Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc 1060-736 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H4 Phone: (403) 237-0275 www.intrinsikscience.com

Evergreen Solutions 110-3506 118 Ave SE Calgary AB T2Z 3X1 Phone: (403) 273-8000 www.evergreensolutions.com

IPAC Services Corporation 8701 102 St Clairmont AB T0H 0W0 Phone: (780) 532-7350 www.ipacservices.com

Excel Vegetation Services RR 4 Tofield AB T0B 4J0 Phone: (780) 446-8015

Ivanhoe 9516 146 Ave Grande Prairie AB T8V 7V9 Phone: (780) 538-3904 www.ivanhoecontracting.com

First Nation Reclamation Consulting Ltd PO Box 76 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-0060 Garnier Environmental Service PO Box 223 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y2 Phone: (780) 871-8840 GCHEM Ltd Bay 1-4810 62 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2E9 Phone: (780) 871-4668 www.gchem.ca

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Kaizen Lab 333 50 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 2B3 Phone: (403) 297-0868 www.kaizenenviro.com Katch Kan Limited 5606 103A St NW Edmonton AB T6H 2J5 Phone: (780) 414-6083 www.katchkan.com Kenton Environmental Inc PO Box 990 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4545

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Layfield Geosynthetics & Industrial Fabrics Ltd 11603 180 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2H6 Phone: (780) 453-6731 www.geomembranes.com Lo-Cost Waste Disposal 105-190 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 743-4020 Louvic Spraying Enterprises Ltd PO Box 351 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y4 Phone: (780) 875-5770 M & M Environmental Services Ltd Marwayne AB Phone: (780) 847-3839 Manning Disposals PO Box 637 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2637 Marksmen Vegetation Management Inc PO Box 10576 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A7 Phone: (780) 847-3434 www.marksmeninc.com Maxxam Analytics Inc 2021 41 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 6P2 Phone: (403) 291-3077 www.maxxamanalytics.com Mighty Mulching PO Box 7479 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H8 Phone: (780) 826-9660 Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd 208-4207 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5R7 Phone: (780) 496-9048 www.mems.ca Morgan Construction & Environmental Ltd 702 Acheson Rd Acheson AB T7X 5A7 Phone: (780) 960-6966 www.mcel.ca Nalco Canada Co 180-3553 31 St NW Calgary AB T2L 2K7 Phone: (403) 284-6275 www.nalco.com Neegan Technical Services Ltd 283 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y4 Phone: (780) 791-9386

Northern EnviroSearch Ltd 620-703 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T9 Phone: (403) 543-5353 www.envirosearch.ca Norwesco Canada Ltd 7520 Yellowhead Tr NW Edmonton AB T5B 1G3 Phone: (780) 474-7440 www.norwescocanada.com Onysty Environmental Services PO Box 1212 Athabasca AB T9S 2B1 Phone: (780) 689-6498 Panther Environmental Inc PO Box 7793 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J1 Phone: (780) 812-2702 Pembina Institute 200-608 7 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1Z2 Phone: (403) 269-3344 www.pembina.org PHH ARC Environmental Ltd 111-11505 35 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 4B1 Phone: (403) 543-1940 www.phharcenv.com Prodahl Environmental Services Ltd 4201 37 Ave Lloydminster AB Phone: (306) 825-5933 Proeco Corporation 7722 9 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1L6 Phone: (780) 440-1825 www.proeco.com Quik Pick Waste Disposal PO Box 710 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y7 Phone: (780) 875-4100 www.quikpick.biz Radium Reclamation Ltd PO Box 26 Mallaig AB T0A 2K0 Phone: (780) 635-2225 Recyc-Haul Waste Management Inc PO Box 51011 RPO Beddington Calgary AB T3K 3V9 Phone: (403) 272-3138

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Red Oak Industries Inc PO Box 582 Bruderheim AB T0B 0S0 Phone: (780) 796-3851

Welclean Land Reclamation Services Ltd 2306 52A Ave Cl Lloydminster AB T9V 2R5 Phone: (780) 875-6354

Bennett Jones LLP 4500-855 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 4K7 Phone: (403) 298-3100 www.bennettjones.com

Deloitte & Touche 3000-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 0S7 Phone: (403) 267-1700 www.deloitte.ca

RemedX Remediation Services Inc 305-1550 5 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1K3 Phone: (403) 209-0004 www.remedx.net

Wood Buffalo Environmental Association 202-9914 Morrison St Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A4 Phone: (780) 799-4420 www.wbea.org

BMO Capital Markets 2200-333 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2Z1 Phone: (403) 515-3656 www.bmo.com

Enstar Financial Corporation 2300-444 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2T8 Phone: (403) 974-3266 www.enstarfinancial.com

Robwel Constructors Limited Partnership PO Box 20007 Conklin AB T0P 1H0 Phone: (780) 559-2966

WorleyParsons 4500 16 Ave NW Calgary AB T3B 0M6 Phone: (403) 247-0200 www.worleyparsons.com

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 1000-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 232-9512 www.blgcanada.com

Ernst & Young 1100-440 2 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5E9 Phone: (403) 290-4100 www.eycan.com

Border Credit Union 5012 49 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0K2 Phone: (780) 875-4434

FirstEnergy Capital Corp 1100-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 262-0600 www.firstenergy.com

SDS Environmental Services Ltd 1811 17 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-6365 Strata Environmental Ltd 5807 51 Ave Vermilion AB T9X 1V8 Phone: (780) 853-3396 www.strataenv.net Swamp Mats Inc 1600-505 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3E6 Phone: (403) 265-8757 www.swampmats.ca Tarbender Family of Degreasers 142 Tusselwood Heights NW Calgary AB T3L 2M7 Phone: (403) 375-0062 www.detsaw.ca Target Vegetation Control Ltd PO Box 396 Athabasca AB T9S 2A4 Phone: (780) 675-4995 Terracon Geotechnique Ltd 140-2723 37 Ave NE Calgary AB T1Y 5R8 Phone: (403) 266-1150 www.terracon.ca TORR Canada Inc 240, 100-1039 17 Ave SW Calgary AB T2T 0B2 Phone: (403) 921-6891 www.torrcanada.com Total Combustion Inc 1510-734 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P8 Phone: (403) 309-7731 www.tciburners.com Tri-Gen Construction Ltd PO Box 399 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-3831 www.tri-genconstruction.com Veracity Energy Services Ltd PO Box 366 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3798 www.veracityenergy.com Waste Management of Canada Corporation 7940 25 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1M9 Phone: (780) 440-1700 www.wm.com

X-Terra Environmental Consulting Ltd 200-6002 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2T9 Phone: (780) 875-1442 www.xtec.ca Zazula Process Equipment Ltd 1526 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0J5 Phone: (403) 244-0751 www.zazula.com Zirco (1989) Ltd 5614A Burbank Rd SE Calgary AB T2H 1Z4 Phone: (403) 259-3303 www.zirco.com

Financial Institutions & Legal Firms Acumen Capital Partners 700-404 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0R9 Phone: (403) 571-0314 Allegro Energy Capital Corporation 960-630 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S8 Phone: (403) 294-0002 AON Reed Stenhouse 900-10025 102A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 0Y2 Phone: (780) 423-9801 www.aon.ca Apectec 3911 Trasimene Cres SW Calgary AB T3E 7J6 Phone: (403) 685-1888 www.apectec.com ARC Financial Corporation 4300-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 292-0680 www.arcfinancial.com Aston Hill Financial 500-321 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H3 Phone: (403) 770-4800 ATB Financial 300-239 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1B9 Phone: (403) 974-5721 Bennett Jones LLP PO Box 130 Stn 1st Can Place Toronto ON M5X 1A4 Phone: (416) 863-1200 www.bennettjones.ca

Business Development Bank of Canada 110-444 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0X8 Phone: (403) 292-5600 www.bdc.ca Canaccord Capital Corp 2200-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 508-3800 www.canaccord.com Canaccord Enermarket Ltd 2310-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 262-1442 www.canaccordenermarket.com Canadian Energy Capital Inc 3228 Conrad Dr NW Calgary AB T2L 1B4 Phone: (403) 874-0830

Fraser Milner Casgrain 3000-237 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4X7 Phone: (403) 268-7000 www.fmc-law.com FRPL Finance Ltd C-5799 3 St SE Calgary AB T2H 1K1 Phone: (403) 451-1161 www.frplfinance.com GE Canada Equipment Financing G.P. 2120-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 571-2150 www.gecapitalcanada.com

Canadian Western Bank 606 4 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1T1 Phone: (403) 262-8700 www.cwbank.com Canalta Business Brokers Inc 1420-5555 Calgary Tr NW Edmonton AB T6H 5P9 Phone: (780) 468-1602 www.canaltabb.com CCS Income Trust 2400-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 231-1149 www.ccsincometrust.com Chrysalis Capital Advisors Inc 15 Bel Aire Pl SW Calgary AB T2V 2C3 Phone: (403) 252-2911 CIBC World Markets Inc 900-855 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 4J7 Phone: (403) 260-0500 www.cibc.ca Community Futures Wood Buffalo 102-9816 Hardin St Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K3 Phone: (780) 791-0330 www.cfwb.ca Davis LLP 1000-250 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 0C1 Phone: (403) 296-4470 www.davis.ca

Foster Park Baskett Insurance Ltd 200-17704 103 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1J9 Phone: (780) 489-4961 www.fpb.ca

GMP Securities Ltd 1600-500 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V6 Phone: (403) 543-3030 www.gmpsecurities.com Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 1400-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 4V5 Phone: (403) 298-1000 www.ballem.com Grant Thornton LLP Sun Life Plaza, East Tower 1000-112 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0H3 Phone: (403) 260-2500 www.grantthornton.ca Haywood Securities Inc 301-808 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1M9 Phone: (403) 509-1900 www.haywood.com Hutchinson & Company 5019 50 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0L9 Phone: (780) 875-3887 J D McCormick Financial Services Inc 810-441 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V1 Phone: (403) 209-0900

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY JB Oil & Gas Ltd 800-639 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M9 Phone: (403) 298-4430 www.jbog.ca

Macleod Dixon 3700-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 267-9411 www.macleoddixon.com

Mustang Capital Partners Inc 3601-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 537-6300 www.mustangcapital.ca

Provident Energy Ltd. 2100-250 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 0C1 Phone: (403) 296-2233 www.providentenergy.com

Jennings Capital Inc 2600-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 292-0970 www.jenningscapital.com

Marsh Canada Limited 1100-222 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0B4 Phone: (403) 290-7900 www.marshcanada.com

National Bank Financial 2800-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 531-8400 www.nbfinancial.com

Raymond James Ltd 2500-707 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H5 Phone: (403) 509-0500

KPMG 2700-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4B9 Phone: (403) 691-8188 www.kpmg.com

McCarthy Tetrault 3300-421 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4K9 Phone: (403) 260-3500 www.mccarthy.ca

National Bank of Canada 2700-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 294-4962 www.nbc.ca

Lawson Lundell LLP 3700-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V7 Phone: (403) 269-6900 www.lawsonlundell.com

McLean & Partners Wealth Management Ltd 801 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0B4 Phone: (403) 234-0005 www.mcleanpartners.com

Native Venture Capital Co Ltd 27 Pointe Artist View Calgary AB T3Z 3N3 Phone: (403) 208-5380

Leede Financial Markets Inc 2300-777 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R5 Phone: (403) 531-6800 www.leedefinancial.com

McLennan Ross LLP 600-12220 Stony Plain Rd NW Edmonton AB T5N 3Y4 Phone: (780) 482-9200 www.mross.com

Lionhart Capital Ltd 876 Parkridge Rd SE Calgary AB T2J 5C6 Phone: (403) 287-2807 www.lionhartcapital.com

Merrill Lynch Canada Ltd 2620-255 5 Ave SW Bow Valley Square III Calgary AB T2P 3G6 Phone: (403) 231-7314 www.ml.com

Lochend Associates Ltd PO Box 2096 Stn M Calgary AB T2P 2M4 Phone: (403) 270-7899 Lomax Group Inc 1610-700 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T8 Phone: (403) 237-5334 www.lomaxgroup.com Longbow Capital Inc 701-421 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4K9 Phone: (403) 264-1888

Miles Davison LLP 1600-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V7 Phone: (403) 298-0333 www.milesdavison.com Miller Thomson LLP 3000-700 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3V4 Phone: (403) 298-2400 www.millerthomson.ca

