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{{Short description|Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company}}
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| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{TSX|CVE}}<br />{{NYSE|CVE}}<br />[[S&P/TSX 60]] component
| traded_as = {{TSX|CVE}}<br />{{NYSE|CVE}}<br />[[S&P/TSX 60]] component
| industry = [[Petroleum|Oil]] and [[Natural gas]]
| industry = [[Petroleum industry]]
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| predecessor =
| founder =
| founder =
| key_people = Jon McKenzie (CEO),<br />Alex Pourbaix (Board Chair)
| key_people = Jon McKenzie [[Chief Executive Officer]],<br />Alex Pourbaix (Board Chair)
| products = [[Petroleum|Oil]], [[Natural gas]]
| products = * [[Natural gas]]
* [[Gasoline|Fuel]]
| revenue = $46.4 billion [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cenovus.com/News-and-Stories/News-releases/2022/2380621|title=Cenovus announces 2021 fourth-quarter and full-year results|website=www.cenovus.com|accessdate=March 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Diesel fuel]]
| num_employees = ~6,000 (2021)
* [[Jet fuel]]|
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predecessor =
| revenue = {{decrease}}{{CA$| 52.204 billion|link=yes}}<ref name="2023 Annual Report">{{cite web|url=https://mc-95523900-b89e-4513-a7cd-2165-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/WWW/docs/investors/2023/2023-Annual-Report.pdf?rev=40fb87ea8ab94b9fbc462f6904346210&sc_lang=en&hash=322D811378AD401597323DF773BE1A97|title=2023 Annual Report|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref>
| revenue_year = 2023
| operating_income = {{decrease}}{{CA$| 11.022 billion|link=yes}}<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
| income_year = 2023
| net_income = {{decrease}}{{CA$| 4.109 billion|link=yes}}<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
| net_income_year = 2023
| assets = {{decrease}}{{CA$| 53.915 billion|link=yes}}<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
| assets_year = 2023
| equity = {{increase}}{{CA$| 28.698 billion|link=yes}}<ref name="2023 Annual Report" />
| equity_year = 2023
| num_employees = 6,925 full-time equivalent employees<ref name="2023 Annual Information">{{cite web|url=https://mc-95523900-b89e-4513-a7cd-2165-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/WWW/docs/investors/2023/2023-Annual-Information-Form.pdf?rev=204643174e5540de8cee6b9bfdf9289c&sc_lang=en&hash=AD3A8CA6A6D8BA463205307FE45CAEE7|title=2023 Annual Information Form|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref>
| caption =
| caption =
| foundation = {{Start date|2009|11|30|df=y}}
| foundation = {{Start date|2009|11|30|df=y}}
| location_city = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| location_city = [[Calgary, Alberta]], Canada
| subsid = [[Husky Energy]]
| subsid = [[Husky Energy]]
| homepage = {{URL|www.cenovus.com}}
| homepage = {{URL|www.cenovus.com}}
}}
}}
'''Cenovus Energy Inc.''' (pronounced se-nō-vus) is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company headquartered in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].
'''Cenovus Energy Inc.''' (pronounced se-nō-vus) is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company headquartered in [[Calgary, Alberta]]. Its offices are located at [[Brookfield Place (Calgary)|Brookfield Place]], having completed a move from the neighbouring [[The Bow (skyscraper)|Bow]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cenovus Energy Inc. |date=2020-02-11 |title=2019 Annual Information Form |url=https://sec.report/Document/0001564590-20-004341/cve-ex991_12.htm |access-date=2020-10-25 |publisher=SEC}}</ref>


== History ==
Cenovus was formed in 2009 when [[Encana Corporation]] split into two distinct companies,<ref name="split">{{Cite press release |title=EnCana proceeds with plan to split into two distinct and independent energy companies |date=September 10, 2009 |publisher=Encana |url=https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2009/0910-split-proceeds.pdf}}</ref> with Cenovus becoming focused on oil sands assets.
Cenovus was formed in 2009 when [[Encana Corporation]] split into two distinct companies,<ref name="split">{{Cite press release |title=EnCana proceeds with plan to split into two distinct and independent energy companies |date=September 10, 2009 |publisher=Encana |url=https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2009/0910-split-proceeds.pdf |access-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119153237/https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2009/0910-split-proceeds.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> with Cenovus becoming focused on oil sands assets.


