 Room 508 – Frank Forward Building
 Email:
 Office Hours: TBA
 Email:

 Room 508D – Frank Forward Building
 Email: cerm3dir@mining.ubc.ca
 Email: jameech@gmail.com
 Office Hours: at your convenience
 Phone: 604-822-3984
 Mobile: 604-761-0472

 Degrees
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B. Eng.(Met.) - Metallurgical Engineering – McGill (1970)
M.Sc.(Eng.) - Mining Engineering – Queen’s (1975)
Ph.D. - Mineral Processing – Queen’s (1979)
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 Began my career in Zambia (4 years)
 Luanshya, Mufulira, and Baluba Mines
Worked at Queen’s for 16 years in the Mining Department
Worked at U.B.C. for 24 years in the Mining Department
Have worked/visited mines on all continents
 Current Research focus
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Process Automation and Integration (Robotics)
Environmental Control and Mitigation
Energy Use (comminution) and Sources (geothermal)

 On Mining
 Most exciting industry anywhere in the world
 Mining is a positive force in creating a modern, vibrant society
 Mining is changing significantly with respect to Sustainability
( environment, socio-political, techno-economic)
 On Education
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Learning and Teaching should be “FUN”
Learning and Teaching should be “CHALLENGING”
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Co-operation is a key element to success
There is no such thing as a “STUPID QUESTION”
 On Life
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If your career is half as satisfying as mine you are in for a great time
Travel the World – there is so much diversity to see and enjoy
Golden Retrievers are smarter than Humans!

 On Mining
 Most exciting industry anywhere in the world
 Mining is a positive force in creating a modern, vibrant society
 Mining is changing significantly with respect to Sustainability
( environment, socio-political, techno-economic)
 On Education
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Learning and Teaching should be “FUN”
Learning and Teaching should be “CHALLENGING”


Co-operation is a key element to success
There is no such thing as a “STUPID QUESTION”
 On Life
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If your career is half as satisfying as mine you are in for a great time
Travel the World – there is so much diversity to see and enjoy
 Golden Retrievers are smarter than Humans!

 Bern Klein – Head of Department (on secondment)
 Mineral Processing
 Rheology
 Comminution
 Michael Hitch – Associate Professor
 Mine Management
 Orebody Modeling
 Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
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Marek Pawlik – Associate Professor
 Graduate Studies Advisor and Assistant Head
Flotation
Coal Processing
Surface Chemistry

 Marcello Veiga – Professor
 Mineral Processing
 Mining and the Environment (mercury and small-scale mining)
 Process Mineralogy
 Scott Dunbar – Associate Professor
 Undergraduate Advisor and Assistant Head
 Mine Economics
 Feasibility Studies
 Maria Holuszko – Assistant Professor
 Coal Preparation
 Applied Mineralogy

 Robert Hall – Associate Professor
 Maintenance Engineering
 Ventilation
 Dirk Van Zyl – Professor
 Mine Waste Management
 Mine Life Cycle Analysis
 Malcolm Scoble – Professor
 Surface Mining
 Sustainable Mining
 Davide Elmo – Assistant Professor
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Rock Mechanics

 Importance of MINE 292
 Relationship between Mining and Processing
 Goals – mine and yours
 Teaching and Learning Environment
 Field Trip
 Performance Evaluation

 Sets up the field of Mineral Processing
 Connects ore extraction (mining) with value extraction (processing)
 Mineral Processing Courses (core)
 MINE 224 - Mineralogy for Mining Engineering
 MINE 331 - Physical Mineral Processes
 MINE 333 - Flotation
 MINE 432 - Industrial Automation and Robotics
 MINE 486 - Mining and the Environment
 MINE 491 - Mine and Plant Feasibility

