Synenco Files Regulatory Application for Part of its Northern Lights Oil Sands Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Synenco Energy Incorporated (TSX:SYN)(Calgary, Alberta), the managing partner in the Northern Lights Project, has filed its application with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) and the Alberta Environmental (AENV) for regulatory approval of the mining and extraction portion of its Northern Lights Project. The first phase of the Northern Lights Project is envisioned as an intergraded oil sands mining and bitumen upgrading project that will produce 100,000 barrels per day of light sweet synthetic crude oil by late 2012.

The mining and extraction facilities will be located approximately 100 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The mining and extraction facilities will be connected to the proposed bitumen upgrader to be located in Sturgeon County approximately 40 kilometers northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, by a diluted bitumen pipeline measuring several hundred kilometers in length. The phase I portion of the project will carry an estimated capital cost of approximately $4.5 billion.

Synenco has awarded Jacobs Canada Incorporated (Calgary, Alberta) a contract to provide Owner’s engineering services for the Northern Lights Project. The contract will span the project’s full development cycle. Jacobs Canada will provide support services to Synenco Energy in the areas of scheduling, estimating, procurement and construction management. Synenco Energy also awarded UMA Engineering Limited (Vancouver, British Columbia) a contract to provide Owner’s engineering services in regards to project infrastructure including roads, non-process buildings, and plant site development. In addition, UMA Engineering was also awarded a contract to complete the infrastructure design basis memorandum (DBM) which includes the overall diagrams and plans related to infrastructure aspects of the project.

Finally, Synenco Energy awarded the consortium of UMA Engineering and Black & Veatch Corporation (Overland Park, Kansas) the utilities & offsites DBM contract, which includes power generation, water, and pipelines.

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