Oilsands Have Strong Growth Potential, but Pipeline Constraints Loom: Enverus

Oilsands Have Strong Growth Potential, but Pipeline Constraints Loom: Enverus
The Cenovus Christina Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray, Alta., is shown on April, 24, 2024. The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken
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Western Canadian oil production can grow by about one million barrels per day over the next seven years, driven mainly by expansions to existing steam-driven oilsands projects, says a new report from Enverus Intelligence Research.

But it can take years to plan and build such projects, so producers have a limited ability to take advantage of the surge in global crude oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East, said the report released Tuesday.