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MEG Energy was founded in 1999 as McCaffery Energy Group Inc by CEO and President Bill McCaffrey, Director and Corporate Secretary David Wizinsky and former Director Steve Turner. It went public with an IPO of $660 million in August 2010.[4] At the time it was considered a $9.7 billion equity cap company.[6] The Christina Lake project first received approval from the government in 2008, it was one of six oil megaprojects in Canada that year.
April 14, 2005 - CNOOC Ltd, China's 3rd biggest oil and natural gas company purchased a 16.69% interest in MEG Energy for $C150 million (13.6 million common shares).[2]
MEG's interest in Christina Lake includes 80 blocks/sections. It is a three phase project that was operating at 12.4% (26,000 bbls/d) of total expected production capacity at the end of 2010. Since 2009 the first two phases were producing albeit at low levels because construction of phase 2B (design capacity 40% larger than phase 1 and 2A combined) won't start until 2011. When combined with phase three total production will exceed 200,000 barrels per day (32,000 m3/d) with 2020 production estimated at 260,000 bbls/d.[7] Cenovus Energy and ConocoPhillips also produce at Christina Lake; they jointly own an operation that produced 15,000 to 16,000 barrels per day (2,400 to 2,500 m3/d) in 2010. The pipeline system used to carry bitumen out and diluent in is the 343-kilometre (213 mi) Access Pipeline which MEG co owns with Devon ARL Corp.[8]
Phase 3 - the most important part of the project is currently awaiting regulatory approval (May 2011). Estimated production is 150,000 barrels per day (24,000 m3/d).
The company's leases cover over 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of land. The leases give MEG access to over 650 million barrels (103×106 m3) of contingent resources. Production isn't expected to begin until 2018.[4]
Initially two horizontally parallel wells are created. Oil is directed to the lowest well after injecting steam into the one above it in order to heat the area so that the liquid in the area flows downwards (allows for the separation of oil from sand). The steam used comes from MEG's cogeneration plants.