In 2017, Cenovus purchased [[ConocoPhillips]]' 50 percent share of their Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands projects and most of their conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia, including the Deep Basin.<ref name="conoco">{{Cite news |date=29 March 2017 |title=Cenovus to buy ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets for a massive $17.7 billion |url=http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/cenovus-to-buy-conocophillips-canadian-assets-for-a-massive-17-7-billion |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=Financial Post|last1=Morgan |first1=Geoffrey }}</ref><ref name="acquisition">{{Cite web |title=Cenovus to double production and reserves in Canada |url=http://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/03-29-2017-asset-acquisition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909150533/https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/03-29-2017-asset-acquisition.html |archive-date=2018-09-09 |access-date=2017-05-18}}</ref><ref name="dealclose">{{Cite web |title=Cenovus completes acquisition of assets in Western Canada from ConocoPhillips |url=http://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/05-17-2017-cenovus-completes-acquisition-of-assets-in-western-canada-from-conocophillips.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206105811/https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/05-17-2017-cenovus-completes-acquisition-of-assets-in-western-canada-from-conocophillips.html |archive-date=2018-12-06 |access-date=2017-05-18}}</ref> Cenovus completed the acquisition of [[Husky Energy]] for C$3.9 billion in [[Mergers and acquisitions#Stock|stock]] in January 2021.<ref name="HuskyDeal">{{Cite news |last1=Casey |first1=Simon |last2=Tuttle |first2=Robert |date=2020-10-25 |title=Cenovus to Create Canada Oil Giant With $2.9 Billion Husky Deal |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-10-25/cenovus-energy-to-combine-with-husky-energy-in-all-stock-deal |access-date=2020-10-25}}</ref><ref name=Combines>{{Cite news |last=Exarheas |first=Andreas |title=Cenovus Combines with Husky |url=https://www.rigzone.com/news/cenovus_combines_with_husky-05-jan-2021-164247-article/ |date=2021-01-05 |work=Rigzone |accessdate=2021-01-28}}</ref> The combined company is Canada’s third-largest crude oil and natural gas producer and the second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Husky Energy |date=2021-01-04 |title=Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/04/2152438/0/en/Transaction-to-combine-Husky-and-Cenovus-closes.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>
In 2017, Cenovus purchased [[ConocoPhillips]]' 50 percent share of their Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands projects and most of their conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia, including the Deep Basin.<ref name="conoco">{{Cite news |date=29 March 2017 |title=Cenovus to buy ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets for a massive $17.7 billion |url=http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/cenovus-to-buy-conocophillips-canadian-assets-for-a-massive-17-7-billion |access-date=11 September 2017 |website=Financial Post|last1=Morgan |first1=Geoffrey }}</ref><ref name="acquisition">{{Cite web |title=Cenovus to double production and reserves in Canada |url=http://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/03-29-2017-asset-acquisition.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909150533/https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/03-29-2017-asset-acquisition.html |archive-date=2018-09-09 |access-date=2017-05-18}}</ref><ref name="dealclose">{{Cite web |title=Cenovus completes acquisition of assets in Western Canada from ConocoPhillips |url=http://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/05-17-2017-cenovus-completes-acquisition-of-assets-in-western-canada-from-conocophillips.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206105811/https://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2017/05-17-2017-cenovus-completes-acquisition-of-assets-in-western-canada-from-conocophillips.html |archive-date=2018-12-06 |access-date=2017-05-18}}</ref> Cenovus completed the acquisition of [[Husky Energy]] for C$3.9 billion in [[Mergers and acquisitions#Stock|stock]] in January 2021.<ref name="HuskyDeal">{{Cite news |last1=Casey |first1=Simon |last2=Tuttle |first2=Robert |date=2020-10-25 |title=Cenovus to Create Canada Oil Giant With $2.9 Billion Husky Deal |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-10-25/cenovus-energy-to-combine-with-husky-energy-in-all-stock-deal |access-date=2020-10-25}}</ref><ref name=Combines>{{Cite news |last=Exarheas |first=Andreas |title=Cenovus Combines with Husky |url=https://www.rigzone.com/news/cenovus_combines_with_husky-05-jan-2021-164247-article/ |date=2021-01-05 |work=Rigzone |accessdate=2021-01-28}}</ref> The combined company is Canada’s third-largest crude oil and natural gas producer and the second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Inc |first=Husky Energy |date=2021-01-04 |title=Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/04/2152438/0/en/Transaction-to-combine-Husky-and-Cenovus-closes.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>