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Orion Securities Inc 1210-335 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1C9 Phone: (403) 218-6650 www.orionsecurities.ca Parlee McLaws LLP 1500-10180 101 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 4K1 Phone: (780) 423-8500 www.parlee.com Peters & Co Limited Bankers Hall W 3900-888 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5C5 Phone: (403) 261-2205 www.petersco.com Priority Leasing Inc 200-7909 Flint Rd SE Calgary AB T2H 1G3 Phone: (403) 216-1930 www.priorityleasing.net

Rogers Insurance Ltd 600-1000 Centre St NE Calgary AB T2E 7W6 Phone: (403) 296-2400 Ross Smith Energy Group Ltd 400-407 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1E5 Phone: (403) 294-9111 www.rseg.com Roynat Capital 3900-700 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2W2 Phone: (403) 269-7755 www.roynat.com RSM Richter 430-736 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H4 Phone: (403) 233-8462 Rundle Energy Partners 1950-140 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N3 Phone: (403) 298-9725 www.rundleenergy.com Sayer Energy Advisors 1620-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 266-6133 www.sayersecurities.com

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Norfolk Group The 1100-940 6 Ave Calgary AB T2P 3T1 Phone: (403) 232-8545 www.norfolkgrp.com

RBC Capital Markets 1100-888 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5C5 Phone: (403) 292-3907 www.royalbank.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY SCF Partners 3430-400 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4H2 Phone: (403) 244-7888

Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing-Welding Products/Services

Sphere Energy Corp 750-815 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Phone: (403) 233-2822 www.sphereenergy.ca

A Amyotte & Sons Welding Ltd PO Box 96 Mallaig AB T0A 2K0 Phone: (780) 635-3880

Stikeman Elliott LLP 4300-855 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5C5 Phone: (403) 266-9000 www.stikeman.com

Accurate Machining Ltd PO Box 10402 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A5 Phone: (780) 875-8756

Tax Back Ltd 710-7015 Macleod Tr S Calgary AB T2H 2K6 Phone: (403) 252-3128 www.taxback.ab.ca

Advance Engineered Products Ltd 2335 Schuyler St Saskatoon SK S7M 5V1 Phone: (306) 933-2445 www.advanceengineeredproducts.com

TD Securities 800-324 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2Z2 Phone: (403) 299-7964 www.tdsecurities.com

Advantage Products Inc 273-1919B 4 St SW Calgary AB T2S 1W4 Phone: (403) 264-1647 www.advantageproductsinc.com

The Co-operators Unit 1-310 Thickwood Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9K 1Y1 Phone: (780) 588-2667 www.thecooperators.ca Trans Action Oil & Gas Ventures Inc 445-708 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0E4 Phone: (403) 263-9270 www.taog.ca Tristone Capital Inc 2020-335 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1C9 Phone: (403) 294-9541 www.tristonecapital.com

Aker Solutions 300-6835 Railway St SE Calgary AB T2H 2V6 Phone: (403) 640-4230 www.akersolutions.com Almac Machine Works Ltd 9624 35 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5S3 Phone: (780) 434-3402 www.almacmachine.com Almita Manufacturing Ltd 4201 66 St Ponoka AB T4J 1J8 Phone: (403) 783-5800 www.almita.com

Union Bank of California 730-440 2 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5E9 Phone: (403) 233-4800 www.uboc.com

A-Plus Machining 4702 62 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2G2 Phone: (780) 875-6969 www.aplusmachining.com

Valiant Trust Company 310-606 4 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1T1 Phone: (403) 233-2801

Aqua Industrial Ltd 205-9912 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2K5 Phone: (780) 799-7300 www.aquaindustrialltd.com

Van Helden Agencies Ltd 1215 14 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0W1 Phone: (403) 244-8957

Argus Machine Co Ltd 5820 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3J1 Phone: (780) 434-9451 www.argusmachine.com

Veracity Financial Services 4909 49 St Lloydminster SK S9V 0M2 Phone: (306) 825-6200

Bartan Machine & Welding Co Ltd 285 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B7 Phone: (780) 743-1817

Willis Canada Inc 1600-520 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R7 Phone: (403) 263-6117

Battle River Ironworks Inc 4907 49 Ave Forestburg AB Phone: (780) 582-3596

Working Capital Corporation 2806-505 6 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1X5 Phone: (403) 262-2803 www.workingcapitalcorp.com

Bend-Tech Fabricating PO Box 11793 County Energy Park Lloydminster AB T9V 3C1 Phone: (780) 872-5234 Beta Machinery Analysis Ltd 300-1615 10 Ave SW Calgary AB T3C 0J7 Phone: (403) 245-5666 www.betamachinery.com

Big B’s Portable Welding 224 Cheechem Dr Anzac AB T0P 1J0 Phone: (403) 881-3977

Dale’s Welding 2008 Ltd 6003 52 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2S8 Phone: (780) 875-0032

B-Line Welding Inc PO Box 205 Athabasca AB T9S 2A3 Phone: (780) 689-2562

Damik Machine Ltd RR 1 Westlock AB T7P 2N9 Phone: (780) 349-3431

Blue Chip Machining & Manufacturing Ltd 1812 17 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-7490

Davco Welding & Crane Service Ltd 106 16 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L5 Phone: (780) 842-5559 www.davco.cc

Bluestar Welding Site 7 Box 20 RR 2 Grande Prairie AB T8V 2Z9 Phone: (780) 532-1160 www.bluestarwelding.com

Dewan’s Welding PO Box 7586 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H9 Phone: (780) 826-2531

Bonnyville Sandblasting Ltd PO Box 6296 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G8 Phone: (780) 826-4532

Don Hiebert’s Welding Ltd PO Box 3492 Wainwright AB T9W 1T5 Phone: (780) 842-3238

Bonnyville Welding Ltd PO Box 8075 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J3 Phone: (780) 826-3847 www.bonnyvillewelding.com

Donnelly Machining & Fabricating Ltd PO Box 289 Donnelly AB T0H 1G0 Phone: (780) 925-2021 Double B Machining & Fabricating Ltd PO Box 786 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-6688

Border Steel PO Box 710 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y7 Phone: (780) 875-3235

DTS Welding Ltd 3501 51 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 1C9 Phone: (780) 871-5979

Boyd Lay’s Welding PO Box 6551 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H1 Phone: (780) 826-7717 Bushrat Welding & Picker Service Site 4 Box 7 RR 1 Westlock AB T7P 2N9 Phone: (780) 954-2239 Century Machining Services Ltd 8-235 Mackay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4T5 Phone: (780) 743-5109 Cessco Fabrication & Engineering Ltd 7310 99 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3R8 Phone: (780) 433-9531 www.cessco.ca Cherokee Welding Ltd PO Box 11475 RPO 10 Lloydminster AB T9V 3B7 Phone: (780) 875-8900 Clearwater Welding & Fabricating Ltd 8124 Fraser Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1W6 Phone: (780) 743-2171 www.clearwaterweldfab.com Collins Industries Ltd 3740 73 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2T8 Phone: (780) 440-1414 Corlac Industries 1225 64 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 8P9 Phone: (403) 295-5800 www.corlac.com Dacro Industries Inc 9325 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 4W8 Phone: (780) 434-8900 www.dacro.com

DWH Welding Ltd PO Box 493 Marwayne AB T0B 2X0 Phone: (780) 847-2186 Edmonton Exchanger & Manufacturing Ltd 5545 89 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5W9 Phone: (780) 468-6722 www.edmontonexchanger.com Electra Welding (1988) Ltd 2152 1 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L7 Phone: (780) 842-4066 Endura Manufacturing Company Ltd 12425 149 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 2J6 Phone: (780) 451-4242 www.endura.ca ENG Machining Ltd 3-5202 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E6 Phone: (780) 875-1500 Feldspar Excavating & Redi-Mix 5002 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2K2 Phone: (780) 875-2208 Foremost Industries LP 1225 64 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 8P9 Phone: (403) 295-5800 www.foremost.ca Garneau Manufacturing Inc PO Box 3154 Morinville AB T8R 1S1 Phone: (780) 939-2129 www.garweld.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Get It Done Machining & Manufacturing 6-5914 51 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 3K5 Phone: (780) 872-5797 Golden View Fabricating Ltd PO Box 71 Smoky Lake AB T0A 3C0 Phone: (780) 656-3575 Greg Chapman Welding 3104 55A Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 1S6 Phone: (780) 875-7539 Grit Industries Inc PO Box 10448 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A5 Phone: (780) 875-5577 www.gritindustries.com Guthrie Mechanical Services Ltd 9916 Manning Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2B9 Phone: (780) 715-0946 Guy’s Welding PO Box 1121 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-7428 Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd 826 58 St E Saskatoon SK S7K 5Z4 Phone: (306) 242-9222 www.hitachi.sk.ca Hritzuk Peter Welding Ltd PO Box 106 Tofield AB T0B 4J0 Phone: (780) 662-4664 ICI Artificial Lift Inc PO Box 21027 Lloydminster AB T9V 2S1 Phone: (780) 872-7470 www.icisolutions.ca Innicor Subsurface Technologies 7071 112 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 5A5 Phone: (403) 236-2815 www.innicor.com

Kramer Ltd PO Box 707 Stn Main Regina SK S4P 3A8 Phone: (306) 545-3311 www.kramer.ca

O & K Orenstein & Koppel Inc 395 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 5E2 Phone: (780) 791-0887 www.essltd.com

Lemax Machine & Welding Ltd 175 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B3 Phone: (780) 791-1445

Orion Machining & Manufacturing Inc 8-6202 48 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2G2 Phone: (780) 875-1535

Liebherr-Canada Ltd 208-53016 Hwy 60 Acheson AB T7X 5A7 Phone: (780) 962-6088 www.liebherr.com

Peerless Engineering Sales Ltd 4015 East First Ave Burnaby BC V5C 3W5 Phone: (604) 659-4100 www.peerlessengineering.com

Lor-Lin Tank & Fabrication PO Box 218 Lloydminster AB S9V 0Y2 Phone: (780) 871-5951

Penfabco Ltd 5715 56 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3G3 Phone: (780) 434-0222 www.penfabco.com

M H Welding Ltd PO Box 6027 Bonnyville AB T9N 2G7 Phone: (780) 826-3906 MaXXiMaT 2107 5 St Nisku AB T9E 7X4 Phone: (780) 979-6588 www.maxximat.com McKinley Welding PO Box 6141 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 791-5460 Metal Fabricators & Welding Ltd 12509 124 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 0N6 Phone: (780) 455-2186 www.metalfab.ca Metaltek Machining Ltd PO Box 10433 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A5 Phone: (780) 875-6535 Murland Projects Inc PO Box 256 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y2 Phone: (780) 871-4671

John’s Welding Service E-2404 57A Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2W4 Phone: (780) 871-2078

Murray’s Portable Welding 10313 89 St Peace River AB T8S 1N9 Phone: (780) 624-5068

JV Driver Projects Inc 3601-82 Ave Leduc AB T9E 0H7 Phone: (780) 890-5837 www.jvdriver.com

Nardei Fabricators Ltd 8915 44 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2P5 Phone: (403) 279-3301 www.nardei.com

K G Enterprises Ltd PO Box 787 Lamont AB T0B 2R0 Phone: (780) 895-7554

Natco Canada PO Box 850 Stn T Calgary AB T2H 2H3 Phone: (403) 236-1850 www.natcogroup.com

Kinetic Process Systems 400-839 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C8 Phone: (403) 258-1971 www.kineticprocess.ab.ca Kinsella Steelworks PO Box 116 Kinsella AB T0B 2N0 Phone: (780) 336-2151 Koenders Manufacturing (1997) Ltd PO Box 171 Englefeld SK S0K 1N0 Phone: (877) 581-8877 www.koendersmfg.com

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Peter Hritzuk Welding Ltd PO Box 106 Tofield AB T0B 4J0 Phone: (780) 662-4664 Plainsman Mfg Inc 8305 McIntyre Rd NW Edmonton AB T6E 5J7 Phone: (780) 496-9800 www.plainsmanmfg.com

Shaw Cat & Equipment Ltd PO Box 3354 Wainwright AB T9W 1T3 Phone: (780) 842-2195 SIF Superior Industrial Frictions Ltd 11570 154 St NW Edmonton AB T5M 3N8 Phone: (780) 451-6894 www.sifbrake.com Sinclair Welding PO Box 454 St Paul AB T0A 3A0 Phone: (780) 645-5242 Sorge’s Welding Ltd PO Box 5768 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 4V9 Phone: (780) 743-9739 www.sorgeswelding.com Standard Machine Ltd/Hamilton Gear 868 60 St E Saskatoon SK S7K 8G8 Phone: (306) 931-3343 www.hamiltongear.com

