CALGARY Thomson Financial - Canadian Oil Sands Trust said production from
its 350,000 barrel a day Syncrude oil sands facility has been suspended
following several instrument freeze-ups as a result of extremely cold weather
conditions.
Operation of a number of units has been disrupted, it said, adding it will
take several days to fully restore operations.
Located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Syncrude Canada operates large oil
sands mines and an upgrading facility that produces a light, sweet crude oil on
behalf of its joint venture owners, which include Canadian Oil Sands Ltd,
ConocoPhillips Oilsands Partnership II, Imperial Oil Resources, Mocal Energy
Limited, Murphy Oil Company Ltd., Nexen Oil Sands Partnership, and Petro-Canada
Oil and Gas.
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