Big changes in Alberta's oilsands
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Big changes in Alberta's oilsands
Looks like Suncor has some new aircraft coming
Suncor building private airstrip for workers
Suncor Energy Inc., the world's second-largest oilsands producer, and its partners Synenco Energy Ltd. and Husky Energy Inc. are building a private airstrip in Alberta for easier transport of workers to remote camps.
The airport, designed to simultaneously handle the loading and unloading of two Boeing Co. 737-800 jets, is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, Synenco said in a statement. Costs for the airport, which includes a 6,900-foot runway, terminal and maintenance building, aren't being disclosed, Synenco spokesman Scott Ranson said. Suncor will be the operator.
"We were looking for something that would be both effective and cost efficient for a commuting solution," Ranson said in a telephone interview.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. put in a landing strip for workers building its $7.62 billion Horizon oil-sands project.
Synenco, which just announced its partnership in the airport today, is developing a mine about 100 kilometres north of the oilsands hub of Fort McMurray, and will pay a "relatively modest price" to join, Ranson said.
Flying workers in and out of its site may help Synenco attract and retain workers, Ranson said. The airport is located about 30 kilometres from Synenco's proposed mine, he said.
"By developing this infrastructure and driving less, we have a better solution for the people who will help us build our project and ultimately operate it," he said. Synenco owns 60 per cent of the proposed $10.7 billion Northern Lights project, which forecasts employing as many as 2,150 construction workers. A unit of China Petrochemical Corp. owns the remainder of the development, which also includes a processing plant to turn heavy oil extracted from oilsands into refinery-ready crude.
Work on the airport started earlier this year, Suncor spokesman Brad Bellows said in a telephone interview. It's the first landing strip in Alberta's Athabasca River region shared by companies with separate oilsands projects, he said.
The new airport will eliminate about a two-hour drive over paved and gravel roads to Suncor's Firebag oilsands project, Bellows said.
Suncor building private airstrip for workers
Suncor Energy Inc., the world's second-largest oilsands producer, and its partners Synenco Energy Ltd. and Husky Energy Inc. are building a private airstrip in Alberta for easier transport of workers to remote camps.
The airport, designed to simultaneously handle the loading and unloading of two Boeing Co. 737-800 jets, is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, Synenco said in a statement. Costs for the airport, which includes a 6,900-foot runway, terminal and maintenance building, aren't being disclosed, Synenco spokesman Scott Ranson said. Suncor will be the operator.
"We were looking for something that would be both effective and cost efficient for a commuting solution," Ranson said in a telephone interview.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. put in a landing strip for workers building its $7.62 billion Horizon oil-sands project.
Synenco, which just announced its partnership in the airport today, is developing a mine about 100 kilometres north of the oilsands hub of Fort McMurray, and will pay a "relatively modest price" to join, Ranson said.
Flying workers in and out of its site may help Synenco attract and retain workers, Ranson said. The airport is located about 30 kilometres from Synenco's proposed mine, he said.
"By developing this infrastructure and driving less, we have a better solution for the people who will help us build our project and ultimately operate it," he said. Synenco owns 60 per cent of the proposed $10.7 billion Northern Lights project, which forecasts employing as many as 2,150 construction workers. A unit of China Petrochemical Corp. owns the remainder of the development, which also includes a processing plant to turn heavy oil extracted from oilsands into refinery-ready crude.
Work on the airport started earlier this year, Suncor spokesman Brad Bellows said in a telephone interview. It's the first landing strip in Alberta's Athabasca River region shared by companies with separate oilsands projects, he said.
The new airport will eliminate about a two-hour drive over paved and gravel roads to Suncor's Firebag oilsands project, Bellows said.
Rectum, damn near killed 'em
Wow. Two 738's? Thats a lot of passenger capacity. I would imagine they'd be flying people in from Edmonton and Calgary, but kinda makes you wonder if the airport will be equipped for IFR approaches. Syncrude's strip isn't but I have a feeling Suncor will spend the extra money for it. Sounds like its quite a hike from YMM to their new mine sites.
Apparently the airport will be equipped with IFR approaches
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/A ... c9764.htmlThe aerodrome is scheduled to be operational by the end of the 2007
calendar year. It will feature a lighted runway 6,900 feet in length with
instrument landing capability, a terminal building, and a maintenance and
emergency services building. The facility has been designed to simultaneously
accommodate the loading and unloading of two 737-800 aircraft.
Man people dont read FULLY what people type in here. i SAID IF (read IF) that is the type they are going to use. i am sure nobody is going to lease an 800 to do 2 hrs of flying a day.W5 wrote:Anybody can buy/(sub)lease the things.
Besides saying that it is designed to handle up to two -800's does not mean that THAT will be the type.
IF they are using CNRL's example , it is going to be a lot more than 2hrs. a day. Besides, whomever leases the a/c (of whatever type) could use it for other purposes.
Plus it would not necessarily have to be good news for WestJet or Sunwing (although it could be), because several operators (incl Suncor themselves) could lease/buy an a/c for the job.. That's what I was commenting on.
Plus it would not necessarily have to be good news for WestJet or Sunwing (although it could be), because several operators (incl Suncor themselves) could lease/buy an a/c for the job.. That's what I was commenting on.
trueW5 wrote:IF they are using CNRL's example , it is going to be a lot more than 2hrs. a day. Besides, whomever leases the a/c (of whatever type) could use it for other purposes.
Plus it would not necessarily have to be good news for WestJet or Sunwing (although it could be), because several operators (incl Suncor themselves) could lease/buy an a/c for the job.. That's what I was commenting on.
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It's Kelowna Flightcraft operating as Flair Airlines, using a 737-800 in partnership with Excel (from the UK). They will fly in the UK for six months, then do sun destinations from Canada as well as crew transfers with the 800 (and ocational 727).
Flair Airlines is the work-around of the unionized Flightcraft pilots.
Flair Airlines is the work-around of the unionized Flightcraft pilots.
suncor will probably buy there own 737 if they go that way. They make enough profit on one shift to pay for a 737, cost is not an issue with these companies. suncor, shell, syncrude, etc.
big oil does not look at an airplane as a big investment, just a small drop in the bucket.
I heard they are putting in approaches at the suncor and the shell strips
a busy place is going to get even busier.
big oil does not look at an airplane as a big investment, just a small drop in the bucket.
I heard they are putting in approaches at the suncor and the shell strips
a busy place is going to get even busier.
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