Plamondon Welding Ltd PO Box 1192 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2149

Strad Manufacturing 600-441 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V1 Phone: (403) 775-9219 www.stradmanufacturing.com

Porterco Welding 5B Parkdale Way Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 805-4000

Streamline Services PO Box 69069 RPO Skyview Edmonton AB T6V 1G7 Phone: (780) 649-2225

PowerComm Redwater 4713 48 St Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-3437 www.rwmmc.com

Supreme Steel Ltd 10457 184 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 1G1 Phone: (780) 483-3278 www.supremesteel.com

Propak Energy Services Ltd 440 East Lake Rd Airdrie AB T4A 2J8 Phone: (403) 912-7000 www.propaksystems.com

Terry’s Welding 5204 54 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2E1 Phone: (780) 826-2158

PWM Steel Services Ltd PO Box 97 Lloydminster SK S9V 0X9 Phone: (780) 875-3167 R H S Welding & Fabrication Ltd PO Box 6155 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 791-7956 R J S Welding PO Box 218 Lamont AB T0B 2R0 Phone: (780) 895-7548

Norcan Fluid Power 3053 Faithfull Ave Saskatoon SK S7K 8B3 Phone: (306) 384-9100 www.norcanfluidpower.com

R & R Stress Relieving Service Ltd 2103 6 St Nisku AB T9E 7X8 Phone: (780) 955-7559 www.rrstress.com

Noremac Industrial Coatings PO Box 6231 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 743-5968

Ramco Restoration Painting & Sandblasting PO Box 1174 Cold Lake AB T9M 1C3 Phone: (780) 594-2648

North Wind Welding Ltd PO Box 2331 Stn Main Lloydminster AB S9V 1S6 Phone: (780) 875-1481

Sabre Machining Ltd PO Box 10717 Lloydminster AB T9V 3A7 Phone: (780) 875-4780 www.sabremachining.com

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S.C.K. Welding Ltd Box 67 Site 1 RR 2 Tofield AB T0B 4J0 Phone: (780) 662-3733

3M Porta Weld PO Box 157 Edgerton AB T0B 1K0 Phone: (780) 755-2053 TIC Canada 131-26230 Twp Rd 531A Acheson AB T7X 5A4 Phone: (780) 960-7450 TIW WESTERN Inc 7770 44 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2L5 Phone: (403) 279-8310 www.tiwwestern.com Tomco Production Services Ltd 6219 52 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2H4 Phone: (780) 826-2522 Triangle Machine Shop PO Box 2061 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-2479 Ultimate Sandblasting & Painting Ltd PO Box 138 Lloydminster AB T9V 0N9 Phone: (780) 875-5574

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Midwest General Contractors Ltd PO Box 5296 Stn E Edmonton AB T5P 4C5 Phone: (403) 962-1993

VaporTech Energy Services Inc 20711 107 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1W5 Phone: (800) 485-7175 www.vaportechinc.com

Atlantic Pipeline (2004) Inc 202-425 Gregoire Dr Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K7 Phone: (780) 715-1526 www.atlanticpipeline.com

Flexpipe Systems 3501 54 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 0A9 Phone: (403) 503-0548 www.flexpipesystems.com

Wabash Manufacturing Inc 9312 110A St Westlock AB T7P 2M4 Phone: (780) 460-9142

Baker Atlas 5816 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2K7 Phone: (780) 826-3409 www.bakerhughes.com

Fullkote Pipeline Services (1996) Ltd 4873 46 St Lacombe AB T4L 2B2 Phone: (403) 782-3176

Bandit Pipeline PO Box 12248 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C5 Phone: (780) 875-8764 www.banditpipeline.com

Global Fusion Coating Inc 1710 18 St Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-6860 www.globalfusioncoating.com

Beretta Pipeline Construction Ltd PO Box 21042 RPO Lloydmall Lloydminster AB T9V 1V8 Phone: (780) 875-6522 www.berettapipeline.com

Henuset Pipeline Constr Inc 13024 Canso Pl SW Calgary AB T2W 3A8 Phone: (403) 236-0014

Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd 10030 34 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2Y5 Phone: (780) 469-1258 www.waiward.com Westech Industrial Ltd 5636 Burbank Cres SE Calgary AB T2H 1Z6 Phone: (403) 252-8803 www.westech-ind.com Westech Vac Systems Ltd 1002 15 Ave Nisku AB T9E 7S5 Phone: (780) 955-3030 www.westechvac.com Western Truck Body Mfg 6115 30 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1J8 Phone: (780) 466-8065 www.western-truck-body-mfg.com (WWL) Weaver Welding Ltd 7501 107 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1M6 Phone: (780) 618-7522 ZCL Composites Inc. 6907 36 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2Z6 Phone: (780) 466-6648 www.zcl.com

Pipeline Products & Services A H McElroy Sales & Service (Canada) Ltd 13212 146 St NW Edmonton AB T5L 4W8 Phone: (780) 454-0638 www.ahmcelroy.com AABB-X-Air Ltd PO Box 7454 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H8 Phone: (780) 812-3246 www.aabbxair.com Aerotec Locator Services Ltd PO Box 12117 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C4 Phone: (780) 875-0041 Alberta Line Find Inc 440 Aquaduct Dr Brooks AB T1R 1C4 Phone: (403) 793-2800 www.linefind.com Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Limited 620-715 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2X6 Phone: (403) 265-0900 Athabasca Pipelines Ltd PO Box 1950 Stn Main Athabasca AB T9S 2B5 Phone: (780) 675-4070 www.athapipe.ca

BJ Process & Pipeline Services 9010 34 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2V1 Phone: (780) 465-6495 www.bjservices.com Brenntag Canada Inc 1900-777 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3R5 Phone: (403) 263-8660 www.brenntag.ca

Houlder Construction PO Box 560 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-4691 www.houlders.ca IR Corrosion Control Ltd 37 Camelot Ave Leduc AB T9E 4L7 Phone: (780) 986-5553

Comco Pipe & Supply Ltd 300 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B6 Phone: (780) 743-3404

K. Kenn Industries Ltd 5004 49 St Mannville AB Phone: (780) 763-3924

Crane Supply Inc 324 58 Ave SE Calgary AB T2H 0P2 Phone: (403) 252-7811 www.cranesupply.com Doran Stewart Oilfield Services (1990) Ltd PO Box 1750 Rocky Mountain House AB T4T 1B3 Phone: (403) 845-4044 www.doranstewart.com Edgen Murray Canada 8524 Roper Rd NW Edmonton AB T6E 6V4 Phone: (780) 440-1475 Enbridge Pipelines Inc 3000-425 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3L8 Phone: (403) 231-5768 www.enbridge.com/gateway Evraz 400-505 3 St SW Calgary AB T2P 3E6 Phone: (403) 543-8000 www.evraz.com Exact Oilfield Developing Ltd 900 4 St NW SS 1 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A1 Phone: (780) 849-2211

O.J. Pipelines Canada 1409 4 St Nisku AB T9E 7M9 Phone: (780) 955-3900 www.ojpipelines.com Pinpoint Locating & Hydrovac Service PO Box 1642 Athabasca AB T9S 2B4 Phone: (780) 675-5228

Hex-Hut Shelter Systems Ltd 206-1053 10 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1S6 Phone: (403) 293-7333 www.hex-hut.com

Buryn Construction PO Box 651 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-3635

North American Construction Group 2-53016 Hwy 60 Acheson AB T7X 5A7 Phone: (780) 960-7171 www.nacg.ca

Pipetech Corporation Ltd 3311 114 Ave SE Calgary AB T2Z 3X2 Phone: (403) 287-3558 www.pipetechcorp.com Pro Line Locators Ltd 5108 27 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2K9 Phone: (780) 808-8393 Proline Pipe Equipment Inc 7141 67 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 3L7 Phone: (780) 465-6161 www.proline-global.com RD Scan Inc. PO Box 7159 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H5 Phone: (780) 812-6699 www.rdscan.biz Red Flame Hot Tap Services Ltd 6736 71 St Red Deer AB T4P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 343-2012 www.redflame.ca

Kinder Morgan Canada Inc 2700-300 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5J2 Phone: (403) 514-6400 www.kindermorgan.com

Red-Alta Utility Location Ltd 100-10493 184 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2L1 Phone: (780) 437-9948 www.red-alta.ca

Kool Welding Ltd PO Box 64 St Brides AB T0A 2Y0 Phone: (780) 645-2388 Krantz Contracting Ltd PO Box 728 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2830

River Valley Energy Services Ltd PO Box 1038 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-1330 www.rivervalleyservices.com

Lincoln County Oilfield Services Ltd 1-3603 53 St Athabasca AB T9S 1A9 Phone: (780) 675-9613 www.lcos.ca

Round Pipeline Inspection & Consulting Ltd PO Box 5716 Stn Main Lacombe AB T4L 1X3 Phone: (780) 782-3623

Line Finders Ltd PO Box 147 Marshall SK S0M 1R0 Phone: (306) 387-6264

Saddle Tech. Inc. 4015 53 St Athabasca AB T9S 1A7 Phone: (780) 675-5661 www.saddletech.ca

LTD Oilfield Services Inc PO Box 859 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-4484

Santec Tool Services Ltd 5209 63 St Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 875-1216

Maverick Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 597 Provost AB T0B 3S0 Phone: (780) 753-2992 www.mavoil.com

Sharp Underground B-1902 15 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-3336

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd 200-1849 Crowchild Tr NW Calgary AB T2M 3Y7 Phone: (403) 263-2255 www.shawpipe.ca

Areva T & D Canada Inc 3532-114 Ave SE Calgary AB T2Z 3V6 Phone: (403) 236-3389 www.areva-td.com

Summit Tubulars Corp 2400-350 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Phone: (403) 232-6066 www.summit-tubulars.com

Argo Sales Ltd 1300-717 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0Z3 Phone: (403) 265-6633 www.argosales.com

Tartan Canada Corporation PO Box 9 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-3802 www.tartan.ca T.D. Williamson Canada ULC 9503 28 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6N 0A3 Phone: (780) 440-6637 www.tdwilliamson.com TransCanada Pipelines Limited 1500-450 1 St SW Calgary AB T2P 5H1 Phone: (403) 920-2000 www.transcanada.com Viking Power Dozer Ltd PO Box 204 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-3032 Waschuk Equipment Rentals Ltd PO Box 5003 Red Deer AB T4N 6A1 Phone: (403) 342-2447 Willbros Canada 261 Seneca Rd Sherwood Park AB T8A 4G6 Phone: (780) 400-4200 www.willbroscanada.com

Armour Valve Ltd 6-2221 41 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 6P2 Phone: (403) 229-3171 www.armourvalve.com Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd 17611 105 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1T1 Phone: (780) 489-0404 www.babcock.com Baker Hughes INTEQ 1000-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 537-3400 www.bakerhughes.com Baytex Energy 2200-205 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V7 Phone: (403) 269-4282 www.baytex.ab.ca Beartrax Pumpjack Services Inc PO Box 2465 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3388

Caradan Chemicals Inc 1914 19 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 787-0449 www.caradanchemicals.com

Grenco Industries Ltd 3710 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3E5 Phone: (780) 468-2000 www.grenco.com

CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers 5520 59 Ave Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 875-3271 www.chep.com

Grithog Sand Control Systems Ltd PO Box 11698 Lloydminster AB T9V 3B9 Phone: (780) 875-2741 www.grithog.com

Christie Corrosion Control (1983) Ltd PO Box 1458 Lloydminster AB T9V 1K4 Phone: (780) 875-6559 www.christiecorrosion.com Conquest Energy Services 400-608 7 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1Z2 Phone: (403) 266-8880 www.conquestenergyservices.com COPATA - Crude Oil Production & Transportation Association 5201 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E8 Phone: (780) 719-8839 Cougar Pump Supply & Service Ltd 1802 1 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L7 Phone: (780) 842-6710 D & K Enterprises Ltd 6222 49 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2M5 Phone: (780) 826-4323

BlackWatch Energy Services Trust Drumheller AB Phone: (403) 823-2447 www.blackwatchenergy.ca

Danco Equipment Inc 308 53 Ave SE Calgary AB T2H 0N3 Phone: (403) 253-6421 www.dancoequipment.com

Bornemann Inc. 320-441 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V1 Phone: (403) 294-0777 www.bornemann.com

Deerborn Oilfield Services Ltd 5301 55 St Bonnyville AB T9N 2K6 Phone: (780) 573-1273

