Innovative Application of Electricity for Oil Sands

Jacobs Consultancy Canada Inc.

June 2012

Executive Summary

The purpose of the to evaluate the Innovative Application of Electricity for Oil Sands was to evaluate the technical-economic prospects of applying novel electricity-based technologies to:

• Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)-based bitumen production,
• Bitumen upgrading, and
• Other emerging technologies for in situ bitumen production from oil sands.

This initial phase of the Study was, per plan, a screening level study. The goal of the screening process was to determine if any of the technologies selected for evaluation are worthy of a more in-depth technical-economic analysis to justify future investment.

Final Report