Syncrude’s Stage 3 expansion was completed and brought on line in 2006. It will be followed by completion of the Syncrude Emissions Reduction Project in 2009, which will ultimately reduce SO2 emissions to 100 tonnes per day, or 40 per cent of pre Stage 3 daily SO2 emissions, when operating at full capacity in 2011.

Syncrude has additional opportunities to grow beyond Stage 3. Total recoverable resources are sufficient for Syncrude to increase production to more than 500,000 barrels per day on a sustained basis for decades to come. Development of these projects will be contingent on meeting strict economic, capital and operating cost, and environmental performance criteria.