Fort Hills Dilbit

Stream Description

Fort Hills is a joint shovel and truck mining operation between Suncor and TotalEnergies where paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) is utilized to produce marketable diluted bitumen. Fort Hills Dilbit is a heavy, high sulphur, low MCR stream shipped on the Wood Buffalo Pipeline to Enbridge's Cheecham Terminal and on to further markets.

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Batch: FRB-2117 --- Date: April 05, 2025 --- Sample Location: Hardisty

Fort Hills Dilbit saw typical bulk properties and light ends for the April sample.

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Basic Analysis
Property (unit)	Most Recent: 2025-04-05	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Density (kg/m³)	924.5	927.8	929.6	929.2
Gravity (°API)	21.4	20.9	20.6	20.7
Sulphur (wt%)	4.05	4.06	4.09	3.98
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	8.90	9.02	9.09	9.08
Sediment (ppmw)	---	57	113	100
Total Acid Number (mgKOH/g)	1.93	1.89	1.93	2.02
Salt (ptb)	---	5.5	4.5	3.7
Nickel (mg/kg)	52.5	50.9	51.8	51.3
Vanadium (mg/kg)	143.0	136.4	136.0	136.4

ND: Not Detected - indicates a tested value below the instrument threshold.

Light Ends
Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-04-05	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C3- (vol%)	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.21	0.22	0.25	0.26
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	0.83	0.86	0.88	0.87
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	4.35	3.94	3.98	3.93
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	4.73	4.26	4.31	4.27
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	5.34	5.09	5.02	5.04
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	3.11	3.08	2.92	3.00
C8 Octanes (vol%)	2.09	2.16	2.02	2.08
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	1.23	1.35	1.32	1.26
C10 Decanes (vol%)	0.62	0.67	0.64	0.65

BTEX
Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-04-05	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Benzene (vol%)	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.15
Toluene (vol%)	0.28	0.29	0.25	0.27
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04
Xylenes (vol%)	0.29	0.31	0.26	0.27

Simulated Distillation
Mass % Recovered by ASTM D7169	Most Recent: 2024-11-02 (°C)	5 Year Average (°C)	Most Recent: 2024-11-02 (°F)	5 Year Average (°F)
IBP	34.8	34.1	94.6	93.4
5	46.5	43.7	115.7	110.7
10	105.5	96.1	221.9	205.0
20	251.7	260.4	485.1	500.7
30	337.5	341.5	639.5	646.7
40	404.4	407.5	759.9	765.5
50	466.7	470.7	872.1	879.3
60	537.7	544.4	999.9	1,011.9
70	617.5	626.8	1,143.5	1,160.2
80	703.5	711.0	1,298.3	1,311.8
90	---	---	---	---
95	---	---	---	---
99	---	---	---	---

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Light Ends
Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-04-05	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C3- (mass%)	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03
iC4 iso-Butane (mass%)	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.16
nC4 n-Butane (mass%)	0.53	0.55	0.56	0.55
iC5 iso-Pentane (mass%)	2.94	2.65	2.68	2.64
nC5 n-Pentane (mass%)	3.23	2.90	2.93	2.90
Hexanes (mass%)	3.83	3.64	3.58	3.60
Heptanes (mass%)	2.31	2.28	2.16	2.22
Octanes (mass%)	1.60	1.65	1.54	1.58
Nonanes (mass%)	0.96	1.05	1.02	0.98
Decanes (mass%)	0.49	0.53	0.50	0.51

BTEX
Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-04-05	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Benzene (mass%)	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.14
Toluene (mass%)	0.26	0.27	0.23	0.25
Ethylbenzene (mass%)	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04
Xylenes (mass%)	0.27	0.29	0.24	0.25

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°C °F
Cut Name	Start Temperature	End Temperature
	IBP
	177
	343
	549

Basic Analysis
Property (units)	Five Year Average	2025-04-05	2025-01-06	2024-12-02	2024-11-02	2024-10-07	2024-09-14
Density (kg/m³)	929.2 ± 4.7	924.5	924.4	926.9	927.8	935.4	936.8
Gravity (°API)	20.7 ± 0.8	21.4	21.4	21.0	20.9	19.6	19.4
Sulphur (wt%)	3.98 ± 0.11	4.05	4.06	4.02	3.98	4.20	4.17
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	9.08 ± 0.27	8.90	9.30	8.80	9.00	9.10	9.30
Sediment (ppmw)	100 ± 66	---	---	---	57	---	---
Total Acid Number (mgKOH/g)	2.02 ± 0.12	1.93	2.02	1.92	1.74	1.82	2.00
Salt (ptb)	3.7 ± 1.0	---	---	---	5.5	---	---
Nickel (mg/kg)	51.3 ± 3.4	52.5	53.4	45.8	51.4	51.6	53.4
Vanadium (mg/kg)	136.4 ± 6.0	143.0	136.0	129.0	135.0	139.0	141.0

Light Ends
Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2025-04-05	2025-01-06	2024-12-02	2024-11-02	2024-10-07	2024-09-14
C3- (vol%)	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.06
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.26 ± 0.04	0.21	0.26	0.21	0.20	0.23	0.28
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	0.87 ± 0.09	0.83	1.02	0.82	0.85	0.79	0.94
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	3.93 ± 0.42	4.35	4.28	3.44	3.80	3.83	3.75
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	4.27 ± 0.44	4.73	4.58	3.68	4.17	4.16	4.01
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	5.04 ± 0.38	5.34	5.53	4.71	5.16	4.72	4.82
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	3.00 ± 0.28	3.11	3.44	3.14	3.23	2.49	2.75
C8 Octanes (vol%)	2.08 ± 0.24	2.09	2.43	2.39	2.30	1.59	1.95
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	1.26 ± 0.16	1.23	1.37	1.44	1.62	1.09	1.19
C10 Decanes (vol%)	0.65 ± 0.10	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.90	0.55	0.59

BTEX
Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2025-04-05	2025-01-06	2024-12-02	2024-11-02	2024-10-07	2024-09-14
Benzene (vol%)	0.15 ± 0.01	0.17	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.15	0.16
Toluene (vol%)	0.27 ± 0.04	0.28	0.33	0.31	0.31	0.23	0.27
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.04 ± ND	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05
Xylenes (vol%)	0.27 ± 0.05	0.29	0.35	0.34	0.34	0.23	0.28

Disclaimer

These condensate analysis data were tested on a separate glycol displacement cylinder sample to all other data, which were tested on an sample using an atmospheric container. Every effort has been made to make sure these sample pairs were as similar as possible, but no guarantees can be made.

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Fort Hills Dilbit

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