Braiker Oilfield Services Ltd 5214 62 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E4 Phone: (780) 808-2999

Eadie Oil Inc 14019 104 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5N 0W7 Phone: (780) 906-0577 www.eadie.com

A-Fire Burner Systems 5508 59 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 3A8 Phone: (780) 875-0672 www.a-fire.ca

Bucyrus Canada Limited 18131 118 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 2L9 Phone: (780) 454-9000 www.bucyrus.com

Electric Motor Service Limited 201 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4T5 Phone: (780) 790-9550

ALBRICO KAEFER Services Ltd. 4-6923 Farrell Rd SE Calgary AB T2H 0T3 Phone: (403) 251-2556 www.albricokaefer.com

Canadian Dewatering Ltd 11819 24 St NE Edmonton AB T6S 1B5 Phone: (780) 406-5111 www.canadiandewatering.com

Wolseley Engineered Pipe Alberta 17306 116 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2X2 Phone: (780) 461-9400 www.perma-eng.com Woodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oilfield Service Inc PO Box 231 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-2040

Production Products & Services

A-1 Oilfield Services PO Box 6469 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H1 Phone: (780) 826-7763 Apex Equipment Ltd 116-5726 Burleigh Cres SE Calgary AB T2H 1Z8 Phone: (403) 214-2049 www.apexequipmentltd.com

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Canitron Systems Inc 220 Pump Hill Rise SW Calgary AB T2V 4C8 Phone: (403) 259-8732 Canusa - CPS 1200-630 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4L4 Phone: (403) 218-8207 www.shrinksleeves.com

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Enerflex Systems Ltd 4700 47 St SE Calgary AB T2B 3R1 Phone: (403) 236-6800 www.enerflex.com Gateway Compression Inc 10-11 Rowland Cres St Albert AB T8N 5B3 Phone: (780) 458-1770 www.gatewaycompress.com GEOCAN Energy Inc 1900-639 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M9 Phone: (403) 261-3851 www.geocan.com

Guest Controls (2001) Ltd 5503 52 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0R7 Phone: (780) 875-5822 www.guestcontrols.com Hiltap Fittings Ltd 1-3140 14 Ave NE Calgary AB T2A 6J4 Phone: (403) 250-2986 www.hiltap.com Holyoke Contracting Ltd PO Box 7284 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H6 Phone: (780) 826-7626 Hot Tools Bay 3D-6211 51 Ave Lloydminster AB T9Z 2E1 Phone: (780) 875-2468 www.2hottools.ca ICS Group 8214 Fraser Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1W8 Phone: (780) 791-4484 www.icsgroup.ca Kema Enterprizes PO Box 769 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 736-2232 Kenilworth Combustion Ltd PO Box 12118 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C4 Phone: (780) 744-3974 www.kenilworth.ca Klaus Enterprises Ltd 123 Cree Rd Sherwood Park AB T8A 3X9 Phone: (780) 467-7823 www.klaus.ca Krupp Canada Inc 405-1177 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0G5 Phone: (403) 245-2866 www.krupp.ca Kudu Industries Inc 9112 40 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2P3 Phone: (403) 279-5838 www.kudupump.com Lufkin Industries Canada Ltd 1050-808 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E8 Phone: (403) 234-7692 www.lufkin.ca Maloney Industries PO Box 5069 Stn A Calgary AB T2H 1X1 Phone: (403) 279-5000 www.hanover-canada.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Marking Services Canada Ltd Bay 6-702 12 Ave Nisku AB T9E 7P7 Phone: (780) 955-9303 www.markserv.com MJB Slickline Services 400-608 7 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1Z2 Phone: (403) 262-7432 www.mjbslickline.com Mosquito Enterprises 3828 63A Ave Cl Lloydminster AB T9V 3G5 Phone: (780) 871-4221 National Process Equipment 5-3401 19 St NE Calgary AB T2E 6S8 Phone: (403) 219-0270 www.natpro.com Northern Industrial Insulation Contractors Inc 17408 106A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1E6 Phone: (780) 483-1850 www.northern-insulation.ca Oil Lift Technology Inc 3-1820 30 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7M5 Phone: (403) 291-5300 www.oillifttechnology.com P & H MinePro Services of Canada 300-7326 10 St NE Calgary AB T2E 8W1 Phone: (403) 730-9851 www.minepro.com PC Compression Inc 6023 52 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2M3 Phone: (780) 826-6680 www.pccompression.com Prime Pump Industries 550-407 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 2Y3 Phone: (403) 234-7033 Pure Energy Services Partnership 1000-333 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1L9 Phone: (403) 262-4000 www.pure-energy.ca Quadrise Canada Fuel Systems Inc 1200-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 290-1100 www.quadrisecanada.com Quinn Pumps PO Box 846 Stn Postal Box Ctr Red Deer AB T4N 5H2 Phone: (403) 347-1128 www.quinnpumps.com R & M Energy Systems 10586 US Highway 75 N Willis TX 77378 Phone: (936) 890-1064 www.rmenergy.com RamEx Exchanger Inc 157-54150 Rge Rd 224 Fort Saskatchewan AB T8L 3Y5 Phone: (780) 992-8333 www.ramex.ca

Rivard Enterprises Ltd 3-320 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4E4 Phone: (780) 743-3003 RJV Gas Field Services 4901 Bruce Rd Vegreville AB T9C 1C3 Phone: (780) 632-7774 www.terravestindustries.com Rocanda Enterprises Ltd 329 10A St NW Calgary AB T2N 1W7 Phone: (877) 726-9943 www.rocanda.com Sandale Utility Products 4435 90 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2S6 Phone: (403) 663-2101 Seven Lakes Oilfield Services Corp PO Box 39 Bonnyville AB T0A 1C0 Phone: (780) 826-6392 Sign Language Bay 2-6206 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2C9 Phone: (780) 875-7446 Smith Cameron 4422 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5R9 Phone: (780) 432-6202 www.smithcameron.com SS Holdings 5504 52 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2A2 Phone: (780) 826-4394 Talmek Compression Services Ltd 1208 12 St SE SS 3 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A3 Phone: (780) 849-6844 Texacana Turbines Inc 6132 46 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4X4 Phone: (403) 720-8080 The Pickford Group Ltd 5759 67 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 0B4 Phone: (780) 469-6002 www.pickford.com Thermon Heat Tracing Services Inc 5215 87 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5L5 Phone: (780) 437-6326 www.thermon.com Toromont Energy Services 102-85 Freeport Blvd NE Calgary AB T3J 4X8 Phone: (403) 250-4979 www.toromontprocess.com Tracerco Process Diagnostics 8908 60 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 6A6 Phone: (780) 469-0055 www.tracerco.com Tri-Alta Oilfield Industries Ltd PO Box 813 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-6000 Ultraline 1600-645 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4G8 Phone: (403) 231-9300 www.halliburton.com

Universal Industries 5014 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2K2 Phone: (780) 295-5841 www.uic.ca

Mullen Trucking Inc PO Box 87 Aldersyde AB T0L 0A0 Phone: (403) 652-8888 www.mullentrucking.com

Waterflood Service & Sales Ltd PO Box 1490 Estevan SK S4A 2L7 Phone: (306) 634-7212 www.waterflood.com

Premay Equipment Ltd 11310 215 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 2B5 Phone: (780) 447-5555 www.premay.com

Wellstream Canada Ltd 300-840 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E5 Phone: (403) 261-8873 www.wellstream.com

QIS Trucking Ltd PO Box 6479 Peace River AB T8S 1S3 Phone: (780) 624-3778

Wellvision Field Services Inc 389 Archibald Cl Fort McMurray AB T9K 2P6 Phone: (780) 790-0206

Singer Specialized Box 26 Site 12 RR 5 Calgary AB T2P 2G6 Phone: (403) 569-8605 www.singerspecialized.com

Westcomm Pump & Equipment Ltd 2-3424 26 St NE Calgary AB T1Y 4T7 Phone: (403) 215-7867 www.westcommpump.com

Transco Energy Services Ltd 10612 24 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4Z7 Phone: (403) 777-1644 www.flintenergy.com

Western Energy Services Corp 5109 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E7 Phone: (780) 808-8770

Safety Products & Services

Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd 5901 63 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 3C1 Phone: (780) 875-0650 www.wildrowspump.com

Aeromedical Industrial Services 10713 95 St High Level AB T0H 1Z0 Phone: (780) 926-2166 www.aeromedical.ca

Wood Group ESP (Canada) Ltd 300-1015 4 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J4 Phone: (403) 263-7166 www.woodgroup-esp.com

Apprenticeship & Industry Training 7-9915 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2K4 Phone: (780) 743-7150 ASTEC Safety Services Ltd 2602 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2S3 Phone: (780) 875-0331 www.astecsafety.com

Rig-Moving Allnite Trucking Ltd PO Box 99 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-2121 www.allnitetrucking.com Calnash Trucking (South) Ltd 1 Parker Rd Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4817 Kem Enterprises Ltd 200 Airport Rd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4P1 Phone: (780) 790-0279 www.kementerprises.ca

Audits & Safety Services 9420 85 Ave Peace River AB T8S 1G2 Phone: (780) 624-0615 www.peaceriversafetytraining.com Bernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wellsite Medic Service PO Box 76 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-0482 Bigstone Industrial Medical Services PO Box 1080 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-0973

Mammoet Canada Western Ltd 12920 33 St NE Edmonton AB T6S 1H6 Phone: (780) 449-0552 www.mammoet.com

Bonnyville Municipal Ambulance 4902 47 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 1M4 Phone: (780) 826-6224

Marcels Truck Service PO Box 454 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3848

Bulwark Protective Apparel Ltd 9146 Yellowhead Tr NW Edmonton AB T5B 1G2 Phone: (780) 479-4444 www.bulwark.com

Marvin Sheehan Services PO Box 214 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-4777

Bumper To Bumper PO Box 510 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-4521

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY BW Technologies By Honeywell 2840 2 Ave SE Calgary AB T2A 7X9 Phone: (403) 248-9226 www.gasmonitors.com Canadian Linen & Uniform Service 8631 Stadium Rd NW Edmonton AB T5H 3W9 Phone: (780) 424-3181 www.canadianuniform.com

J & R Safety PO Box 1986 Lloydminster SK S9V 1R5 Phone: (780) 875-9772

Northern Lakes College 1201 Main St SE Slave Lake AB T0G 2A3 Phone: (780) 849-8714

Just-In Case Fire Ltd 321-11979 40 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M3 Phone: (403) 243-9728 www.justincasefire.com

Northern Safety Supply & Training Ltd PO Box 1462 St Paul AB T0A 3A0 Phone: (780) 645-4000

KB Jodan Inc Site 639 Comp 4 RR 2 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C2 Phone: (780) 623-3152

Olson Safety Services PO Box 368 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 205-2804 www.olsonsafety.com

Lash Enterprises Ltd 5510 63 Ave Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 875-2596 www.flushby.com

Patent Construction Systems 7030 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2P4 Phone: (780) 468-3292 www.pcshd.com

Lea-Der Coatings PO Box 4086 Stn Main Spruce Grove AB T7X 3B3 Phone: (780) 962-5060 www.lea-der.com

Peace Regional Emergency Medical Services PO Box 735 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 624-3375

Leeway Heavy Oil (1996) Ltd 4609 51 Ave Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-3026

Peace Safety & Environmental Training PO Box 6215 Stn Main Peace River AB T8S 1S2 Phone: (780) 624-4886

ElectroGas Monitors Ltd 1-7961 49 Ave Red Deer AB T4P 2V5 Phone: (403) 341-6167 www.electrogasmonitors.com

Lesser Slave Lake Community Development Corp 105 6 Ave NW Slave Lake AB Phone: (780) 849-3232 www.lslcdcorp.ab.ca

Primco Dene (EMS) LP PO Box 2070 Cold Lake AB T9M 1P5 Phone: (780) 594-4034 www.primcodene.com

ESS Support Services 14610 115 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 3B9 Phone: (780) 429-4949 www.ess-global.com

Levitt-Safety Limited 9241 48 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2R9 Phone: (780) 461-8088 www.levitt-safety.com

Protective Clothing Supplies Ltd 7-8802 Franklin Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 2J7 Phone: (780) 743-4055

Fire Power Oilfield Firefighting Ltd 400-635 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T5 Phone: (403) 233-7904 www.firepower.ca

Lloydminster Emergency Care Services 4734 42 St Lloydminster SK S9V 0E1 Phone: (306) 825-7077

Red Earth & District Ambulance Services Ltd GD Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-2222