TERM 1 Credits
1. EOSC 210 - Earth Sciences for Engineers 3
2. MECH 260 - Mechanics of Materials 3
3. MINE 291 - Introduction to Mining 3
4. MINE 224 - Mineralogy for Mining Engineering 4
5. MATH 255 - Differential Equations 3
6. MATH 253 – Multi-variable Calculus 3
7. MINE 293 - Seminar -
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Total = 19
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TERM 2 Credits
1. APSC 201 - Technical Communications 3
2. CIVL 210 - Soil Mechanics 4
3. MINE 292 - Introduction to Processing 3
4. MINE 251 - Mining Statistics 3
5. MECH 280 - Fluid Mechanics 3
6. Complementary Studies Elective 3
7. MINE 293 - Seminar 1
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Total = 20
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TERM 1 Credits
1. APSC 278/9 - Engineering Materials / Lab 4
2. EECE 263 - Basic Circuit Analysis 3
3. MINE 302 - Underground Mine Design 3
4. MINE 310 - Surface Mining and Design 3
5. MINE 331 - Unit Operations 3
6. Technical Elective (free choice) 3
7. MINE 393 - Seminar -
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Total = 19
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TERM 2 Credits
1. MINE 304 - Rock Fragmentation 3
2. MINE 305 - Geomechanics Fundamentals 4
3. MINE 333 - Flotation 3
4. MINE 395 - Ore Deposit Models 3
5. MINE 396 - Mine Economics 3
6. Technical Elective (free choice) 3
7. MINE 393 - Seminar 1
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Total = 20
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th
TERM 1 Credits
1. EECE 365 – Electric Devices and Machines 3
2. MINE 402 - Mine Ventilation, Health & Safety 3
3. MINE 486 - Mining and the Environment 3
4. MINE 432 - Industrial Automation & Robotics 3
5. MINE 491 - Mine and Plant Feasibility -
6. Tech. Elective (403 or 434) 3
7. MINE 493 Field Trip -
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Total = 15
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TERM 2 Credits
1. APSC 450 - Professional Engineering Practice 2
2. MINE 404 - Mine Life Cycle Systems 3
3. MINE 491 - Mine and Plant Feasibility 4
4. MINE 480 - Mine Waste Management 3
5. Tech. Elective (482 or 462) and (free choice) 6
6. Complementary Studies Elective 3
7. MINE 493 Field Trip 1
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Total = 22
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 Constrained
 MINE 403 Rock Mechanics Design
 MINE 482 Maintenance Engineering
 Free Choices
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MINE 485 Cave Mining Systems: Design and Planning
MINE 488 – Heavy Oil Sands Mining and Processing

 Constrained
 MINE 434 - Processing Precious Metal Ores
 MINE 462 - Coal Preparation Technology
 Free Choices
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 MINE 435 - Plant and Process Design
 MINE 433 - Surface Properties of Fine Particles
MINE 438 - Advanced Process Mineralogy
MINE 496 - Advanced Computer Applications in Mining

 MINE 497 - Directed Studies (faculty permission)
 MINE 497H - Autonomous Ground Vehicles
 MINE 497P - Advanced Mineral Processing
 MINE 497Z - Geothermal Systems

 CHBE 480 - Hazardous Waste Processing Technology
 CHEM 251 - Physical Chemistry for Engineers
 EOSC 329 - Groundwater Hydrology
 EOSC 433 - Geotechnical Engineering Practice
 CIVL 235 - Plane Surveying (4 credits)
 MMAT 358 - Hydrometallurgy

 Mining extracts solid material from the Earth
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Material is known as ore or rock or muck
 Processing extracts valuable material from the ore or rock
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Generally the method used is Physical Separation
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Chemistry is important in virtually all processes
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Product is an assemblage of Minerals or Metals
 All Mines have a Processing Plant
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Called a Mill or a Concentrator or a Recovery Plant

 To impart knowledge about Mineral Processing
fundamental knowledge
experiential knowledge
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To teach you to “think” rather than “cook”
 To encourage you to consider a career path in
Mineral Processing
 To encourage those who choose a Mining career to have an appreciation for Mineral Processing

 To acquire knowledge on Mineral Processing
 To develop the skills to advance into our upper-year Processing and Mining courses
 To begin developing a successful career path as a Mining Engineer
 To obtain a great summer jobs
 To make money
 To travel around the world
 To work either in remote communities or large cities
 To enjoy life to the greatest extent of your abilities

