Development permit moves Cenovus project a step closer to reality
A diluent recovery unit, first proposed at two open houses held by Cenovus last Oct. in Bruderheim and Lamont, is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Lamont County issued an approved development permit for the recovery unit on Sept. 2.
“This is very exciting,” said Bruderheim Mayor Karl Hauch. “A very large project like this will have the potential to bring a much needed economic boost to our area businesses.”
The DRU is slated to be constructed near the Bruderheim Energy Terminal on Range Road 202 near Lamont.
“In absence of additional pipelines being built, the DRU was being looked at as another way to ship larger amounts of oil by rail,” said Doris Kaufmann Woodcock, the Senior Advisor to External Communi-cations for Cenovus at the time of last year’s open house. She went on to explain the process.
“We don’t want to find ourselves without more pipelines for shipping more oil in the future,” she said.
Kaufmann Woodcock explained that bitumen is a very thick semi-solid form of crude oil and doesn’t flow through pipelines on its own. Diluent is added as a thinning agent to the bitumen to help it flow easier.
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Kaufmann Woodcock added that having the DRU in place would mean the diluent could be stripped out at the facility near the Bruderheim Energy Terminal thus freeing up 30 percent more space for more bitumen. This would not only allow shipping of an additional 60,000 barrels of oil per day, it would also save the cost of having the diluent shipped back from the gulf coast.
She added that the project has a lot of considerations including understanding the environmental impacts as well as community input.
In addition, Kaufmann Woodcock said the project would cost Cenovus $800 million to $1 billion over a period of three years.
Lamont County’s Planning and Development included that ‘the proposed project operational lifespan is expected to be approximately 40 years and if it proceeds, operations would start in late 2023.’
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