Cenovus is headquartered in Calgary's [[Brookfield Place (Calgary)|Brookfield Place]], having completed a move from the neighbouring [[The Bow (skyscraper)|Bow]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cenovus Energy Inc. |date=2020-02-11 |title=2019 Annual Information Form |url=https://sec.report/Document/0001564590-20-004341/cve-ex991_12.htm |access-date=2020-10-25 |publisher=SEC}}</ref>


== Operations ==
== Operations ==
===Oil sands===
===Oil sands===
Cenovus has four producing projects in the oil sands – Foster Creek, [[Christina Lake (Alberta)]], Sunrise (jointly owned with BP Canada and operated by Cenovus) and Tucker.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=2021 Annual Report |url=https://www.cenovus.com/invest/docs/2022/2021-annual-report-en.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> All projects use a drilling method called [[steam-assisted gravity drainage]] (SAGD). On May 17, 2017, Foster Creek and Christina Lake became 100 percent owned and operated by Cenovus.<ref name=dealclose /> In December 2021, Cenovus announced the sale of the Tucker oil sands project to Strathcona Resources.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in $800M deal |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/strathcona-resources-to-buy-tucker-oilsands-project-from-cenovus-in-800m-deal-1.5711669 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Calgary |language=en}}</ref> In June 2022, Cenovus announced it would acquire the outstanding 50% interest in the Sunrise oil sands asset and assume full ownership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Cenovus Energy acquires BP's 50% stake in Sunrise oilsands project |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cenovus-bp-sunrise-oilsands-buy-1.6486711 |url-status=live |website=CBC}}</ref>
Cenovus has four producing projects in the oil sands – Foster Creek, [[Christina Lake (Alberta)]], Sunrise (jointly owned with BP Canada and operated by Cenovus) and Tucker.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=2021 Annual Report |url=https://www.cenovus.com/invest/docs/2022/2021-annual-report-en.pdf }}</ref> All projects use the drilling method of [[steam-assisted gravity drainage]] (SAGD). On May 17, 2017, Foster Creek and Christina Lake became 100 percent owned and operated by Cenovus.<ref name=dealclose /> In December 2021, Cenovus announced the sale of the Tucker oil sands project to Strathcona Resources.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in $800M deal |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/strathcona-resources-to-buy-tucker-oilsands-project-from-cenovus-in-800m-deal-1.5711669 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Calgary |language=en}}</ref> In June 2022, Cenovus announced it would acquire the outstanding 50% interest in the Sunrise oil sands asset and assume full ownership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Cenovus Energy acquires BP's 50% stake in Sunrise oilsands project |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cenovus-bp-sunrise-oilsands-buy-1.6486711 |website=CBC}}</ref>


===Conventional oil and gas===
===Conventional oil and gas===
Cenovus once held conventional oil and natural gas operations across Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the [[Weyburn]] oilfield in [[Saskatchewan]], which is the largest {{CO2}} [[enhanced oil recovery]] operation in Canada. It's also the site of the largest geological greenhouse gas storage project in the world, with about 30 million tonnes of {{CO2}} safely stored underground<ref name="weyburn">{{Citation |title=Canada 150: From early oil wealth to global GHG reduction tech enabler, Saskatchewan's Weyburn-Midale oilfield just keeps giving |date=28 June 2017 |work=JWN |access-date=31 August 2017 |url=http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2017/6/canada-150-early-oil-wealth-global-ghg-reduction-tech-enabler-saskatchewans-weyburn-midale-oilfield-just-keeps-giving/}}</ref> and extensively studied by researchers as part of the [[International Energy Agency]] Greenhouse Gas Weyburn-Midale {{CO2}} Monitoring and Storage Project.<ref name="co2">[http://ptrc.ca/projects/weyburn-midale Weyburn-Midale] published by Petroleum Technology Research Centre</ref>
Cenovus once held conventional oil and natural gas operations across Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the [[Weyburn]] oilfield in [[Saskatchewan]], which is the largest {{CO2}} [[enhanced oil recovery]] operation in Canada. It's also the site of the largest geological greenhouse gas storage project in the world, with about 30 million tonnes of {{CO2}} safely stored underground<ref name="weyburn">{{Citation |title=Canada 150: From early oil wealth to global GHG reduction tech enabler, Saskatchewan's Weyburn-Midale oilfield just keeps giving |date=28 June 2017 |work=JWN |access-date=31 August 2017 |url=http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2017/6/canada-150-early-oil-wealth-global-ghg-reduction-tech-enabler-saskatchewans-weyburn-midale-oilfield-just-keeps-giving/}}</ref> and extensively studied by researchers as part of the [[International Energy Agency]] Greenhouse Gas Weyburn-Midale {{CO2}} Monitoring and Storage Project.<ref name="co2">[http://ptrc.ca/projects/weyburn-midale Weyburn-Midale] published by Petroleum Technology Research Centre</ref>


