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To: bentway who wrote (176268)	11/29/2005 12:53:48 PM
From: wherry	Respond to of 281500

Total (of France) has mentioned a nuclear plant as one possible option for the long term future of energy input to the oil sands plants. That's about as far as it has gone to date, I think. A more immediate probability is the addition of one or several new bitumen gasification plants to produce synthetic gas for steam generation to use in SAGD extraction. There is one being built now (a standard Shell unit by the OPTI/Nexen joint venture at Long Lake, using bitumen bottoms as input), and there may be others I am not familiar with in the planning process. Other non-nuclear technologies under investigation and/or test include in-situ combustion/refining (e.g. THAI) and vapor/solvent extraction. The story is still being written in this area. Tony.