 Lectures
 Tuesdays @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm – FORW 519
 Thursdays @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm – FORW 519
 Tutorials, Seminars, Laboratories
 Thursdays @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm – FORW 519
CMP Lab
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Internet web site – www.jmeech.mining.ubc.ca/mine290.htm
On-line Notes: Proc/ES
– An Expert System on Mineral Processing http://www.jmeech.mining.ubc.ca/MINE290/proces/index.php

 Assignments – 6 in total plus field trip
 Laboratories – 5 in total

1.
Mass Balance 1
2.
3. Work Index Calculations
4.
Pulp Density Calculations
5. Mass Balance 2
6. Economics of Processing - smelter contracts
 Assignments are due one week after issue
 Late penalty is 1 mark / day including weekends

1.
Grinding and Particle Size
2.
Physical Separation - shaking table
3. Physical Separation - electrostatic separator
4.
Flotation
5.
Thickening and Filtration
 Reports are due one week after completion
 Late penalty is 1 mark / day including weekends

Visit to Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake
○ Potential date – Thursday, March 14 th
○ Bus leaves at 6:00am – returns at 9:30pm
341 km 3:41 h:m
BC-1 E and
BC-5 N
We will visit mine, mill, and tailings dam
Questions to be answered will be handed-out on the bus

 Lecture 1/2 – Tue. Jan. 7, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
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 Course Overview / Industry Overview
Lecture 3/4 – Thu. Jan. 9, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
 Liberation-Separation-Extraction
 Ore and Waste Minerals
 Tour of the Lab / Safety Issues (4:00 – 5:00 pm)

 Lecture 5/6 – Tue. Jan. 14, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Life Cycle, Downstream Processing, Sustainabilty
 Material Balances
 Lecture 7 – Thu. Jan. 16, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Energy Use in Comminution
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Group B - Lab 1 – Thu. Jan 16, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 1 – Thu. Jan. 16, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Material Balances

 Lecture 8/9 – Tue. Jan. 21, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Particle Size Analysis
 Stokes' Law
 Lecture 10 – Thu. Jan. 23, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Gravity Separation
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Group A - Lab 1 – Thu. Jan. 23, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group B - Tut. 1 – Thu. Jan. 23, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Material Balances

 Lecture 11/12 – Tue. Jan. 28, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Magnetic Separation
 Froth Flotation 1
 Lecture 13 – Thu. Jan. 30, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Froth Flotation 2
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Group B - Lab 2 – Thu. Jan. 30, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 2 – Thu. Jan. 30, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Particle Size Analysis and Partition Curves

 Lecture 14/15 – Tue. Feb. 04, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Froth Flotation 3
 Froth Flotation 4
 Lecture 16 – Thu. Feb. 04, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Surface Chemistry / Surface Tension
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Group A - Lab 2 – Thu. Feb. 04, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group B - Tut. 2 – Thu. Feb. 04, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Particle Size Analysis and Partition Curves

 Lecture 17/18 – Tue. Feb. 11, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Flotation Machines
 Gold Processing
 Lecture 19 – Thu. Feb. 11, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Cyanide Destruction
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Group B - Lab 3 – Thu. Feb. 11, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 3 – Thu. Feb. 11, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Bond Work Index Calculations

Feb. 17 – Feb. 21
READING WEEK

 Mid-Term Test – Tue. Feb. 25, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Lecture 20 – Thu. Feb. 27, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Heap Leaching
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Group A - Lab 3 – Thu. Jan. 30, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group B - Tut. 3 – Thu. Jan. 30, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Bond Work Index Calculations

 Lecture 21/22 – Tue. Mar. 04, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Guest Lecture
 Guest Lecture
 Lecture 23 – Thu. Mar. 06, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Hydrometallurgy 1
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Group B - Lab 4 – Thu. Mar. 06, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 4 – Thu. Mar. 06, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Pulp Density Calculations

 Lecture 24/25 – Tue. Mar. 11, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Hydrometallurgy 2
 Uranium Processing
 Field Trip to Highland Valley Copper Mine,
Logan Lake, B.C.
 Mar. 13, 6:00am – 9:30pm
Questions to be Answered will be handed out on bus

