CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The Syncrude oil sands
project in northern Alberta is on track to return to normal
rates of production by Wednesday, a spokeswoman for Canadian Oil
Sands COS.TO , the largest-interest owner in the joint venture,
said on Tuesday.
Syncrude has been running at reduced rates since late August
after a fire at the facility. In a press release in early
September COS said the plant would ramp up to normal rates of
production by the end of the month.
"Everything is progressing as per the plan outlined in the
press release," said COS spokeswoman Siren Fisekci.
She declined to give Syncrude's current daily production
rate.
There are seven partners in the Syncrude joint venture -
Canadian Oil Sands COS.TO , Imperial Oil IMO.TO Mocal Energy,
Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) MUR.N , CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK subsidiary Nexen,
Sinopec 0386.HK and Suncor Energy SU.TO .