Western Canada · CFA Prairies
Horizon Upgrader
Canadian Natural Resources Limited · Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Capacity
- 250,000 b/d
- synthetic crude oil (SCO) production capacity, barrels per day (not atmospheric fuels-refinery capacity), as of 2022-02. Source: Canada Energy Regulator.
- CNRL Horizon oil sands upgrader. CER 2022 lists 250 kb/d SCO; later industry notes cite ~270–271 kb/d after debottlenecking.
- Oil Sands Magazine: 270,000 b/d as of 2026-08. synthetic crude oil production capacity after expansions. Flag: this differs from the figure above by 8%. The stored capacity is unchanged.Industry technical page cites about 270 kb/d SCO; CNRL regulatory nameplate often cited near 271 kb/d.
- Status
- Unknown
- Bitumen upgrader
- Status from the shared downtime check (Google News, Ontario SAC / AER feeds where matched, external-findings).
Sources
Canada Energy Regulator
cer-2022-horizon-upgrader
Market Snapshot: A tour of Canada’s oil sands upgraders (2022-02-23)Natural Resources Canada / NACEI
nacei-ca-ab-horizon-cnrl-upgrader
Refineries — North American Cooperation on Energy Information (Aug 2017 extract; coordinates only)