In May 2017, Cenovus assumed ownership of [[ConocoPhillips]]' conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia.<ref name="dealclose" /> Cenovus’s current conventional assets include the Deep Basin, a liquids-rich natural gas fairway located in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, and the Marten Hills heavy oil project. The Deep Basin asset comprises approximately 2.8 million net acres of land and produced more than 97,000 [[barrels of oil equivalent]] a day in 2019. Cenovus also holds a significant land position in the Marten Hills region for potential development. In November 2020, Cenovus announced the sale of the Marten Hills assets to Headwater Exploration Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=The Canadian |date=2020-11-09 |title=Cenovus selling Marten Hills assets to Headwater in $100M deal - BNN Bloomberg |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/cenovus-selling-marten-hills-assets-to-headwater-in-100m-deal-1.1519738 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=BNN}}</ref>
In May 2017, Cenovus assumed ownership of [[ConocoPhillips]]' conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia.<ref name="dealclose" /> Cenovus’s current conventional assets include the Deep Basin, a liquids-rich natural gas fairway located in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, and the Marten Hills heavy oil project. The Deep Basin asset comprises approximately 2.8 million net acres of land and produced more than 125,000 [[barrels of oil equivalent]]. Cenovus also holds a significant land position in the Marten Hills region for potential development. In November 2020, Cenovus announced the sale of the Marten Hills assets to Headwater Exploration Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=The Canadian Press |date=2020-11-09 |title=Cenovus selling Marten Hills assets to Headwater in $100M deal - BNN Bloomberg |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/cenovus-selling-marten-hills-assets-to-headwater-in-100m-deal-1.1519738 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=BNN}}</ref>


===Refining===
===Refining===
Following the acquisition of Husky Energy in January 2021, Cenovus became Canada’s second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Husky Energy |date=2021-01-04 |title=Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/04/2152438/0/en/Transaction-to-combine-Husky-and-Cenovus-closes.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref> Cenovus owns the Lima Refinery in Lima, Ohio, the Superior Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin and the Lloydminster refinery and upgrader in Lloydminster, Alberta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upgrading & refining |url=https://www.cenovus.com/Our-operations/Upgrading-and-refining |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.cenovus.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) CEO Alexander Pourbaix on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript {{!}} Seeking Alpha |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4528007-cenovus-energy-inc-cve-ceo-alexander-pourbaix-on-q2-2022-results-earnings-call-transcript |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=seekingalpha.com |date=July 31, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Cenovus has 50 percent ownership in two refineries in the United States: the [[Wood River Refinery]] (Illinois) and [[Borger, Texas]] refinery. [[Phillips 66]] is the co-owner and operator.<ref name="phillips66">{{Cite web |title=Refining Marketing |url=http://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining-marketing/refining/Pages/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102082729/http://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining-marketing/refining/Pages/index.aspx |archive-date=2012-11-02 |publisher=Phillips 66}}</ref> In August 2022, Cenovus reached an agreement to purchase bp’s 50% interest in the bp-Husky Toledo Refinery in Ohio. Cenovus has owned the other 50% of the refinery since its combination with Husky Energy in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Cenovus Energy |date=2022-08-08 |title=Cenovus Acquiring Outstanding 50% Interest in Toledo Refinery from bp, Will Assume Operatorship |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/08/08/2493791/0/en/Cenovus-Acquiring-Outstanding-50-Interest-in-Toledo-Refinery-from-bp-Will-Assume-Operatorship.html |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>
Following the acquisition of Husky Energy in January 2021, Cenovus became Canada’s second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Inc |first=Husky Energy |date=2021-01-04 |title=Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/04/2152438/0/en/Transaction-to-combine-Husky-and-Cenovus-closes.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref> Cenovus owns the Lima Refinery in [[Lima, Ohio]], the Superior Refinery in [[Superior, Wisconsin]] and the Lloydminster refinery and upgrader in [[Lloydminster, Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upgrading & refining |url=https://www.cenovus.com/Our-operations/Upgrading-and-refining |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.cenovus.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) CEO Alexander Pourbaix on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript {{!}} Seeking Alpha |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4528007-cenovus-energy-inc-cve-ceo-alexander-pourbaix-on-q2-2022-results-earnings-call-transcript |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=seekingalpha.com |date=July 31, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Cenovus has 50 percent ownership in two refineries in the United States: the [[Wood River Refinery]] and [[Borger, Texas]] refinery. [[Phillips 66]] is the co-owner and operator.<ref name="phillips66">{{Cite web |title=Refining Marketing |url=http://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining-marketing/refining/Pages/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102082729/http://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining-marketing/refining/Pages/index.aspx |archive-date=2012-11-02 |publisher=Phillips 66}}</ref> In August 2022, Cenovus reached an agreement to purchase [[BP]]'s 50% interest in the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Cenovus has owned the other 50% of the refinery since its combination with [[Husky Energy]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Inc |first=Cenovus Energy |date=2022-08-08 |title=Cenovus Acquiring Outstanding 50% Interest in Toledo Refinery from bp, Will Assume Operatorship |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/08/08/2493791/0/en/Cenovus-Acquiring-Outstanding-50-Interest-in-Toledo-Refinery-from-bp-Will-Assume-Operatorship.html |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>


