Japan Canada Oil Sands (JCOS)

http://www.jacos.com/home.htm

Project title: Hanging Stone

Type: SAGD

"Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) has been conducting pilot tests since 1978 with oil sands experimental projects in the Athabasca area through its membership in the PCEJ consortium.  In addition to JACOS, membership consists of Petro-Canada Oil and Gas, Canadian Occidental Petroleum and Imperial Oil Resources Venture Ltd. (formerly ESSO Resources"

"The entire Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit covers an area of approximately 4 millino ha or 10 million acres.  The PCEJ group of which JACOS is a member, hold the bitumen rights to 137.5 thousand ha (340,000 acres) containing an estimated 30 billion bbls of bitumen in place.  In addition, JACOS holds a 100% interest in a further 73.5 thousand ha (181,000 acres) containing an estimated 20 billin bbls of bitumen in place".