responsibly developing a world-scale energy resource

Chevron Canada has been reliably and responsibly developing and producing oil sands in Northern Alberta for over 20 years. The Chevron Canada Oil Sands Partnership holds a 20 percent non-operated working interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) near Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Oil sands ore is a naturally occurring mixture that contains sand, water, clay and bitumen (a viscous form of crude oil). At the Albian Sands mining and extraction operations, oil sands ore is surface mined from two mines, Muskeg River and Jackpine.

Bitumen is extracted from the ore and mixed with diluent to allow the viscous crude to be transported by pipeline to the Scotford Upgrader near Edmonton, Alberta. Here, diluent is separated from the bitumen and returned to the mine, and bitumen is upgraded into synthetic oils using hydroprocessing technology. Synthetic oil is then transported to Canadian and global markets.

Chevron Canada also holds a 20 percent nonoperated working interest in the Quest Carbon Capture and Storage facility, located near the Scotford Upgrader.