Muskeg River
Cogeneration Project
The 170-megawatt cogeneration plant provides steam and electricity to meet the requirements of the Muskeg River Mine.
Any electricity generated and not used at the Mine is sold into the Power
Pool of Alberta. Energy from the turbines’ hot exhaust gas is captured for use in the mine’s bitumen extraction process.
The
ATCO Pipelines 16-inch pipeline supplies natural gas to the cogeneration facility. The 118-kilometre line comes from an existing gas transmission system.
The cogeneration project is owned by ATCO and SaskPower International Inc. The Muskeg River
Mine located on Lease 13, 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture between Shell Canada Limited, Chevron Canada Resources Limited and Western Oil Sands L.P.
Further Documents
Press Release
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Cogeneration Public Disclosure Document
EIA Final Terms of Reference
Application/EIA Executive Summary
240-kV Transmission Line Project Summary
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Capacity
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Equipment
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- Two GE 7EA gas-fired turbine and generator sets with low nitrous
oxide burners
- Two heat recovery steam generators with supplemental heat injection.
- Two standby auxiliary gas-fired boilers.
- Associated control equipment
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Highlights
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- Mine will use more than 50% of electric energy generated. Balance to be sold
into Power Pool of Alberta.
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Commissioned
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Ownership
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- ATCO - 70% *
- SaskPower International Inc. - 30%
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