 Lecture 26/27 – Tue. Mar. 18, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Coal Processing 1
 Coal Processing 2
 Lecture 28 – Thu. Mar. 20, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Hydro-fracking and Oil Shale / Shale Gas
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Group B - Lab 4 – Thu. Mar. 20, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 4 – Thu. Mar. 20, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Pulp Density Calculations

 Lecture 29/30 – Tue. Mar. 25, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Oil Sands Mining and Processing 1
 Oil Sands Mining and Processing 2
 Lecture 31 – Thu. Mar. 27, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
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 Energy Use in Mining and Processing 1
Group B - Lab 5 – Thu. Mar. 27, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group A - Tut. 5 – Thu. Mar. 27, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Circuit Mass Balance & Concentrate Reconciliation

 Lecture 32/33 – Tue. Apr. 01, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Energy Use in Mining and Processing 2
 Dewatering Methods
 Lecture 34 – Thu. Apr. 03, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
 Tailings Dam Construction 1
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Group A - Lab 5 – Thu. Apr. 03, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Group B - Tut. 5 – Thu. Apr. 03, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
 Circuit Mass Balance & Concentrate Reconciliation

 Lecture 35/36 – Tue. Apr. 08, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
 Tailings Dam Construction 2
 Mining and the Environment
 Course Review – Thu. Apr. 10, 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Assignments/Lab Reports (5/5)
Field Trip Report
Mid-term Test
Final Examination
Total =
%
45
10
15
30
100
To pass the course, the average mark from the
Mid-term together with the Final Exam must be greater than 50%

 Become a student member of CIM
(Canadian Institute of Mining www.cim.org
)
 Discount rates on texts & conferences
 CIM Magazine
 Become a student member of SME
(Society of Mining Engineers www.smenet.org
)
 Great discounts on mining textbooks
 Online textbooks & Mining Engineering magazine

• Read the trade journals
– CIM Magazine
– Canadian Mining Journal
– SME’s Mining Engineering
– EMJ
– International Mining & Minerals
– The Northern Miner
– The Globe and Mail

•
Employs 350,000 people across Canada
 one of every 40 workers
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Our exports are worth $60 billion per year
 one of every 7 dollars
 represents 14% of Canadian exports
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Every mining job creates 1-2 additional indirect job in the Canadian economy.

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$9 billion industry
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7% of the province’s GDP
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Second largest resource industry
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Employs 30,000 people, paying the highest wages and benefits of any industry
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In the Vancouver area, there are over 850 mining and exploration companies, over 400 mining equipment suppliers, consulting firms and service providers.

• Canada is among the top 10 world producers of 18 major metals/minerals in 2011
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3
Potash
Uranium
Aluminum , Titanium
Number 4
Number 5
Sulfur , Nickel
Diamonds, PGMs, Asbestos, Cd,
Gypsum, Co, Zn, Mo, NaCl
Gold Number 7
Number 9 Copper, Lead
Number 11 Silver

CANADIAN MINERAL
PRODUCTION VALUE
Commodity Group
Metals
Nonmetals
Total non-fuels
Coal
Total production
2010
($B)
21.39
14.70
36.06
5.54
41.60
2011
($B)
25.26
18.04
43.30
7.05
50.35
Change
(%)
18.3
22.7
20.1
27.2
21.0

Metals
Gold (tonnes)
Iron Ore
Copper
Nickel
Uranium
Zinc
Others
Total
CANADIAN MINERAL
PRODUCTION VALUE
2011 Production Change 2011 Value Change
Thousand tonnes
(%) ($B) (%)
98.17
33,573
551
212
-3.9
-7.2
8.5
35.7
4.741
5.329
5.012
5.087
14.4
0.3
27.2
44.9
8.7
576
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-
-12.5
-5.5
-
1.089
1.296
2.705
25.250
-11.5
-4.4
45.2
18.3

CANADIAN MINERAL
PRODUCTION VALUE
Non-Metallic Minerals
Potash (K
2
O)
Diamonds (1,000 carats)
Sand & Gravel
Cement
Stone
Salt
Others
Total
Fuels
Coal
2011 Production Change
Thousand tonnes
11,005
(%)
13.5
10,795
206,975
11,972
167,716
12,315
-
-
-8.5
-2.1
3.9
-1.7
19.8
-
-
66,736 -2.1
2011 Value
($B)
7.97
2.52
1.54
1.59
1.52
0.70
2.18
18.04
7.05
Change
(%)
57.5
6.1
-1.9
5.2
-7.1
16.2
13.0
22.7
27.2

