A major milestone has been marked at Husky Energy’s Edam East Lloyd Thermal Project in northwest Saskatchewan.
In a news release Monday, Husky Energy announced production has commenced at the plant, located just a few miles south of Edam.
The company said that the first oil at the 10,000 barrels/day development has been achieved, seven weeks after the start of steam operations at the plant. That had been marked on March 1 by a grand opening ceremony attended by Premier Brad Wall.
Edam East is the first of three Husky thermal developments scheduled for this year, with the 10,000 barrels a day Vawn and 4,500 barrels a day Edam West plants still to come into operation later on.
According to the company release, Husky's total thermal production is expected to be around 80,000 bbls/day by the end of the year.
"Our growing portfolio of heavy oil thermal projects continues to lead Husky's transition into a low sustaining capital business," said CEO Asim Ghosh in a statement.
"Edam East is another example of the quick ramp ups that we've come to expect from these developments, which have operating costs amongst the lowest in the industry."
