Christina Lake Regional Project
MEG’s initial area of development is its Christina Lake Regional Project and includes 80 square miles of oil sands leases. The Christina Lake Regional Project is centrally located among the main commercial “in situ” oil sands developments of the Athabasca oil sands region. An independent reservoir engineering firm estimates MEG’s Christina Lake Regional Project contains over six billion barrels of bitumen in place and approximately 2.8 billion barrels of remaining recoverable resources, of which approximately 1.0 billion barrels are classified as proved plus probable reserves.
MEG is employing a phased development plan at Christina Lake which is designed to reduce shareholder dilution and protect against capital investment risk and execution risk. MEG estimates that it can increase its ultimate production capacity at the Christina Lake Regional Project to approximately 210,000 bpd, sustainable for over 30 years.
MEG currently has approval to construct and operate the first two phases of the Christina Lake Regional Project (CLRP) on 23 sections of land. In addition, MEG has filed a regulatory application (Phase 2B) to increase the production capacity of the Central Processing Facility to 60 000 b/d. The Phase 2B plant would be located immediately adjacent to the existing Phase 1 and 2 processing facilities
MEG is now proposing a further expansion (Phase 3) of the CLRP to develop the remainder of its oil sands lease. Phase 3 would be an expansion to the current CLRP approval area and would utilize the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) bitumen recovery technology. The Phase 3 project would consist of two additional central processing facilities, SAGD wells and additional infrastructure.
This phase of the project will be designed and built to produce an incremental 150 000 barrels per day of bitumen (approximately 23 800 cubic metres per day). This production will be in addition to the 60,000 barrels of bitumen per day from the Phase 2 and proposed 2B operation, resulting in a total production of 210,000 barrels of bitumen per day (approximately 33 400 cubic meters per day).
More information about the project can be found in the 
Public Disclosure Document for the Phase 3 Project.
The Terms of Reference for the conduct of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for this expansion are also available for public review
To request a copy of the Phase 3 Regulatory Application and EIA, please fill out our online form.
As an alternative, you can download the Phase 3 EIA non-printable PDFs from the table below.
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Volume 1 (PDF 18.8MB) |
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Volume 2 (PDF 3.2MB) |
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Volume 3 (PDF 22.6MB) |
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Volume 4 (PDF 44.3MB) |
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Volume 5 (PDF 50.8MB) |
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Volume 6 (PDF 25.6MB) |
