Drilling in the oil sands
The oil sands, located in northern Alberta, accounts for 97 percent of Canada’s oil reserves. Some of that oil is close to the surface, but most is deep underground. The oil that's deep underground requires specialized technology, like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD, pronounced SAG-DEE), to drill and pump it to the surface.
Cenovus in the oil sands
Cenovus has been a pioneer in the development of SAGD technology, a technology that has enabled oil sands developers to access the oil that’s hundreds of metres under the ground.
