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New Technology
brought together to accelerate environmental performance

Technology is a fundamental component to Suncor’s improvement through collaboration.
business. Suncor has pioneered commercial oil sands

development and continues to advance technology through Sales of Principal Products
innovation and collaboration to improve efficiencies, lower Primary markets for SCO and bitumen production from

costs and increase environmental performance.
Suncor’s Oil Sands segment, which is sold to and
subsequently marketed by Suncor’s Energy Trading
Suncor is working on several new in situ technology
projects that are proceeding with the next phase of field business, include refining operations in Alberta, Ontario,
the U.S. Midwest and the U.S. Rocky Mountain regions.
testing. Examples of Suncor’s new technology projects
include:
Commencing in 2014, production is also being sold to
markets in the U.S. Gulf Coast. Diesel production from
• Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs) – Suncor is working
upgrading operations is sold primarily in Western Canada,
with vendors on technology to improve equipment marketed by Suncor’s Refining and Marketing business.
performance in SAGD.
For bitumen production from In Situ operations, Suncor’s
• N-SOLV– Evolving toward waterless recovery by using
TM marketing strategy allows it to take advantage of changes
a warm solvent to extract bitumen efficiently, in market conditions by either: a) upgrading the bitumen
sustainably and economically.
directly at our Oil Sands Base facilities; b) upgrading
• Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Less Intensive bitumen at Suncor’s Edmonton refinery; or c) selling diluted

Technology Enhanced (SAGD LITE) – Field trials are bitumen directly to third parties. Increased bitumen sales
underway to evaluate technologies such as solvent may also be required during outages of upgrading facilities.
addition, surfactant addition, flow control devices and During 2013, approximately 55% or 94 mbbls/d (2012 –

injection control devices to improve cost, SORs, and 63% or 83 mbbls/d) of In Situ bitumen production was
timely recovery and productivity.
processed by Oil Sands Base upgrading facilities.

Suncor is a member of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation

Alliance (COSIA) which is a group of oil sands producers

2013
2012

% operating % operating
Sales Volumes and Operating Revenues – Principal Products
mbbls/d
revenues
mbbls/d
revenues

Sweet – Light sweet SCO and diesel (including Syncrude)
147.9
43
152.7
47
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Sour – Light sour SCO and bitumen 241.9 51 205.6 48
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Non-proprietary, byproducts and other operating revenues(1) n/a 6 n/a 5

389.8 358.3

(1) Operating revenues include sales of non-proprietary volumes, primarily third-party diluent purchased to support sales of bitumen that is required when
the company is unable to meet diluent demands internally, as well as revenues associated with excess power from cogeneration units.

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