Wood will perform engineering services for a significant carbon capture and storage ( CCS ) pipeline project involving Canada ’ s six largest oil sands producers . The contract , awarded by the Pathways Alliance , will support the engineering and design of an approximately 400 km main transportation line and laterals linking oil sands facilities in Fort McMurray , Christina Lake , |
and Cold Lake regions with a subsurface carbon sequestration hub near Cold Lake . The distribution system , along with the required metering and booster stations will gather and transport up to 40 Mt / year of carbon dioxide from more than 20 oil sands facilities by 2050 . The transportation pipeline system with varying diameters is a key component of the Pathways |
Alliance foundational project that is expected to reduce emissions by 10 to 12 million tonnes annually by 2030 , about half of the Alliance ’ s 22 million tonne goal by the end of this decade . Established in 2021 , the Pathways Alliance operates about 95 % of Canada ’ s oil sands production and is working , with the support of the Canadian and Alberta governments , to achieve the goal of net zero |
greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands production by 2050 . |