ProjectOilGoes mixed

Prosper Petroleum Rigel oil sands project

Proposed in-situ (SAGD) oil sands project designed to produce up to 1,600 cubic metres (10,000 barrels) of bitumen a day, inside the area of the Moose Lake plan that Alberta and Fort McKay First Nation had been negotiating since 2003. The Alberta Energy Regulator approved it on June 12, 2018 (2018 ABAER 005); the Alberta Court of Appeal set the approval aside and sent it back to the regulator on Apr. 24, 2020 (2020 ABCA 163). After Alberta completed the Moose Lake plan in February 2021, Prosper withdrew its applications on Apr. 30, 2021 (AER Costs Order 2021-03). Withdrawn: recorded as cancelled.

Status

Cancelled

Direction

Mixed: Can go more than one way.

Capacity

10 kb/d bitumen (maximum, SAGD)

Where

Alberta

Events

• 30 April 2021Prosper Petroleum withdraws its Rigel applications after the Moose Lake planActionRegulationCanada / Alberta1 source
• February 2021Alberta completes the Moose Lake plan sought by Fort McKay First NationDocumentRegulationCanada / Alberta1 source
• 24 April 2020Alberta Court of Appeal sets aside the Rigel approval and sends it back to the regulatorActionCourt rulingCanada / Alberta2 sources
• 29 October 2019Fort McKay First Nation argues its appeal of the Rigel approval at the Alberta Court of Appeal and asks the province to approve the Moose Lake planActionCourt rulingCanada / Alberta1 source
• 12 June 2018Alberta Energy Regulator approves Prosper Petroleum's Rigel oil sands project near Fort McKay's Moose Lake reservesActionPermitCanada / Alberta2 sources