Total announces the startup of the commercial phase of its Joslyn project in the Athabasca region. The Joslyn lease is located about 60 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Deer Creek Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, is the operator of Joslyn with an 84% interest. The Joslyn lease will be produced using both SAGD and oil sands surface mining technologies.
This first development using steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) will bring production to 10,000 barrels of bitumen per day at plateau, which will be shipped after dilution to a terminal on the Athabasca Pipeline.