By Canadian Press

10,000 barrel-per-day project

Province to appeal court ruling forcing oilsands project decision

Feb 18, 2020 | 9:00 PM

CALGARY – The Alberta government says it will appeal a ruling that gives the province 10 days to make a decision on a bitumen recovery project in the oilsands.

Prosper Petroleum Limited had asked a judge to force the United Conservative government to decide on the proposal that was first submitted about seven years ago.

The 10,000 barrel-per-day steam-driven Rigel oilsands project is in the Moose Lake area, about 70 kilometres northwest of Fort McMurray.

It received approval from the Alberta Energy Regulator in June of 2018, but has been sitting in cabinet ever since.

Justice Barbara Romaine granted the injunction, pointing out an average project takes about seven months to be approved or denied.

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Brad Gardiner, president of Prosper Petroleum, says the project can still be salvaged, but it’s running out of time.

The project has been opposed by Fort McKay First Nation, which has also gone to court and asked that approval of the project be overturned.