Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU), Canada’s second-largest energy producer, said on Dec. 14 it expects average upstream production to rise 10% in 2019, even after implementing Alberta’s mandated output cuts.
Alberta has mandated temporary output cuts of 325,000 barrels per day until excess crude in storage is drawn down. The Western Canadian province’s production cut, which will come into effect on Jan. 1, comes amid depressed prices for Canada’s heavy crude owing to pipeline bottlenecks.
The mandated cuts are controversial because heavily integrated producers such as Suncor and Husky Energy Inc. benefit from the low crude prices to feed their refineries.
Suncor forecast average upstream production of 780,000 to 820,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), an increase from about 730,000 boe/d in 2018.
The company also expects capex to be in the range of CA$4.9 billion to CA$5.6 billion (US$3.66 billion to US$4.18 billion), largely flat compared to 2018.
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