Cenovus Plans Turnaround for Foster Creek Oil Sands Project

Cenovus Energy announced production at its 114,000 barrel-per-day Foster Creek oil sands project in northern Alberta will have an approximate 30 percent impact during a two-week-long partial turnaround in the third quarter.

Cenovus spokeswoman, Jessica Wilkinson, said Cenovus would carry out planned maintenance on steam generators at its 136,000 bpd Christina Lake project in the third and fourth quarter of 2014, but impact on production was expected to be minor.

Cenovus operates the two oil sands projects as 50/50 joint ventures with Conoco Phillips.

Reporting by Nia Williams