Cansafe Inc 3-4720 50 St Lloydminster SK S9V 0M7 Phone: (306) 825-8845 www.cansafesafety.com D C Safety and Welding Supplies 621 Main St N SS 2 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A3 Phone: (780) 849-9898 Dino Holdings Inc PO Box 149 Smoky Lake AB T0A 3C0 Phone: (780) 656-0101 DuPont Personal Protection PO Box 27069 RPO Tuscany SDM Calgary AB T3L 2Y1 Phone: (403) 217-9696 www.personalprotection.dupont.ca

Firemaster Oilfield Services Inc 4728 78A St Cl Red Deer AB T4P 2J2 Phone: (403) 342-7500 www.firemaster.ca Goodfish Lake Development Corporation PO Box 273 Goodfish Lake AB T0A 1R0 Phone: (780) 636-2863 www.gfldc.ca

Medi-Care Ambulance Services Inc 4925 47 St Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-4703 Mine Safety Appliances Company 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 Phone: (416) 620-4225 www.msanet.com

Horizon Enterprises Inc 170-52559 Hwy 21 Sherwood Park AB T8A 4S6 Phone: (780) 467-5149

Mobile Industrial Health Services 225E MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 791-9898 Fax: (780) 791-9807 www.mobilehealth.ca

HSE Integrated Ltd 1-350 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A8 Phone: (780) 715-2088 www.hseintegrated.com

Mountain Industrial Safety PO Box 1231 Nisku AB T9E 8A8 Phone: (780) 987-3465 www.misafety.ca

Industrial Life Support PO Box 1815 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-6787 www.industriallifesupport.com

North Safety Products Ltd 6303 Roper Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 3G6 Phone: (780) 437-2641 www.northsafety.com

Industrial Paramedic Services Ltd 500-441 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2V1 Phone: (403) 264-6435 www.ipsems.com

Northern Factory Workwear 4006 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 1B2 Phone: (780) 875-4800 www.factoryworkwear.ca

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Roda Deaco Valve Inc 3230 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6N 1K4 Phone: (780) 465-4429 www.rodadeaco.com Safe-Net Safety Service 9 Miller Cres Cold Lake AB T9M 1N2 Phone: (780) 639-4156

Safety Direct Ltd 100-2210 Premier Way Sherwood Park AB T8H 2L3 Phone: (780) 464-7139 www.safetydirect.ca Safety First 218-307 Athabasca Ave Fort McMurray AB T9J 1G9 Phone: (780) 799-1416 Safety Link PO Box 1016 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-2339 SafetyBoss Environmental Services Inc 921 9 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0S5 Phone: (403) 261-5075 www.safetyboss.com Schram Crane & Rigging Ltd 165 Garnet Cres Wetaskiwin AB T9A 2S3 Phone: (780) 352-3199 SimplexGrinnell Bay 116-190 McAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A6 Phone: (780) 790-1525 www.simplexgrinnell.com Skyway Canada Ltd 3408 76 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2N8 Phone: (780) 413-8007 www.skywayequipment.com Slave Lake Ambulance Service 309 6 St NE SS 2 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A2 Phone: (780) 849-4977 Slave Safety Supply Ltd 207 Caribou Tr Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4214 STARS (Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation) 1441 Aviation Park NE Calgary AB T2E 8M7 Phone: (403) 516-3574 www.stars.ca Superior Safety Ltd 6025 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2L3 Phone: (780) 826-6031

SafeTech Consulting Group Ltd 12126 90 St NW Edmonton AB T5B 3Z3 Phone: (780) 455-4480 www.safetech.ca

United Safety Ltd 125 East Lake Rd Airdrie AB T4A 2G1 Phone: (403) 912-3690 www.unitedsafety.ca

Safety Builders Consulting Corp 2 Briarwood Way Stony Plain AB T7Z 2R4 Phone: (866) 963-5933 www.safetybuilders.com

Viewpoint Medical Assessment Services 310-1011 Glenmore Tr SW Calgary AB T2V 4R6 Phone: (403) 253-4272 www.viewpointonline.com

Safety Buzz Ltd 4401 52 Ave Bonnyville AB Phone: (780) 573-0311 www.safety-buzz.com

Wapose Medical Services Inc PO Box 5414 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G4 Phone: (780) 714-6654 www.waposemedical.ca

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Alliance Energy Services Ltd 1840-840 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 Phone: (403) 663-9766 www.allianceenergy.ca ATCO LTD 1400-909 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1N6 Phone: (403) 292-7438 Fax: (403) 292-7643 www.atco.com Baker Hughes 1000-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 537-3400 www.bakerhughes.com BJ Services Company Canada 1300-801 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4E1 Phone: (403) 531-5151 www.bjservices.com CCS Corporation 2400-530 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3S8 Phone: (403) 231-5409 www.ccsincometrust.com Davis LLP 1201-10060 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 4E5 Phone: (780) 426-5330 www.davis.ca ECL Group of Companies 7100 44 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2V7 Phone: (403) 720-5000 www.eclgroup.com Ensign Energy Services Inc 1000-400 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0L6 Phone: (403) 262-1361 www.ensignenergy.com Ferus Inc 916-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C5 Phone: (403) 517-8777 www.ferus.ca Flint Energy Services Ltd 100-2899 Broadmoor Blvd Sherwood Park AB T8H 1B5 Phone: (780) 416-3400 www.flintenergy.com Flint Tubular Service 2020-355 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0J1 Phone: (403) 265-7772 www.flintenergy.com Genoil Inc 2020-633 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2Y5 Phone: (403) 750-3450 www.genoil.net Gibson Energy Ltd 1700-440 2 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5E9 Phone: (403) 206-4000 www.gibsons.com

Halliburton 1600-645 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4G8 Phone: (403) 231-9300 www.halliburton.com

Ongoing construction at Syncrude’s operations near Fort McMurray.

Honeywell Limited 5925 Centre St SW Calgary AB T2H 0C2 Phone: (403) 509-1200 www.honeywell.com/acs Hydrodig Inc PO Box 215 Bentley AB T0C 0J0 Phone: (403) 748-2110 www.hydrodig.com Integrated Production Services 1900-840 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 Phone: (403) 266-0908 www.ipsadvantage.ca Jacobs Canada Inc 100-205 Quarry Park Blvd SE Calgary AB T2C 3E7 Phone: (403) 258-6411 www.jacobs.com Mikisew Group of Companies 8335 Roper Rd NW Edmonton AB T6E 6W2 Phone: (780) 490-0255 www.mikisewgroup.com Northern Arc Lubrication & Abrasion Specialists Ltd Bay 7 & 8-284 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B6 Phone: (780) 743-4339 Platinum Energy Services Corp 750-333 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1L9 Phone: (403) 264-6688 www.platinumenergy.net PowerComm Inc 9333 37 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5N4 Phone: (780) 465-7038 www.powercomm.ca Precision Energy Services 4500-150 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3Y7 Phone: (403) 265-6060 www.precision-es.com Proper Cat Construction Ltd PO Box 1521 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1K5 Phone: (780) 875-1865 Pryatel’s Ditching PO Box 122 Lamont AB T0B 2R0 Phone: (780) 895-2072 Rickard Excavation Ltd PO Box 5057 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G2 Phone: (780) 791-2867 Rockwell Servicing 1000-400 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0L6 Phone: (403) 260-6603 www.ensignenergy.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Roevin Technical People Ltd 1160-10303 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 3N6 Phone: (780) 420-6232 Schlumberger Canada Limited 525 3 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0G4 Phone: (403) 509-4000 www.slb.com Superior Concrete Construction (1984) Ltd PO Box 8427 Stn Main Cold Lake AB T9M 1N2 Phone: (780) 639-2849 Telus 411 1 St SE Calgary AB T2G 4Y5 Phone: (403) 530-4185 www.telus.com/energysector Titanium Corporation Inc 1001-360 Bay St Toronto ON M5H 2V6 Phone: (416) 955-0715 www.titaniumcorporation.com Trican Well Service 2900-645 7 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4G8 Phone: (403) 266-0202 www.trican.ca Tridon Communications 10017 Queen St Fort McMurray AB T9H 4Y9 Phone: (780) 791-1002 www.tridon.com Tristar Resource Management Ltd 800-815 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Phone: (403) 262-8595 www.tstar.ca Weatherford Canada Partnership 1200-333 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3B6 Phone: (403) 693-7500 www.weatherford.com

Specialty Services A & J Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 190 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-2647 ACS Engineering Technologies Inc 200-1144 29 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7P1 Phone: (403) 255-2551 www.acsengineering.com Acuren Group Inc 230 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B4 Phone: (780) 790-1776 www.acuren.com Advanced Paramedic Limited PO Box 7320 Peace River AB T8S 1S9 Phone: (780) 624-4911 www.apl4911.com Aggressive Steaming Ltd PO Box 375 Falher AB T0H 1M0 Phone: (780) 837-0962

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AKO Oilfield Services PO Box 23 Kitscoty AB T0B 2P0 Phone: (780) 846-2354 Alberta North Steamers PO Box 1127 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-5542 ALS Laboratory Group 2-1313 44 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 6L5 Phone: (403) 291-9897 www.alsenviro.com AltaLink PO Box 20 Station M Calgary AB T2P 2G9 Phone: (403) 267-3400 www.altalink.ca Altus Geomatics Limited Partnership 17327 106A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1M7 Phone: (780) 481-3399 www.altusgeomatics.com ATCO Group 500-909 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 1N6 Phone: (403) 292-7550 www.atco.com Attack Energy Services Ltd PO Box 2674 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3302 Attack Hydrovac PO Box 1166 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3609 Bakos (N.D.T.) Inspection (1989) Ltd PO Box 1832 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-1119 Boss Pressure Services PO Box 923 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-8868 Briarwood Daylighting Ltd 6C-380 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 743-9031 Brother’s Specialized Coating Systems Ltd 6150 76 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 0A6 Phone: (780) 440-2855 www.brotherscoating.com Bruin Instruments Corp 9001 20 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1K8 Phone: (780) 430-1777 www.bruinpumps.com Cancen Oil Processors Inc PO Box 234 New Sarepta AB T0B 3M0 Phone: (780) 941-2272 CCS Landfill Services Bonnyville AB Phone: (780) 812-2033 CGG Veritas 500-404 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0R9 Phone: (403) 266-1011 www.cgg.com

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Challenger Geomatics Ltd 1400-10117 Jasper Ave NW Edmonton AB T5J 1W8 Phone: (780) 424-5511 www.chalsurv.com

Guardian 950 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 1L7 Phone: (780) 440-1440 www.guardianoil.com

CP Rail 500-401 9 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 4Z4 Phone: (403) 319-6639

Heavy Equipment Repair Ltd PO Box 2343 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3768 www.heavyequipmentrepair.ca

D & L Mobile Steaming PO Box 26 Eaglesham AB T0H 1H0 Phone: (780) 359-2000 Das Disposals Ltd 4302 47 St Vegreville AB T9C 1C3 Phone: (780) 632-9727 Diggen Bury Trenching Ltd PO Box 1292 Athabasca AB T9S 2B2 Phone: (780) 675-2794 Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories 200-10150 102 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 5E2 Phone: (780) 451-3702 www.dkml.com Dynasoft Communications Inc 4-4502 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 0W3 Phone: (780) 808-8731 E & L Mobile Steaming Ltd GD Marie-Reine AB T8S 1V8 Phone: (780) 322-2118 Emerald Associates Inc B8, 140-2526 Battleford Ave SW Calgary AB T3E 7J4 Phone: (403) 686-7100 www.emerald-associates.com Empire Iron Works Ltd 21104 107 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1X2 Phone: (780) 447-4650 www.empireiron.com Eveready Energy Services 15715 121A Ave NW Edmonton AB T5V 1B1 Phone: (780) 451-6969 www.evereadyindustrial.com Fugro Airborne Surveys 610-600 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S5 Phone: (403) 777-9281 www.fugroairborne.com Gas Technology Products A100-846 E Algonquin Rd Schaumburg IL 60173 Phone: (847) 285-3850 www.gtp-merichem.com Geologic Systems Ltd 900-703 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0T9 Phone: (403) 262-1992 www.geologic.com Global Thermoelectric 9-3700 78 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2L8 Phone: (403) 236-5556 www.globalte.com

Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd 1338A 36 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 6T6 Phone: (403) 250-5800 www.hycal.com Hydra-Tech International Corp 6060 86 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 4L7 Phone: (403) 720-7740 www.hydra-tech.net Immerse Communications Inc. 8-105 Village Heights SW Calgary AB T3H 2L2 Phone: (403) 319-0331 www.immersecoms.com K. Ridge Mobile Hot Wash Ltd PO Box 609 Athabasca AB T9S 2A5 Phone: (780) 675-2919 L & L Steam Service PO Box 569 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-2330 Lac La Biche Regional Community Development Corp 10106 102 Ave Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2662 www.rcdc-rerc.com Lloyd’s Steam Cleaning Ltd PO Box 6961 Stn Main Bonnyville AB T9N 2H4 Phone: (780) 826-5503 LRI Perforating Systems Inc 1-5202 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E6 Phone: (780) 872-5072 www.oiltools.ca Mannville Enterprises 5120 51 St Mannville AB Phone: (780) 763-3991 McElhanney Land Surveys Ltd 450-999 8 St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J5 Phone: (403) 245-4711 www.mcelhanney.com/mlsl MCL Industrial Insulating PO Box 2117 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-2994 MMD Mineral Sizing (Canada) Inc 355 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 5E2 Phone: (780) 799-4600 www.mmdsizers.com Mobile Augers & Research Ltd 5603 54 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 3G8 Phone: (780) 436-3960 www.mobileaugers.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Mobile Industrial Health Services 205-10126 97 Ave Grande Prairie AB T8V 7X6 Phone: (780) 830-0533 Norspec Filtration Ltd 4704 91 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2L1 Phone: (780) 468-9296 www.norspec.com Northern Lights Steam & Clean PO Box 316 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-2272 Northern Transportation Company Limited 42003 Mackenzie Hwy Hay River NT X0E 0R9 Phone: (867) 874-5100 www.ntcl.com N-Tech Technologies Ltd Bay 434-11979 40 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M3 Phone: (403) 272-9332 www.n-tech.ab.ca Owen Oil Tools 5409-39139 Hwy 2A Red Deer County AB T4S 2B3 Phone: (403) 340-1017 www.corelab.com/owen Penetrators Canada Inc 8002 Edgar Industrial Ave Red Deer AB T4N 5E7 Phone: (403) 346-7474 www.penedrill.com Penlynn Contracting PO Box 1645 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-2048 Photon Control Inc. 210-600 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0S5 Phone: (403) 249-6228 Precision Giant Systems Inc 7217 Girard Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 2C5 Phone: (780) 463-0026 www.precisionscale.com Rang Hydraulics Ltd 5104 62 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E4 Phone: (780) 875-7657 www.ranghydraulics.ca Ranger Inspection Ltd 13-3716 56 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2B5 Phone: (403) 252-4487 www.rangerinspection.com Richard Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 507 Plamondon AB T0A 2T0 Phone: (780) 798-3325 Roch-On Steaming Falher AB Phone: (780) 837-0045

Sanjel Corporation 200-505 2 St SW Calgary AB T2P 1N8 Phone: (403) 269-1420 www.sanjel.com Sensornet Ltd 700-1816 Crowchild Tr NW Calgary AB T2M 3Y7 Phone: (403) 313-8304 www.sensornet.co.uk Singletouch 300-110 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1B3 Phone: (403) 648-3930 www.singletouch.com Specialty Products Research & Supply (SPRS) 9763 60 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 4S8 Phone: (780) 436-1010 www.sprs.ca Spyder Mechanical PO Box 7884 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J2 Phone: (780) 826-1122 Sulzer Chemtech USA Inc 8505 East North Belt Dr Humble TX 77396 Phone: (281) 604-4100 TANDBERG Canada Inc 204-855 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1C5 Phone: (403) 777-3705 www.tandberg.net Team Snubbing Services Inc RR 2 Site 4 Box 35 Rocky Mountain House AB T4T 2A2 Phone: (403) 844-2728 www.teamsnubbing.com Thunder Bay Port Authority 100 Main St Thunder Bay ON P7B 6R9 Phone: (807) 345-6400 www.portofthunderbay.ca TISI Canada Inc 701 9 St SW SS 4 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A4 Phone: (780) 849-5321 TISI Canada Inc 8525 18 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1K4 Phone: (780) 467-8070 www.teamindustrialservices.com Veritas GeoServices 2200-715 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 5A2 Phone: (403) 205-6000 www.veritasdgc.com X-Act Technologies Ltd 56-4216 54 Ave SE Calgary AB T2C 2E3 Phone: (403) 291-9175 www.xact.ca

Xergy Processing Inc 850-555 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3E7 Phone: (403) 264-4835 www.xergy.ca

B.G.E. Service & Supply Ltd 5711 103A St NW Edmonton AB T6H 2J6 Phone: (780) 436-6960 www.thefiltershop.com

Young EnergyServe Inc 234125 Wrangler Rd SE Rocky View AB T1X 0K2 Phone: (403) 517-2100 www.youngenergy.ca

BIW Connector Systems E, 70-161 Liberton Dr St Albert AB T8N 6A7 Phone: (780) 460-3993 www.ittcannon.com

Supplies-Rentals & Sales A R Williams Truck Equipment Ltd 8019 54 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4R7 Phone: (403) 243-6111 www.arwilliamstruck.com Acklands-Grainger Inc 5208 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E6 Phone: (780) 875-5878 www.acklandsgrainger.com AFD (Alberta Fuel Distributors Inc) 1444 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1L7 Phone: (800) 438-5930 www.albertafuel.com Air Liquide Canada Inc 10020 56 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Z2 Phone: (780) 438-5600 www.airliquide.ca All Terrain Road 11724 180 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 1N7 Phone: (780) 437-8107 www.allterrainroad.com A-1 Fencing PO Box 3157 Wainwright AB T9W 1T1 Phone: (780) 842-3082 Apex Distribution Inc 905 3 St NW Slave Lake AB Phone: (780) 849-6111 B W Rig Supply 9305 27 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6N 1C9 Phone: (780) 463-8686 www.hyduke.com

Bobcat of Fort McMurray 270 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 714-9200 www.bobcat.com B.W. Rentals PO Box 1228 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3051 Cameron Valves & Measurement 1300-311 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3H2 Phone: (403) 398-9930 www.c-a-m.com Car-Ber Testing Alberta inc Bay 31-380 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 743-2496 Carreau Oilfield Specialties 9509 41 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5X7 Phone: (780) 436-7730 www.carreauoilfield.com Cat Rental Store 9520 51 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5A6 Phone: (780) 989-1300 www.catrents.ca CCI Thermal Technologies Inc 5918 Roper Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 3E1 Phone: (780) 466-3178 www.ccithermal.com CE Franklin Ltd 1900-300 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3C4 Phone: (403) 531-5600 www.cefranklin.com Classic Oilfield Service Ltd 5211 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E8 Phone: (780) 875-3276 Cold Weather Technologies 5508 59 Ave Lloydminster AB Phone: (780) 875-2530 www.coldweathertech.com

Balon Corporation 6210 48 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4P7 Phone: (403) 548-5288 www.balon.com

Commercial Solutions Inc 4203 95 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5R6 Phone: (780) 432-1611 www.commercialsolutions.ca

Baron Oilfield Supply PO Box 66 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-4000

Communications Group 7434 50 Ave Red Deer AB T4P 1X7 Phone: (403) 347-0777 www.commgroup.net

Benoit Rentals PO Box 51 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-2212 www.benoitrentals.com

Continental Chain & Rigging Ltd 7011 Girard Rd NW Edmonton AB T6B 2C4 Phone: (780) 437-2701 www.continentalchain.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Corlac Equipment Ltd 1100-540 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 0M2 Phone: (403) 294-4500 www.nov.com

Fluid Clarification Inc (FCI) 9-7408 40 St SE Calgary AB T2C 2L6 Phone: (403) 236-0666 www.fluidclarification.com

Crane & Rig Inc 413 24 Ave Nisku AB T9E 8J1 Phone: (780) 955-8862 www.cranerig.com

FMC Technologies Company 6703 68 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3E3 Phone: (780) 468-9231 www.fmcwellhead.com

Crest-Way Fencing 8-2933 67 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 3H6 Phone: (780) 875-5448

Gerk-Hoe Contracting & Equipment Rentals 5731 56 St Grimshaw AB Phone: (780) 332-1777

D & D Oilfield Rentals Corp 4-5113 62 St Lloydminster AB T1A 7Y5 Phone: (780) 875-5171

Goodall Rubber Co of Canada Ltd 9748 12 Ave SW Edmonton AB T6X 0J5 Phone: (780) 437-1260 www.goodall-canada.com

Deltavalve 7712 56 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4S9 Phone: (403) 543-2244 www.deltavalve.com Deran Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 307 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2193 Dicks Boiler Ltd PO Box 474 Blairmore AB T0K 0E0 Phone: (403) 562-7600 Douglas Coatings Ltd 150 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W8 Phone: (780) 743-1810 Drillex Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 2458 Lloydminster SK S9V 1W5 Phone: (780) 808-9500 Duraguard Fence Ltd (Fort McMurray) PO Box 5978 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4V9 Phone: (780) 743-2468 www.duraguardfence.com

Gosselin Pipe & Steel Ltd PO Box 3083 Wainwright AB T9W 1S9 Phone: (780) 842-5705 www.gosselinpipe.com Hallmark Tubulars Ltd 910-255 5 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3G6 Phone: (403) 266-3807 www.hallmarksolutions.ca Hertz Equipment Rental 6110 86 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5K2 Phone: (780) 435-3711 www.hertzequip.com HYTORC Sales & Service 45 Corriveau Ave St Albert AB T8N 5A3 Phone: (780) 459-5004 www.hytorcwest.ca Inland Industrial Supply Ltd Bay 4D-380 Mackenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 742-2430

E & E Radiator Service (1992) 10003 94A Ave Westlock AB T7P 2M7 Phone: (780) 349-4234

Inproheat Industries Ltd 207-4999 43 St SE Calgary AB T2B 3N4 Phone: (403) 253-2228 www.inproheat.com

Edmonton Valve & Fitting Inc 4503 93 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5S9 Phone: (780) 437-0640 www.swagelok.com

In-Situ Machining Solutions Ltd 4-51309 Hwy 60 Spruce Grove AB T7Y 1C4 Phone: (780) 913-5075 www.insitumachining.com

Environmental Refuelling Systems Inc 208-10464 Mayfield Rd NW Edmonton AB T5P 4P4 Phone: (780) 444-4104 www.envirofuel.ca

International Cooling Tower Inc 3310 93 St NW Edmonton AB T6N 1C7 Phone: (780) 469-4900 www.ictower.com

Eveready Rentals 1102 6 St Nisku AB T9E 7N7 Phone: (780) 955-9595 www.evereadyrentals.com

ITT Water & Wastewater 300 Labrosse Ave Pointe-Claire QC H9R 4V5 Phone: (514) 695-0100 www.ittwww.ca

Flowserve (FCD) 9044 18 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1K6 Phone: (780) 449-4850 www.flowserve.com

J C Inspections & Associates Ltd PO Box 1986 Stn Mn Lloydminster SK S9V 1R5 Phone: (780) 875-5711

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Jet-Lube Of Canada Ltd 3820 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5S8 Phone: (780) 463-7441 www.jetlubecanada.com

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Karborah Contracting Services Ltd 124 Aspenhill Dr Fort McMurray AB T9J 1E1 Phone: (780) 791-3056 Keddco Mfg Ltd 4120 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3M8 Phone: (780) 438-4944 www.keddco.com Kelro Pump & Mechanical Ltd PO Box 10989 Lloydminster AB T9V 3B3 Phone: (780) 875-7252 www.kelro.com Ketek Industries Ltd 8124 Manning Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1V7 Phone: (780) 714-5059 Kinecor 1403 5 St Nisku AB T9E 8C7 Phone: (780) 955-2155 www.kinecor.com Lafarge Canada Inc 1200-10655 Southport Rd SW Calgary AB T2W 4Y1 Phone: (403) 271-9110 www.lafargecorp.com Lampson Canada Ltd PO Box 510 Beiseker AB T0M 0G0 Phone: (403) 947-2222 LaPrairie Crane PO Box 23038 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4N6 Phone: (780) 714-5438 Larox Corporation PO Box 29, Tukkikatu 1 Lappeenranta 53101 Phone: 3585 6688351 Lloydminster Nut & Bolt 5113 63 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E7 Phone: (780) 875-4155 Lonetech 5306 58 Ave Grimshaw AB Phone: (780) 332-4767 Max Fuel Distributors Ltd PO Box 236 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-3820 McCann Equipment Ltd 4120 97 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5Y6 Phone: (780) 414-1808 www.torquetools.com Meridian 3780 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 6B4 Phone: (780) 468-7161 www.meridianvalve.ca Micron Filtration 1351 Hastings Cres SE Calgary AB T2G 4C8 Phone: (403) 717-2891 www.micronfilter.com

