Voyageur Upgrader
Overview
Illustrated example of an upgrader
Total E&P Canada and Suncor Energy will jointly develop the Voyageur Upgrader in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Status
The Suncor-operated Voyageur Upgrader Project will process bitumen from Total’s Fort Hills and Joslyn projects. Early works construction began in January 2012, and work on non-process buildings, such as the south lodge began in late October 2011.
When complete, Voyageur is expected to intake:
- 269,000 barrels per day of bitumen from the yet-to-be developed Fort Hills and Joslyn mines
- approximately 170 megawatts of electricity
- roughly 180 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas (at peak periods)
On the flip side, Voyageur is expected to produce:
- 218,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil
- 60,000 U.S. gallons per minute of cooling water
- 220 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen
- 600,000 pounds of steam/hour
- 7,500 tons per day of coke byproduct
- 1,400 tons per day of sulphur byproduct
- 100 million standard cubic square feet of rich fuel gas
The complex is also designed for:
- coker furnace energy efficiency of 88 percent
- steam methane reform heater energy efficiency of 91 percent (best in class)
- sulphur unit design recovery of 99.93 percent (best in class)
- pre-investment to facilitate future carbon capture
- near zero water discharge!
Voyageur: Did you know?
- Voyageur is estimated to require 28 million construction hours to complete and is slated for approximately 1,000 modules.
- By 2020, Voyageur is expected to represent 5.1 percent of Canada’s total oil output.