Decision 99-02
https://had.aer.ca/link/decision2989
- Applicant
- Shell Canada Limited
- Application Number
- 970588
- Title
- Decision 99-02: Shell Canada Limited application to construct and operate an oil sands mine in the Fort McMurray area (Shell Canada Limited Muskeg River Mine Project)
- Date
- 1999
- Title
- Decision 99-02: Shell Canada Limited application to construct and operate an oil sands mine in the Fort McMurray area (Shell Canada Limited Muskeg River Mine Project)
- Date
- 1999
- Applicant
- Shell Canada Limited
- Application Number
- 970588
- Hearing Panel
- Bietz BF
- Berg AJ
- Lillo HO
- Hearing Type
- Board
- Category
- Oil sands
- Descriptors
- Bitumen
- Environmental impact
- Fort McMurray area
- Land reclamation
- Muskeg River Mine Project
- Native land claims
- NTS 74E
- Oil mining
- Regional planning
- Socio-economic effect
- Oil sands oil recovery
- Oil sands project
- Legal References
- Oil Sands Conservation Act S10
- Notes
- EUB Decision 99-02 on application no. 970588 by Shell for approval to construct, operate, and reclaim oil sands mine and associated bitumen extraction facilities (Muskeg River Mine) in the Fort McMurray area. The mine would be located east of the Athabasca River, in Twp 98, Ranges 9/10, W4M. The project includes the mining and processing of oil sands from the western portion of Lease 13. The application consists of approval for a truck and shovel operation, a bitumen extraction plant, a bitumen froth treatment plant and supporting infrastructure. The project consists of three components, the mine and extraction plant on Lease 13, the proposed Scotford Upgrader, and a pipeline connecting the two. D99-02 relates only to the Lease 13 application.
- Board hearing (Fort McMurray) held 1998-11-16/17/18/19.
- Interveners
- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
- Oil Sands Environmental Coalition
- Anzac Metis Local 334
- Corridor Pipeline
- Syncrude Canada Limited