Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Horizon Project is located 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray in the Alberta oil sands. Phase 1 start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2008, which will see production of 110,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil (SCO) per day.Future phases will see production of 232,000 barrels of SCO per day, followed in due course by an expansion to 500,000 barrels of SCO per day.

North American Construction Group is contracted to remove approximately 400 million bank cubic metres (BCM) of overburden, including 300 million BCM of tailing dyke construction. NACG’s 53,000 square foot on-site maintenance facility has truck maintenance bays, a welding bay, and a wash bay to ensure that NACG’s fleet is kept in optimal condition.

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