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OIL SANDS EXPANSION: Syncrude’s plans include Aurora South mine

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | March 9, 2010 | 7:42 am Energy Canada

Canadian Mining Journal reports that ALBERTA – Calgary’s Canadian Oil Sands Trust, 37% owner of the Syncrude project near Fort McMurray, has announced plans to expand synthetic crude oil production to 425,000 bbl/day by the end of this decade. No cost estimates have yet been made for the expansion……more at Canadian Mining Journal