Syncrude Oil Sand Leases

The long life and high quality resource base of Syncrude’s 102,000 hectares of oil sands leases provide our Joint Venture participants with a sound platform for continued sustainable operations and future growth. All of Syncrude’s leases can be mined and are among the best in the Athabasca deposit for quality of ore, low stripping ratios, and low total volume-to-bitumen in place, all of which enhance the economics of the Syncrude project. Syncrude uses the Dean & Stark extraction quality assurance method to test core samples and provide an accurate picture of the oil contained within its leases.