Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX: T.ATH, Stock Forum) said highlights of the quarter included construction at Hangingstone project one In the Thermal Oil Division, located 20 kilometres southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, and continued further development of its production capability and commissioning of infrastructure assets in the liquids-rich Alberta Deep Basin in the Light Oil Division,
Production in the first quarter averaged 6,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which was impacted by unexpected third-party transmission and plant outages.
According to the Athabasca Oil press release, during the first quarter of 2013, Athabasca entered into an agreement with Enbridge Pipelines (Athabasca) Inc., a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. (TSX: T.ENB, Stock Forum), for the transportation and terminaling of diluted bitumen (dilbit), which will be produced from Hangingstone project one. The new 16-inch-diameter, 50-kilometre-long pipeline is expected to be in service during the latter half of 2015, concurrent with the planned production ramp-up of Hangingstone project one.
The pipeline is expected to have sufficient capacity to transport the company's additional 40,000 barrels per day of dilbit ,which is anticipated to be produced from Hangingstone project two.
Athabasca is a dynamic, Canadian exploration and production company focused on the development of oil resource plays in Alberta, Canada.
On Tuesday, Athabasca was trading at $7.42 a share. The company had a market cap of $3 billion, based on 400.5 million shares outstanding. The 52-week high and low was $14.05 and $6.19 respectively.