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Imperial announces temporary shut-down of Syncrude Coker 8-3
| Calgary, AB,
May 18, 2006
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Imperial Oil Resources announced today that Syncrude Canada has temporarily
shut down operation of its new Coker 8-3 and associated units in response to
an Environmental Protection Order (EPO) issued earlier today by Alberta
Environment.
The EPO was issued as a precautionary measure
following concern by area residents regarding odourous emissions in recent
days believed to be associated with the start-up of the new coker unit in
early May.
Imperial has offered its support to Syncrude to
investigate the cause of the odours and develop remedial actions. It is too
early at this time to determine how long the coker will remain shut down and
what impact this will have on Syncrude's volume performance. Production
capacity affected is approximately 100,000 barrels a day. Current production
capacity of Syncrude's operation, excluding volumes from Coker 8-3, is about
250,000 barrels a day and is unaffected by these events.
The
Syncrude Project is a joint venture operated by Syncrude Canada Ltd. and
25-percent owned by Imperial. The other owners are Canadian Oil Sands Limited
Partnership, Canadian Oil Sands Limited, ConocoPhillips Oilsands Partnership
II, Mocal Energy Limited, Murphy Oil Company Ltd., Nexen Inc., and
Petro-Canada Oil and Gas.
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