===Transportation===
===Transportation===
Cenovus owns a crude-by-rail loading facility near [[Edmonton]], Alberta – the [[Bruderheim]] Energy Terminal. The company was recognized for its rail safety performance in 2016,<ref name="railsafety">{{Cite web |title=Rail |url=https://www.cenovus.com/operations/marketing-transportation/rail.html |access-date=December 15, 2017 |publisher=Cenovus Energy}}</ref> and for safe transportation of chemical products in 2017.<ref name="safeship">{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2017 |title=Union Pacific Spotlights Safe Chemical Transportation |url=https://www.up.com/media/releases/170626-safe-chemical-transportation.htm |access-date=December 15, 2017 |publisher=[[Union Pacific Railroad]]}}</ref>
Cenovus owns a crude-by-rail loading facility near [[Edmonton Alberta]] – the [[Bruderheim]] Energy Terminal. The company was recognized for its rail safety performance in 2016,<ref name="railsafety">{{Cite web |title=Rail |url=https://www.cenovus.com/operations/marketing-transportation/rail.html |access-date=December 15, 2017 |publisher=Cenovus Energy}}</ref> and for safe transportation of chemical products in 2017.<ref name="safeship">{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2017 |title=Union Pacific Spotlights Safe Chemical Transportation |url=https://www.up.com/media/releases/170626-safe-chemical-transportation.htm |access-date=December 15, 2017 |publisher=[[Union Pacific Railroad]]}}</ref>

=== Retail ===
Cenovus owns a group of [[Truck stop|travel centres]] under the Husky brand, which were included in its acquisition of Husky Energy. They offer fuels under the [[Imperial Oil|Esso]] brand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=medicinehatnews |date=2021-12-02 |title=Gas station swap shouldn't affect the Hat |url=https://medicinehatnews.com/uncategorized/2021/12/02/gas-station-swap-shouldnt-affect-the-hat/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Medicine Hat News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lindenberg |first=Greg |date=December 1, 2021 |title=Parkland, Federated Co-operatives Split Up 337 Husky Stations |url=https://cspdailynews.com/mergers-acquisitions/parkland-federated-co-operatives-split-337-husky-stations |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=CSP Daily News |language=en}}</ref>


== Technology ==
== Technology ==
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== Leadership ==
== Leadership ==


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=== Chairman of the Board ===
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!Chairman of the Board
!President
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Michael A. Grandin, 2009–2017<br>
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Patrick D. Daniel, 2017–2020<br>
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Keith A. MacPhail, 2020–2023<br>
Alexander J. Pourbaix, 2023–