Midfield Supply ULC 1600-101 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3P4 Phone: (403) 233-7166 www.midfieldsupply.com Midway Distributors Ltd 5402 44 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0B4 Phone: (780) 875-5551 Murdock Energy Inc PO Box 574 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4863 Mutual Propane Ltd PO Box 2006 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2363 New Concept Manufacturing Ltd PO Box 32 Vimy AB T0G 2J0 Phone: (780) 961-3835 Northeastern Energy Services PO Box 2310 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-3334 Northwell Rentals (Lloydminster) Inc 5205 60 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2S9 Phone: (780) 875-6604 Olympus NDT 48 Woerd Ave Waltham MA 02453 Phone: (781) 419-3518 Panther Technologies Inc PO Box 7793 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J1 Phone: (780) 871-2784 Pason Systems Corp 6130 3 St SE Calgary AB T2H 1K4 Phone: (403) 233-0106 www.pason.com Phoenix Fence Inc 12816 156 St NW Edmonton AB T5V 1E9 Phone: (780) 447-1919 www.phoenixfence.ca Precision Bolting Ltd 3880 74 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2P7 Phone: (780) 466-9869 www.precisionbolting.com Process Combustion Systems (2000) Inc 13-1515 Highfield Cres SE Calgary AB T2G 5M4 Phone: (403) 250-1075 www.processcombustion.com PROMORE 2100-125 9 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0P6 Phone: (403) 571-1669 www.promore.com R C Moffatt Supply Ltd PO Box 5477 Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G5 Phone: (780) 715-9387

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REDCO Equipment Sales Ltd 8105 Davies Rd NW Edmonton AB T6E 4N1 Phone: (780) 466-1820 www.redcovalves.com Relay Distributing 6005 50 Ave Lloydminster SK S9V 2A4 Phone: (306) 825-4322 RSC Equipment Rental PO Box 2809 Lloydminster AB S9V 0Z1 Phone: (306) 825-5431 www.rscrental.com Sabre Communications Inc PO Box 541 Lloydminster SK S9V 0N7 Phone: (306) 825-8500 Score Energy Products Inc 9821 41 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 0A2 Phone: (780) 466-6782 www.scorevalves.com Sil Industrial Minerals 8635 Stadium Rd NW Edmonton AB T6S 1G3 Phone: (780) 467-2627 www.sil.ab.ca 661254 Alberta Ltd PO Box 6231 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 743-5968 Specialty Oilfield Rentals Ltd 206-50090 48 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0M7 Phone: (780) 875-4214 SPX Valves & Controls 3424 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2X9 Phone: (780) 465-3110 www.dezurik.com Stewart Sales & Rentals 24 Nipewon Rd Lac La Biche AB Phone: (780) 623-3243 www.stewartsalesandrentals.ca Stream-Flo Industries Ltd 400-202 6 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 2R9 Phone: (403) 269-5531 www.streamflo.com Summit Valve & Controls Ltd 5304 68 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3M4 Phone: (780) 468-6900 www.summitvalve.com Tanks On Site 1444 78 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1L7 Phone: (780) 918-1008 www.tanksonsite.com

TenarisPrudential 1800-140 4 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 3N3 Phone: (403) 267-0300 www.tenaris.com Tierra Alta Production Systems Corp 4926 89 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 5K1 Phone: (780) 462-8271 www.tierraalta.com Topco Oilsite Products Ltd 5-3401 19 St NE Calgary AB T2E 6S8 Phone: (403) 219-0255 www.topcooilsite.com Total Oilfield Rentals PO Box 129 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-2202 Unified Alloys 8835 50 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5H4 Phone: (780) 468-5656 www.etalloys.com United Rentals of Canada 375 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 5E2 Phone: (780) 790-2700 www.unitedrentals.com

AV Transportation Inc 5-380 MacKenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 790-0630

Zero Tolerance Services Inc PO Box 2484 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-3454

Axani Bros Trucking 1205 5 Ave Cold Lake AB T9M 1A8 Phone: (780) 812-5362

Trucking Aero PO Box 5027 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G2 Phone: (780) 791-7278

B & B Expediting & Hot Shot Service 144 McMillan Rd Fort McMurray AB T9H 5L4 Phone: (780) 743-6100

Aim Transport PO Box 1440 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1K4 Phone: (306) 825-3616

B & R Eckel’s Transport Ltd 5520 50 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 2K8 Phone: (780) 826-3889 www.breckels.com

Allan Trucking PO Box 1655 St Paul AB T0A 3A0 Phone: (780) 635-2191

Baron Transport 910 8 St NW SS 1 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A1 Phone: (780) 849-4360

Allvac Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 7993 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J3 Phone: (780) 826-5151

Barracuda Pilot Service PO Box 26 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-7119

Andre’s Water Delivery Ltd 9113 93 St Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4027

Van Leeuwen Pipe & Tube (Canada) 2875 64 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6P 1R1 Phone: (780) 469-7410

Barry’s Tank Truck Service PO Box 303 Glendon AB T0A 1P0 Phone: (780) 635-2674

Steam generators at one of Alberta’s in situ oilsands facilities.

Vegreville Equipment Rentals & Sales Inc 5125 52 Ave Vegreville AB T9C 1M2 Phone: (780) 632-2976 Vermilion Ready-Mix Concrete 4807 47 Ave Vermilion AB T9X 1J4 Phone: (780) 853-4818 Wajax Industries 16745 111 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 2S4 Phone: (780) 487-6700 www.wilwest.wajax.com Waskatenau Motors PO Box 91 Waskatenau AB T0A 3P0 Phone: (780) 358-2287 Westlund 4103 84 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 2Z3 Phone: (780) 463-7473 www.westlund.ca Westlund Tren-Dy Oil & Industrial Supplies 5-6206 50 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2C9 Phone: (780) 875-5455 Wilter Auto & Industrial Supply 5609 55 St Cold Lake AB T9M 1R6 Phone: (780) 594-4666 XL Resources Ltd 5211 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E8 Phone: (780) 875-6100

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Realistic Rod Guides PO Box 81017 RPO Lake Bonavista Calgary AB T2J 7C9 Phone: (403) 225-1382 www.realistic.ca

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Driving Force Vehical Rentals, Sales & Leasing 11025 184 St NW Edmonton AB T5S 0A6 Phone: (780) 483-9559 www.drivingforce.ca

Barry’s Transport Ltd PO Box 493 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 689-3994

Cold Lake Ford PO Box 1888 Stn Main Cold Lake AB T9M 1P4 Phone: (780) 594-3000

Beniuk’s Water Hauling Ltd PO Box 1394 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-2236

Continental Cartage Inc 320 Macdonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B6 Phone: (780) 743-2255

BlackWatch Energy Services Trust 5115 62 St Vegreville AB T9C 1N6 Phone: (780) 632-4266 www.blackwatchenergy.ca

Cooke’s Mechanical Services Ltd PO Box 1591 Lloydminster SK S9V 1K5 Phone: (306) 825-6502

DT Planetaries Inc 11550 154 St NW Edmonton AB T5M 3N8 Phone: (780) 454-9922 www.dthubs.com

D & E Water-Vac Ltd 4005 63A Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2X8 Phone: (780) 872-7733

Duniece Bros Trucking Ltd PO Box 2280 Athabasca AB T9S 2B8 Phone: (780) 525-2262

Blue Ray Trucking Ltd PO Box 7267 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H6 Phone: (780) 815-6238

D G R Tank Service PO Box 73 Calmar AB T0C 0V0 Phone: (780) 649-2230

Dymen Holdings Ltd PO Box 305 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-3541

BOS Oilfield Service Ltd PO Box 176 Glendon AB T0A 1P0 Phone: (780) 635-4459

D Janzen Picker & Tractors PO Box 916 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-4315

Brooks Trucking 11-266 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 743-4855

D W Hot Shot Service PO Box 885 Lloydminster SK S9V 1C3 Phone: (306) 821-2383

Blair’s Oilfield Hauling 3409 47 Ave Lloydminster SK Phone: (306) 387-6865

Brydon Trucking & Picker Service Ltd PO Box 658 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-2034 Bry-Tan Trucking Ltd PO Box 655 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y7 Phone: (780) 875-9250 Bush Baby Trucking Ltd PO Box 2454 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-5565 Caribou Trail Truck Parts PO Box 827 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-2449 CEDA-REACTOR LTD 500-11012 Macleod Tr SE Calgary AB T2J 6A5 Phone: (403) 253-3233 www.cedagroup.com Cen-Alta Oilfield Trucking Ltd PO Box 359 Legal AB T0G 1L0 Phone: (780) 961-4148 CF Energy Services 503 12 Ave Nisku AB T9E 8A8 Phone: (780) 955-9592 www.canadianfreightways.com Chem-Tech Transportation Service (1994) 4807 37 St Lloydminster SK S9V 0A7 Phone: (780) 871-4040 Chief Hauling Contractors Inc 140 MacLennan Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4E8 Phone: (780) 791-7808 www.chiefhauling.com

D W Picker Services Ltd PO Box 266 Kitscoty AB T0B 2P0 Phone: (780) 871-8421 Delorme Enterprises Ltd PO Box 1089 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-3278 Desran Holdings Ltd PO Box 102 Perryvale AB T0G 1T0 Phone: (780) 698-2137 Dessert Storm Vacuum Truck & Water Hauling 198 Weiss Dr Fort McMurray AB T9H 4K7 Phone: (780) 715-1885 DFI Corporation 3403 74 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6B 3B8 Phone: (780) 466-5237 www.dfi.ca

Edmonton Trailer Sales & Leasing Ltd 16830 111 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5M 2S6 Phone: (780) 413-6030 www.edmontontrailer.com EJR Trucking Inc PO Box 1920 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-3082 www.oildirectory.com/ejrtrucking/ejrtrucking.htm Elkow Enterprises PO Box 244 Two Hills AB T0B 4K0 Phone: (780) 208-1792 Enzie Trucking Ltd 3706 53 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 1T5 Phone: (780) 875-5420 E.P.S. Flushby Systems Ltd 1910 15 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 806-0000 EPS Trucking 1910 15 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L2 Phone: (780) 842-4941 Eric Auger & Sons Contracting PO Box 360 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-3751

Diamond B Transport 502-5116 50 St Lloydminster AB T9V 0M3 Phone: (780) 875-3039

Fat Cat Trucking Ltd PO Box 406 Nampa AB T0H 2R0 Phone: (780) 322-2729

Diamond D Oilfield Hauling Ltd RR 1 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 525-3380

Feather River Transport Ltd 1045 15 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1J8 Phone: (780) 842-2645

Dot-Lyn Sales & Service Ltd 5701 Mackenzie Rd Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-4230

Chinchaga Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 546 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2646 188

E & N Trucking Ltd RR 1 Boyle AB T0A 0M0 Phone: (780) 525-2646

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Formula Powell LP PO Box 1707 Lloydminster SK S9V 1M6 Phone: (780) 875-7960 Four Star Pressure Services Ltd PO Box 92 Kinsella AB T0B 2N0 Phone: (780) 336-1048

Frontier Peterbilt Sales Ltd 5201 40 Ave Lloydminster SK S9V 2B7 Phone: (306) 825-3553 www.frontierpeterbilt.com Full Motion Expediting Ltd PO Box 6077 Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 713-5588 G Force Diesel Service Ltd PO Box 1040 Lloydminster SK S9V 1E9 Phone: (306) 825-2875 www.gforcediesel.com G Force Oilfield Services Inc 3902 41 Ave Bonnyville AB T9N 1V4 Phone: (780) 812-0930 Garry’s Trucking PO Box 63 Eaglesham AB T0H 1H0 Phone: (780) 837-5220 Gator Ventures Inc PO Box 131 Plamondon AB T0A 2T0 Phone: (780) 798-2332 Gear Centre The 215 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B5 Phone: (780) 714-3570 www.gearcentre.com Gino’s Trucking Inc 107-26230 Twp Rd 531A Zone 2 Acheson AB T7X 5A4 Phone: (780) 960-6911 www.ginotrucking.com Golosky Trucking & Contracting Ltd 10217 King St Fort McMurray AB T9H 3J1 Phone: (780) 791-2258 www.abraxusgroup.net Gordy’s Oilfield Servicing Ltd PO Box 95 Marwayne AB T0B 2X0 Phone: (780) 875-9802 Gray’s Water Hauling Ltd PO Box 127 Marsden SK S0M 1P0 Phone: (306) 826-5751 Green Valley Mechanical PO Box 6305 Peace River AB T8S 1S2 Phone: (780) 624-2448 Grimshaw Trucking LP PO Box 960 Edmonton AB T5J 2L8 Phone: (780) 414-2850 www.grimshaw-trucking.com H & E Oilfield Services Ltd 2201 1 Ave Wainwright AB T9W 1L7 Phone: (780) 842-6444 Hammer Equipment Sales Ltd 145 MacDonald Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B3 Phone: (780) 743-1968 www.hammereq.com Heavy Crude Hauling LP 5202 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2T3 Phone: (780) 870-4002 www.heavycrudehauling.com

