（彭博社）“包括加拿大自然资源有限公司和 Cenovus Energy Inc. 在内的加拿大油砂生产商正急于扩大产量，以填补十多年来最大的新管道项目。

Canadian Natural公司周四表示，本季度Primrose油田的产量将提高25,000桶/日，第四季度Kirby油砂作业的产量将提高15,000桶/日。Cenovus 计划于 2025 年初启动 Narrows Lake 油砂基地，这是其 Christina Lake 业务的延伸。

明年，阿尔伯塔省的石油生产商将有能力每天向太平洋海岸额外运送 59 万桶原油，这是该省石油出口能力十多年来最大的增幅。跨山管道开始服务。对于多年来因缺乏管道空间而遭受价格折扣之苦的公司来说，此次涨价是一个可喜的转变。

Cenovus 首席运营官乔纳森·麦肯齐 (Jonathan McKenzie) 在本周的电话会议上谈到 Trans Mountain 时表示：“这个行业有一个很好的习惯，就是通过扩张来填补管道容量。” “我认为，在未来几年内，这个问题将会在相对较短的时间内得到填补。”

(Bloomberg) – Canadian oil-sands producers, including Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Cenovus Energy Inc., are rushing to expand production to fill the biggest new pipeline project in more than a decade.

Canadian Natural will raise output from its Primrose site by 25,000 bpd in the current quarter and boost production at its Kirby oil-sands operation by 15,000 bpd in the fourth quarter, the company said Thursday. Cenovus plans to start up its Narrows Lake oil-sands site, an extension of its Christina Lake operation, in early 2025.

Alberta’s oil producers will have the ability to ship an extra 590,000 bbl of crude a day to the Pacific Coast next year  — the biggest jump in the province’s oil-export capacity in more than a decade — after an expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline begins service. The increase is a welcome turnabout for companies that have suffered for years from discounted prices because of a lack of pipeline space.

“This industry has a great habit of expanding to fill pipeline capacity,” Cenovus Chief Operating Officer Jonathan McKenzie said of Trans Mountain on a call this week. “That’ll be filled, I think, in relatively short order over the coming years.”