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# Michael Anthony Grandin, 2009–2017
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# Patrick Darold Daniel, 2017–2020
Brian C. Ferguson, 2009–2017<br>
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# Keith Allan John MacPhail, 2020–2023
Alexander J. Pourbaix, 2017–2023<br>
Jonathan M. McKenzie, 2023–
# Alexander John Pourbaix, 2023–
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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{{Portal|Energy|Companies}}
*[[Axe Lake Aerodrome]]
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*[[Husky Energy]]
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Cenovus Energy Inc.
Company typePublic
TSX: CVE
NYSE: CVE
S&P/TSX 60 component
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded30 November 2009 (2009-11-30)
Headquarters
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Key people
Jon McKenzie Chief Executive Officer,
Alex Pourbaix (Board Chair)
Products
RevenueDecreaseCA$52.204 billion[1] (2023)
DecreaseCA$11.022 billion[1] (2023)
DecreaseCA$4.109 billion[1] (2023)
Total assetsDecreaseCA$53.915 billion[1] (2023)
Total equityIncreaseCA$28.698 billion[1] (2023)
Number of employees
6,925 full-time equivalent employees[2]
SubsidiariesHusky Energy
Websitewww.cenovus.com

Cenovus Energy Inc. (pronounced se-nō-vus) is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Its offices are located at Brookfield Place, having completed a move from the neighbouring Bow in 2019.[3]

History

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Cenovus was formed in 2009 when Encana Corporation split into two distinct companies,[4] with Cenovus becoming focused on oil sands assets.

In 2017, Cenovus purchased ConocoPhillips' 50 percent share of their Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands projects and most of their conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia, including the Deep Basin.[5][6][7] Cenovus completed the acquisition of Husky Energy for C$3.9 billion in stock in January 2021.[8][9] The combined company is Canada’s third-largest crude oil and natural gas producer and the second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.[10]

Operations

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Oil sands

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Cenovus has four producing projects in the oil sands – Foster Creek, Christina Lake (Alberta), Sunrise (jointly owned with BP Canada and operated by Cenovus) and Tucker.[11] All projects use the drilling method of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). On May 17, 2017, Foster Creek and Christina Lake became 100 percent owned and operated by Cenovus.[7] In December 2021, Cenovus announced the sale of the Tucker oil sands project to Strathcona Resources.[12] In June 2022, Cenovus announced it would acquire the outstanding 50% interest in the Sunrise oil sands asset and assume full ownership.[13]

Conventional oil and gas

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Cenovus once held conventional oil and natural gas operations across Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the Weyburn oilfield in Saskatchewan, which is the largest CO2 enhanced oil recovery operation in Canada. It's also the site of the largest geological greenhouse gas storage project in the world, with about 30 million tonnes of CO2 safely stored underground[14] and extensively studied by researchers as part of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project.[15]

In May 2017, Cenovus assumed ownership of ConocoPhillips' conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia.[7] Cenovus’s current conventional assets include the Deep Basin, a liquids-rich natural gas fairway located in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, and the Marten Hills heavy oil project. The Deep Basin asset comprises approximately 2.8 million net acres of land and produced more than 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent. Cenovus also holds a significant land position in the Marten Hills region for potential development. In November 2020, Cenovus announced the sale of the Marten Hills assets to Headwater Exploration Inc.[16]

Refining

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Following the acquisition of Husky Energy in January 2021, Cenovus became Canada’s second-largest Canadian-based refiner and upgrader.[17] Cenovus owns the Lima Refinery in Lima, Ohio, the Superior Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin and the Lloydminster refinery and upgrader in Lloydminster, Alberta.[18][19] Cenovus has 50 percent ownership in two refineries in the United States: the Wood River Refinery and Borger, Texas refinery. Phillips 66 is the co-owner and operator.[20] In August 2022, Cenovus reached an agreement to purchase BP's 50% interest in the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Toledo, Ohio. Cenovus has owned the other 50% of the refinery since its combination with Husky Energy in 2021.[21]

Transportation

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Cenovus owns a crude-by-rail loading facility near Edmonton Alberta – the Bruderheim Energy Terminal. The company was recognized for its rail safety performance in 2016,[22] and for safe transportation of chemical products in 2017.[23]

Retail

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Cenovus owns a group of travel centres under the Husky brand, which were included in its acquisition of Husky Energy. They offer fuels under the Esso brand.[24][25]

Technology

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The primary technology Cenovus uses at its Foster Creek and Christina Lake projects is called steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Cenovus also applies different associated technologies to enhance the SAGD process, such as electric submersible pumps at Foster Creek and solvent aided process (SAP) at Christina Lake.

