Cenovus Energy Inc. (pronounced se-nō-vus) is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Its offices are located at Brookfield Place, having completed a move from the neighbouring Bow in 2019.[2]
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| TSX: CVE NYSE: CVE S&P/TSX 60 component | |
| Industry | Petroleum industry |
| Founded | 30 November 2009 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Key people | Jon McKenzie Chief Executive Officer, Alex Pourbaix (Board Chair) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | $46.4 billion CAD (2021)[1] |
Number of employees | ~6,000 (2021) |
| Subsidiaries | Husky Energy |
| Website | www |
History
editCenovus was formed in 2009 when Encana Corporation split into two distinct companies,[3] with Cenovus becoming focused on oil sands assets.
In 2017, Cenovus purchased ConocoPhillips' 50 percent share of their Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands projects and most of their conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia, including the Deep Basin.[4][5][6] Cenovus completed the acquisition of Husky Energy for C$3.9 billion in stock in January 2021.[7][8] The combined company is Canada’s third-largest crude oil and natural gas producer and the second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.[9]
Operations
editOil sands
editCenovus has four producing projects in the oil sands – Foster Creek, Christina Lake (Alberta), Sunrise (jointly owned with BP Canada and operated by Cenovus) and Tucker.[10] All projects use the drilling method of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). On May 17, 2017, Foster Creek and Christina Lake became 100 percent owned and operated by Cenovus.[6] In December 2021, Cenovus announced the sale of the Tucker oil sands project to Strathcona Resources.[11] In June 2022, Cenovus announced it would acquire the outstanding 50% interest in the Sunrise oil sands asset and assume full ownership.[12]
Conventional oil and gas
editCenovus once held conventional oil and natural gas operations across Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the Weyburn oilfield in Saskatchewan, which is the largest CO2 enhanced oil recovery operation in Canada. It's also the site of the largest geological greenhouse gas storage project in the world, with about 30 million tonnes of CO2 safely stored underground[13] and extensively studied by researchers as part of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project.[14]
In May 2017, Cenovus assumed ownership of ConocoPhillips' conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia.[6] Cenovus’s current conventional assets include the Deep Basin, a liquids-rich natural gas fairway located in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, and the Marten Hills heavy oil project. The Deep Basin asset comprises approximately 2.8 million net acres of land and produced more than 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent. Cenovus also holds a significant land position in the Marten Hills region for potential development. In November 2020, Cenovus announced the sale of the Marten Hills assets to Headwater Exploration Inc.[15]
Refining
editFollowing the acquisition of Husky Energy in January 2021, Cenovus became Canada’s second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.[16] Cenovus owns the Lima Refinery in Lima, Ohio, the Superior Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin and the Lloydminster refinery and upgrader in Lloydminster, Alberta.[17][18] Cenovus has 50 percent ownership in two refineries in the United States: the Wood River Refinery and Borger, Texas refinery. Phillips 66 is the co-owner and operator.[19] In August 2022, Cenovus reached an agreement to purchase BP's 50% interest in the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Toledo, Ohio. Cenovus has owned the other 50% of the refinery since its combination with Husky Energy in 2021.[20]
Transportation
editCenovus owns a crude-by-rail loading facility near Edmonton Alberta – the Bruderheim Energy Terminal. The company was recognized for its rail safety performance in 2016,[21] and for safe transportation of chemical products in 2017.[22]
Retail
editCenovus owns a group of travel centres under the Husky brand, which were included in its acquisition of Husky Energy. They offer fuels under the Esso brand.[23][24]
Technology
editThe primary technology Cenovus uses at its Foster Creek and Christina Lake projects is called steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Cenovus also applies different associated technologies to enhance the SAGD process, such as electric submersible pumps at Foster Creek and solvent aided process (SAP) at Christina Lake.
