OREANDA-NEWS. Husky Energy is advancing a strong lineup of heavy oil thermal projects. These long-life developments are being built with modular, repeatable designs and are expected to require low sustaining capital once brought online. Total heavy oil thermal production in the first quarter averaged 45,500 bbls/day, with operating costs of USD 9.53 per barrel.

The 3,500 bbls/day Sandall thermal project, which came online in early 2014, produced strong results above its nameplate design with average volumes of 5,600 bbls/day.

Construction was advanced on the 10,000 bbls/day Rush Lake thermal project, with first oil scheduled for the third quarter.

Work continued on three other thermal developments:
* The 10,000 bbls/day Edam East project is scheduled to come onstream in the third quarter of 2016.
* The 3,500 bbls/day Edam West thermal development has been reconfigured to a capacity of 4,500 bbls/day and is set to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2016.
* The 10,000 bbls/day Vawn project is expected to start up in the fourth quarter of 2016.