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Northwest Transport Ltd 400 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B1 Phone: (780) 791-1478

Rand’s Oilfield Services PO Box 727 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3150

Manning Mobile Mechanics Widewater AB Phone: (780) 369-2174

Nor-Trail Oilfield Ltd PO Box 147 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-5230

Hoffman’s Tank Truck Service Ltd PO Box 67 Elk Point AB T0A 1A0 Phone: (780) 724-4117

Martix’s Pilot Truck Services Ltd PO Box 30 Anzac AB T0P 1J0 Phone: (780) 598-3411

Orion’s Way Hot Shot Service PO Box 536 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-5545

Red Planet Trucking Ltd PO Box 258 Red Earth Creek AB T0G 1X0 Phone: (780) 649-3401 www.redplanettrucking.com

Horizon Water Hauling Inc PO Box 89 Minburn AB T0B 3B0 Phone: (780) 593-3925

Matco Transportation Systems 18151 107 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 1K4 Phone: (780) 484-8800 www.matco.ca

Over-D Trucking PO Box 1024 Falher AB T0H 1M0 Phone: (780) 925-8254

Hidden Lake Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 360 Ardmore AB T0A 0B0 Phone: (780) 826-4481 Hi-Mark Hotshot, Picker & Rental Services PO Box 846 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-0888

Inter-Rail Transport Ltd 8621 18 St NW Edmonton AB T6P 1K4 Phone: (780) 464-7046 www.inter-railtransport.com

Manitoulin Transport 3505 53 St Athabasca AB T9S 1A9 Phone: (780) 675-2349 www.manitoulintransport.com

MBT Enterprises PO Box 6214 Peace River AB T8S 1S2 Phone: (780) 618-9730

Intra Plains Transport Ltd 5905 47 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2G4 Phone: (780) 875-9205

McBride Trucking PO Box 239 Edgerton AB T0B 1K0 Phone: (780) 755-3790

Jules Bastien Trucking Ltd PO Box 259 Guy AB T0H 1Y0 Phone: (780) 925-2168

McCoy’s Trucking Ltd PO Box 5821 Westlock AB T7P 2P6 Phone: (780) 348-5451

Kamieniecki Gary Contracting Ltd PO Box 338 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-3630

McMurray Serv-U Expediting Ltd 2-350 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A8 Phone: (780) 791-3530

Lac La Biche Transport Ltd PO Box 36 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-4711 www.laclabichetransport.com

Metro Gordey Trucking Ltd 7110 Bulyea Ave Fort McMurray AB T9H 1B1 Phone: (780) 743-4487

Leading Edge Hot Shot & Picker Service PO Box 809 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2445 Lebid Ron Trucking PO Box 756 Athabasca AB T9S 2A6 Phone: (780) 675-4754 Ledcor Industrial Maintenance Ltd 9910 39 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 5H8 Phone: (780) 463-2140 www.ledcor.com

Michael S Witryk Oilfield Transport Ltd PO Box 575 Clandonald AB T0B 0X0 Phone: (780) 724-3195 Millartime Transport PO Box 2332 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1S6 Phone: (306) 825-3899 Monahan Light Oilfield Hauling & Hotshot Service PO Box 1869 High Prairie AB T0G 1E0 Phone: (780) 523-2422

Lloydminster Heavy Crude Services Ltd 5201 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E8 Phone: (780) 875-7092

Morley Muldoon Transport Ltd 2009B 1 St Wainwright AB T9W 1L5 Phone: (780) 842-2222 www.nbf-biz.com/muldoontransport

Lorette Truck Service Ltd PO Box 766 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-4039

Mud ’n Dust Trucking PO Box 654 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-0303

Mach 1 Diesel Repair Ltd 5107 65 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E8 Phone: (780) 875-3306

Night Hawk Trucking 5905 47 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2G4 Phone: (780) 875-4955

Mad Dog Oilfield Services Inc 401 16 St Wainwright AB T9W 1J3 Phone: (780) 842-3517

Nitro Heavy Hauling Ltd PO Box 11632 Stn Main Lloydminster AB T9V 3B8 Phone: (780) 875-6832 www.nitroheavyhauling.com

Manitoulin Transport 400 MacAlpine Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4B1 Phone: (780) 791-1478 www.manitoulin.ca

Northern Plains Moving & Transport Ltd 140 MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W8 Phone: (780) 790-1336

Reimer Express Lines Ltd 10120 52 St SE Calgary AB T2C 4M2 Phone: (403) 279-6866 Renigade Trucking PO Box 7220 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H6 Phone: (780) 826-2811

Peace River Towing & Glass 4-9710 94 St Peace River AB T8S 1J2 Phone: (780) 624-7777

Rick’s Oilfield Hauling 4920 47 St Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-2025

Peace Truck & Trailer Ltd 9003 75 St Peace River AB T8S 1T2 Phone: (780) 624-8655

Ridgid Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 135 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y1 Phone: (780) 875-7939

Pebbles Trucking Ltd RR 5 Stn Main Lloydminster AB T9V 3A1 Phone: (780) 875-8460

Ridley & Son’s Hauling Ltd 4816 7 Ave N Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-2584

Performance Truck Service 5201 62 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2E3 Phone: (780) 875-9218

RJ Hoffman Holdings Ltd PO Box 12069 Lloydminster AB T9V 3C3 Phone: (780) 871-0723 www.rjhoffman.com

Pesklevis Ted Water Hauling PO Box 244 Waskatenau AB T0A 3P0 Phone: (780) 358-2590

Roadrunner Water Hauling Ltd PO Box 356 Innisfree AB T0B 2G0 Phone: (780) 592-2271

Pioneer Truck Lines Ltd PO Box 72032 RPO Ottewell Edmonton AB T6B 3A7 Phone: (780) 467-8880 www.pioneertrucklines.com Q-Line Trucking Ltd. Box 110B RR 4 Corman Industrial Park Saskatoon SK S7K 3J7 Phone: (306) 651-3540 www.qlinetrucking.com Q-Tek Tankers Ltd PO Box 306 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-2696

Ro-Bar Trucking Ltd PO Box 39 Widewater AB T0G 2M0 Phone: (780) 369-2191 Ron’s Vacuum Service Ltd PO Box 2930 Wainwright AB T9W 1S8 Phone: (780) 842-2390 Rosenau Transport Ltd 5805 98 St NW Edmonton AB T6E 3L4 Phone: (780) 431-2877 www.rosenau.org

Quality Asphalt Ltd 320 Balsam Rd NE Slave Lake AB Phone: (780) 849-5685

Roth Dennis Trucking Ltd 413 Main St S SS 3 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A3 Phone: (780) 849-4468

Quantum Winch PO Box 6977 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H4 Phone: (780) 826-3272

Sam’s General Trucking Ltd 2009 1 St Wainwright AB T9W 1L5 Phone: (780) 842-3216

R & D Enterprises PO Box 6091 Stn Main Fort McMurray AB T9H 4W1 Phone: (780) 743-2042

Sandpiper Truck Services Ltd PO Box 453 Lloydminster SK S9V 0Y6 Phone: (780) 875-2850

R M J B Trucking Ltd 2909 55 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 1N6 Phone: (780) 875-6875 Rainbow Transport (1974) Ltd 17508 116 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5S 2T9 Phone: (780) 452-5275 www.rainbowtransport.com

Shale Industrial Ltd 260B MacKay Cres Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C6 Phone: (780) 791-4619

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S E R V I C E & S U P P LY Shamrock Heavy Hauling PO Box 687 Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 Phone: (780) 891-0456 Shumansky Vacuum Tank Services PO Box 218 Lamont AB T0B 2R0 Phone: (780) 895-7548 Silverman Oilfield Services Ltd PO Box 145 Neilburg SK S0M 2C0 Phone: (306) 823-4722 SLH Picker Service & Pile Driving 921 8 St NW SS 1 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A1 Phone: (780) 849-5275 Smithson’s Oilfield Vacuum Service PO Box 346 Irma AB T0B 2H0 Phone: (780) 842-8860 Smoky Lake Tank Service PO Box 372 Smoky Lake AB T0A 3C0 Phone: (780) 656-4055 Southview Trucking Ltd 4801 40 St Vermilion AB T9X 1H6 Phone: (780) 853-2734 Stanchuck Trucking (1997) Ltd 6007 52 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2S7 Phone: (780) 875-7665 Stan’s Trucking PO Box 1550 Slave Lake AB T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-5307 Steel View Oil Pressure Services Ltd PO Box 265 Chauvin AB T0B 0V0 Phone: (780) 858-2213 Stephane’s Mobile Repair Ltd PO Box 1889 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-7100 www.stephanesmobilerepair.com SVS Inc PO Box 2342 Lac La Biche AB T0A 2C0 Phone: (780) 623-3102 Sydia Bros Ent Ltd 5202 59 Ave Lloydminster AB T9V 2V4 Phone: (780) 875-5377 T A K Transfer Ltd PO Box 105 Eaglesham AB T0H 1H0 Phone: (780) 814-1356 Tee-Jay Water Hauling Ltd PO Box 7398 Bonnyville AB T9N 2H7 Phone: (780) 826-7571 Transco Energy Services Ltd PO Box 2370 Lloydminster SK S9V 1W5 Phone: (780) 875-7722 www.flintenergy.com

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Transpex Trucking Ltd 4609 32 St Lloydminster SK S9V 1N6 Phone: (306) 825-4740

Wounded’s Picker Service Inc PO Box 2113 Lloydminster SK S9V 1R6 Phone: (780) 871-4697

Pimee Well Servicing Ltd PO Box 39 Kehewin AB T0A 1C0 Phone: (780) 826-6392

Triple K Oilfield Services Red Earth Creek AB Phone: (780) 921-2221

Xtreme Oilfield Technology PO Box 8171 Bonnyville AB T9N 2J5 Phone: (780) 826-3594

Polycore Tubular Linings Corp 510-906 8 Ave SW Calgary AB T2P 1H9 Phone: (403) 444-5554 www.polycore.ca

Triple Random Inc 4-360 Mackenzie Blvd Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Phone: (780) 715-4011 www.triplerandom.com Twin M Trucking Ltd PO Box 868 Redwater AB T0A 2W0 Phone: (780) 942-2960 Ulmer Chev Olds 2101 50 Ave Lloydminster SK S9V 1Z7 Phone: (306) 825-8866 www.ulmerchev.com Ultra-Vac Ltd RR 1 Edgerton AB T0B 1K0 Phone: (780) 755-2372 Unrau’s Trucking Ltd 5905 47 St Lloydminster AB T9V 2G4 Phone: (780) 875-5622 Wakaluk Trucking & Gravel Sales PO Box 795 Falher AB T0H 1M0 Phone: (780) 359-2330 Wally’s Pilot Service 33-5201 42 St Lloydminster AB T9V 1M8 Phone: (780) 808-6295 Wellside Services PO Box 1346 Grimshaw AB T0H 1W0 Phone: (780) 332-2512 Wellsite Industrial (1985) Ltd PO Box 855 Viking AB T0B 4N0 Phone: (780) 336-3459 Whillans Mechanical Manning AB Phone: (780) 836-2753 White Thunder Trucking Ltd PO Box 86 Perryvale AB T0G 1T0 Phone: (780) 698-2461 www.dscrossings.com Wilben Services Inc PO Box 7763 Drayton Valley AB T7A 1S8 Phone: (780) 349-9718 Wildcat Vacuum Services Ltd PO Box 1827 Stn Main Lloydminster SK S9V 1N4 Phone: (780) 875-0464 WJT Wes Johnson Trucking Ltd PO Box 1019 Manning AB T0H 2M0 Phone: (780) 836-2405 W-K Trucking Inc PO Box 117 Mundare AB T0B 3H0 Phone: (780) 632-5555 www.wktrucking.com

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Zacharko Trucking PO Box 294 Bruderheim AB T0B 0S0 Phone: (780) 796-2341

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