BP in Canada
BP Canada has created a top quartile oil sands portfolio consisting of the assets of Sunrise, Terre de Grace and Pike
Terre de Grace is a 185,000 acre (740 km²) Canadian oil sands property located in the north central area of the Athabasca Oil sands region. In March 2010 BP acquired 75% of the lease from Value Creation Inc. and became the operator.
Pike is a 112,000 acre (453 km²) Canadian oil sands property located at the Southern tip of the Athabasca Oil Sands region. In June of 2010 Devon Energy acquired 50% of the lease from BP and became the operator.
Currently work is underway to ascertain the resource potential of the Terre de Grace and Pike assets.
North American Arctic Exploration
In 2011, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (BP Exploration) continued its interpretation of seismic data, environmental baseline data collection and analysis, and other activities to support a decision on the appropriate next steps for BP’s Exploration Licences (ELs), in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.
In 2011, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (BP Exploration) continued its interpretation of seismic data, environmental baseline data collection and analysis, and other activities to support a decision on the appropriate next steps for BP’s Exploration Licences (ELs), in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.
BP Exploration and Production in Canada
Sunrise
Operator: Husky EnergyBP Working Interest: 50%
Effective 1st January 2008, BP acquired a 50% share in the Sunrise field in Alberta, operated by Husky Energy. Simultaneously, Husky acquired a 50% share in the Toledo refinery in Ohio. Sunrise is a heavy oil resource base which has estimated gross oil in place of 8 billion barrels.
During 2010 a Phase 1 of the project, a 60 mboed capacity plant was sanctioned. Midstream contracts were developed to support the Phase 1 development and major contracts with engineering procurement construction management providers were struck at end 2010. Drilling of the initial wells progressed during 2011, along with detailed engineering of required facilities. Land for the central processing facilities and the field facilities was cleared and piling commenced late in the year.
Sunrise, located in the Athabasca oil sands in northeast Alberta will be developed using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). SAGD is a proven thermal in-situ recovery process using pairs of horizontal wells. A horizontal production well is located near the bottom of the reservoir and steam is injected into a second horizontal well placed above it, heating the bitumen and enabling it to flow. The bitumen and condensed steam, under the influence of gravity, drain to the lower horizontal well and are produced through the wellbore to the surface.
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