In 2011, the company began applying its blowdown boiler technology to improve the efficiency of water use at its oil sands operations.[26] In 2013, Cenovus developed its "SkyStrat" drilling rig that allows an exploratory rig to be flown into remote areas by helicopter piece-by-piece, set up to drill a test well, dismantled and airlifted away. The process requires no roads, meaning little disturbance to the boreal forest.[27] The company received an Environmental Performance award for the SkyStrat program.[28]

Potential mitigation of climate impacts

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Cenovus is a member of Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative, an alliance of oil sands companies working collectively with the federal and Alberta governments to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the companies oil sands operations by 2050. According to Cenovus's Chief Sustainability Officer, the company is pursuing government support for decarbonization efforts, because "[t]hese are not projects that make revenue. So for a corporation that is owned by shareholders to put 100 per cent of the costs into a project that doesn’t bring any revenue back, that is not something that a corporation can do."[29] However, a report by the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, a source of independent analysis on climate change issues funded by Environment Canada, recommended investing limited public dollars to capture "a share of growing, transition-opportunity markets" rather than in "assets at elevated risk of being stranded in global low-carbon scenarios" as fossil fuel demand "inevitably decline[s] globally".[29]

Leadership

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Chairman of the Board

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  1. Michael Anthony Grandin, 2009–2017
  2. Patrick Darold Daniel, 2017–2020
  3. Keith Allan John MacPhail, 2020–2023
  4. Alexander John Pourbaix, 2023–

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "2023 Annual Information Form" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Cenovus Energy Inc. (February 11, 2020). "2019 Annual Information Form". SEC. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "EnCana proceeds with plan to split into two distinct and independent energy companies" (PDF) (Press release). Encana. September 10, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Morgan, Geoffrey (March 29, 2017). "Cenovus to buy ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets for a massive $17.7 billion". Financial Post. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Cenovus to double production and reserves in Canada". Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Cenovus completes acquisition of assets in Western Canada from ConocoPhillips". Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Casey, Simon; Tuttle, Robert (October 25, 2020). "Cenovus to Create Canada Oil Giant With $2.9 Billion Husky Deal". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Exarheas, Andreas (January 5, 2021). "Cenovus Combines with Husky". Rigzone. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  10. ^ Inc, Husky Energy (January 4, 2021). "Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved May 17, 2022. {{cite press release}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "2021 Annual Report" (PDF). 2021.
  12. ^ "Strathcona Resources to buy Tucker oilsands project from Cenovus in $800M deal". Calgary. December 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Cenovus Energy acquires BP's 50% stake in Sunrise oilsands project". CBC. June 13, 2022.
  14. ^ "Canada 150: From early oil wealth to global GHG reduction tech enabler, Saskatchewan's Weyburn-Midale oilfield just keeps giving", JWN, June 28, 2017, retrieved August 31, 2017
  15. ^ Weyburn-Midale published by Petroleum Technology Research Centre
  16. ^ "Cenovus selling Marten Hills assets to Headwater in $100M deal - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. The Canadian Press. November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  17. ^ Inc, Husky Energy (January 4, 2021). "Transaction to combine Husky and Cenovus closes". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved August 2, 2022. {{cite press release}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ "Upgrading & refining". www.cenovus.com. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  19. ^ "Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) CEO Alexander Pourbaix on Q2 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  20. ^ "Refining Marketing". Phillips 66. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
  21. ^ Inc, Cenovus Energy (August 8, 2022). "Cenovus Acquiring Outstanding 50% Interest in Toledo Refinery from bp, Will Assume Operatorship". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved August 18, 2022. {{cite press release}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ "Rail". Cenovus Energy. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  23. ^ "Union Pacific Spotlights Safe Chemical Transportation". Union Pacific Railroad. June 26, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  24. ^ medicinehatnews (December 2, 2021). "Gas station swap shouldn't affect the Hat". Medicine Hat News. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  25. ^ Lindenberg, Greg (December 1, 2021). "Parkland, Federated Co-operatives Split Up 337 Husky Stations". CSP Daily News. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  26. ^ "StackPath". www.ogj.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  27. ^ "Flying drilling rig". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  28. ^ Post, Special to Financial (April 22, 2013), "Celebrating industry initiative", Financial Post, retrieved May 2, 2016
  29. ^ a b Graney, Emma (February 14, 2022). "Oil sands CEOs are working together in the race to get to net zero". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
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