Integrated Mine Planning for the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project

ABSTRACT The proposed Fort Hills Oil Sands Project is located 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca Oil Sands region and comprises Oil Sands Leases 5, 8, and 52 (Figure 1). TrueNorth Energy L.P. is the operator and majority interest owner of the project. In May of 1998, TrueNorth Energy acquired a 78 percent interest in Oil Sands Leases 5 and 52. UTS Energy Corporation, TrueNorth Energy’s partner in the project, holds the remaining 22 percent. In December 2000, Oil Sands Lease 8 was acquired, bringing the total area of the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project to approximately 18,700 hectares.