2011 REGIONAL PRODUCTION
Province or Territory
Newfoundland/Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Total
Total
($B)
5.190
0.003
0.247
1.308
7.750
10.663
1.835
9.213
2.587
8.592
0.402
2.144
0.414
50.348
15.4
21.2
3.6
18.3
5.1
17.1
0.8
Share
(%)
10.3
0.0
0.5
2.6
4,3
0.8
100.0
Population
(%)
1.5
0.4
2.8
2.2
23.1
38.8
3.6
3.1
11.0
13.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
100.0

Canadian Petroleum Production
Canada supplies the U.S. with more petroleum than Saudi Arabia
(50% of our oil consumption derives from the oil sands)

Canadian Petroleum Production
Shale Gas Facts
Shale Oil Facts www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/sources/crude/2114 www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/sources/natural-gas/1570
Pipeline Facts www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/sources/natural-gas/pipeline-faq/2248

Canadian Petroleum Production
Where does most of our petroleum come from these days?
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta
Conventional Oil Wells – Alberta
50%
5%
Eastern Off-shore
Hibernia Oil Platform 30%
Terra Nova oil field
White Rose oil field – (2014)
15%

Canadian Petroleum Production
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta

Canadian Petroleum Production
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta

Canadian Petroleum Production
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta

Canadian Petroleum Production
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta

Canadian Petroleum Production
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta
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35-43% now produced in-situ (will overtake 2023)
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65-57% is mined (close to surface - 400 m)
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Shell Canada CEO estimates 2 trillion barrels
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Official reserves = 178 billion barrels
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2010 Production = 1,600,000 bbl/day
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2020 Production = 3,000,000 bbl/day(est.)
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2030 Production = 5,000,000 bbl/day (est.)
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Current annual production value = $55.5B

Canadian Petroleum Production
Hibernia Oil Platform http://www.hibernia.ca/
North Atlantic Ocean, 315 km E-SE of St. John's
World's largest oil platform
Owners
ExxonMobil Canada (33%)
Chevron Canada Resources (27%)
Suncor (20%),
Canada Hibernia Holding Corp (8.5%)
Murphy Oil (6.5%)
Statoil Ltd (5%)
Production
- initial 50,000 bbl in 1997
- 1997 - 2010 = 704,000,000 bbl
Reserves = 1.395 B bbl

Canadian Petroleum Production
Terra Nova oil field
North Atlantic Ocean 350 km off coast of Newfoundland
Discovered in 1984 by Petro-Canada / Production began 2002
Owners
Suncor (33%) - operator
Exxon Mobil (22%)
Statoil (15%)
Husky (12.5%)
Murphy Oil (10.5%)
Mosbacher Operating Ltd. (3.5%)
Chevron (1%)
Others (1.5%)
Reserves = est. 406 M bbl
Production
Peak Production =125,000 bbl per day
Project Life = 18 years

Other Oil Sands and Oil Shales
Natural bitumen is reported in 598 deposits in 23 countries,
Total Oil in place is estimated at:
Discovered: 2.5 trillion barrels
Total estimated: 3.3 trillion barrels
Natural bitumen reserves are estimated at:
Total:
Canada:
Kazakhstan:
U.S. (Utah):
Russia:
Congo:
250 billion barrels
177 billion barrels
42 billion barrels
32 billion barrels
28 billion barrels
0.5 – 2.5 billion barrels
Heavy crude oil reserves:
Venezuela: ~260 billion barrels
Oil Shales (Kerogen)
Total
U.S.
~ 3 trillion barrels
1.8 trillion barrels

•
Natural Gas formed from being trapped within shale formations
•
Shale gas is becoming increasingly important source of NG
•
Market share in 2000 = 1%
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Market share in 2010 = 20%
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Market share by 2035 = 46% est.