The Fort Hills oil sands mine, in northern Alberta, will restart the second primary extraction train, ramping up production to about 120 000 bbl/d by the end of the year, majority owner Suncor Energy announced on Tuesday.
The second train at the Fort Hills joint venture with total and Teck Resources will be restarted this month and once operational, the owners would evaluate further increases to production.
Production has been stifled at the 194 000-bbl/d oil sands mine since the Alberta government in 2019 mandated an oil curtailment order to ease congestion on export pipelines.