In 2011, the company began applying its blowdown boiler technology to improve the efficiency of water use at its oil sands operations.[25] In 2013, Cenovus developed its "SkyStrat" drilling rig that allows an exploratory rig to be flown into remote areas by helicopter piece-by-piece, set up to drill a test well, dismantled and airlifted away. The process requires no roads, meaning little disturbance to the boreal forest.[26] The company received an Environmental Performance award for the SkyStrat program.[27]
Potential mitigation of climate impacts
editCenovus is a member of Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative, an alliance of oil sands companies working collectively with the federal and Alberta governments to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the companies oil sands operations by 2050. According to Cenovus's Chief Sustainability Officer, the company is pursuing government support for decarbonization efforts, because "[t]hese are not projects that make revenue. So for a corporation that is owned by shareholders to put 100 per cent of the costs into a project that doesn’t bring any revenue back, that is not something that a corporation can do."[28] However, a report by the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, a source of independent analysis on climate change issues funded by Environment Canada, recommended investing limited public dollars to capture "a share of growing, transition-opportunity markets" rather than in "assets at elevated risk of being stranded in global low-carbon scenarios" as fossil fuel demand "inevitably decline[s] globally".[28]
Leadership
editChairman of the Board
edit- Michael Anthony Grandin, 2009–2017
- Patrick Darold Daniel, 2017–2020
- Keith Allan John MacPhail, 2020–2023
- Alexander John Pourbaix, 2023–
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Cenovus announces 2021 fourth-quarter and full-year results". www.cenovus.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ Cenovus Energy Inc. (February 11, 2020). "2019 Annual Information Form". SEC. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ "EnCana proceeds with plan to split into two distinct and independent energy companies" (PDF) (Press release). Encana. September 10, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Morgan, Geoffrey (March 29, 2017). "Cenovus to buy ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets for a massive $17.7 billion". Financial Post. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Cenovus to double production and reserves in Canada". Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cenovus completes acquisition of assets in Western Canada from ConocoPhillips". Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ Casey, Simon; Tuttle, Robert (October 25, 2020). "Cenovus to Create Canada Oil Giant With $2.9 Billion Husky Deal". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ Exarheas, Andreas (January 5, 2021). "Cenovus Combines with Husky". Rigzone. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ Inc, Husky Energy (January 4, 2021). "Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved May 17, 2022.
{{cite press release}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "2021 Annual Report" (PDF). 2021.
- ^ "Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in $800M deal". Calgary. December 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Cenovus Energy acquires BP's 50% stake in Sunrise oilsands project". CBC. June 13, 2022.
- ^ "Canada 150: From early oil wealth to global GHG reduction tech enabler, Saskatchewan's Weyburn-Midale oilfield just keeps giving", JWN, June 28, 2017, retrieved August 31, 2017
- ^ Weyburn-Midale published by Petroleum Technology Research Centre
- ^ "Cenovus selling Marten Hills assets to Headwater in $100M deal - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. The Canadian Press. November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ Inc, Husky Energy (January 4, 2021). "Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved August 2, 2022.
{{cite press release}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Upgrading & refining". www.cenovus.com. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ "Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) CEO Alexander Pourbaix on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ "Refining Marketing". Phillips 66. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ^ Inc, Cenovus Energy (August 8, 2022). "Cenovus Acquiring Outstanding 50% Interest in Toledo Refinery from bp, Will Assume Operatorship". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved August 18, 2022.
{{cite press release}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Rail". Cenovus Energy. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Union Pacific Spotlights Safe Chemical Transportation". Union Pacific Railroad. June 26, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ medicinehatnews (December 2, 2021). "Gas station swap shouldn't affect the Hat". Medicine Hat News. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Lindenberg, Greg (December 1, 2021). "Parkland, Federated Co-operatives Split Up 337 Husky Stations". CSP Daily News. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "StackPath". www.ogj.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Flying drilling rig". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Post, Special to Financial (April 22, 2013), "Celebrating industry initiative", Financial Post, retrieved May 2, 2016
- ^ a b Graney, Emma (February 14, 2022). "Oil sands CEOs are working together in the race to get to net zero". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 14, 2022.