Sentences with phrase «average oil sands production»

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Year - to - date oil sands production at the end of July averaged approximately 292,000 bpd.

CALGARY, ALBERTA --(Marketwire - Aug. 6, 2009)- Suncor Energy Inc. reported today that production at its oil sands facility during July averaged approximately 304,000 barrels per day (bpd).

«The CO2 numbers [in the oil sands] sound frightening when only the production and refining are taken into account... Yet once the oil is burned, a variety of sources say the total lifecycle impact of oil sands relative to the average crude used in the U.S. is much smaller, including the Council on Foreign Relations (17 percent higher emissions) and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (5 - 15 percent).»

When the boundary for measuring GHG emissions is placed around crude production and processing facilities, for fuels produced solely from Canadian oil sands the average well - to - wheels (WTW) life - cycle GHG emissions... Read more →

Despite these improvements, they noted, the CI of oil sands production (on a pathway - average basis) ranges from 12 to 24 % higher than CI values from conventional oil production.

discounting the final consumption phase of the life - cycle assessment (which can contribute up to 70 % -80 % of Well - to - Wheel emissions), Well - to - Tank (i.e., «production») GHG emissions are, on average, 72 % -111 % higher for Canadian oil sands crude than for the weighted average of transportation fuels sold or distributed in the United States;