DENVER, CO, April 30, 2007 -- CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, construction and operations firm, announced today that it has received a contract from Fort Hills Energy L.P. to provide engineering and procurement services for the Infrastructure Utilities Work for the Fort Hills Project Mine and Upgrader sites. The Mine is located in Alberta's Athabasca oil sands area, approximately 90 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The Upgrader is located about 45 kilometers northeast of Edmonton, Alberta.
Fort Hills Energy L.P. consists of Petro-Canada with a 55 percent working interest, UTS Energy Corporation with a 30 percent working interest and Teck Cominco with a 15 percent working interest. Petro-Canada Oil Sands Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Petro-Canada, is the contract operator for the project.
The front-end engineering is set to begin this quarter and will be executed from CH2M HILL's Calgary, Alberta office.
In making the announcement, CH2M HILL's Energy Chemicals & Industrial Systems President Rob Smith stated, "We are pleased to be selected by Fort Hills Energy L.P. for the critical projects at the Mine and Upgrader sites. Our strength to deliver their projects is based on 30 years of executing projects in Alberta, including other projects for Petro-Canada and global industrial EPC projects."
Headquartered in Denver, Colo., employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in engineering, construction and operations for public and private clients.
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