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ExxonMobil Licenses Oil Sands Steam Injection Technology to Baker Hughes
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has awarded the first license for its patented steam injection system and production method to Baker Hughes to improve the efficiency of in-situ oil sands projects. Approximately 80 percent of Canada’s oil sands can be produced using in-situ technology, which involves the injection of steam to enable bitumen to be extracted through drilling versus surface mining.

CB&I Announces Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project Contract
CB&I (NYSE:CBI) announced today that it has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of US$750 million, by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. for work on the Kearl Expansion Project in Alberta, Canada.

North American Energy Partners to Resume Overburden Removal Operations at Canadian Natural
North American Energy Partners Inc. ("NAEP" or "the Company") (TSX:NOA) (NYSE:NOA) today announced it will resume overburden operations at Canadian Natural Resources Limited's ("Canadian Natural") Horizon Mine on January 2, 2012 under the terms of a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") between NAEP's wholly-owned subsidiary North American Construction Group Inc. ("NACG") and Canadian Natural.

Imperial Oil Sanctions Kearl Oil Sands Expansion Project
Imperial Oil Limited today announced its board of directors has approved the expansion phase of the Kearl Oil Sands Project, a surface mining operation under construction northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Imperial Oil’s share of the Kearl Oil Sands asset is 71%.

Snc-Lavalin Awarded Contract On Mackay Operating Corp. Sagd Oil Sands Project In Alberta
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by MacKay Operating Corp. to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for the MacKay River Central Plant Project.

Devon Energy Obtains Approval for Third Jackfish Oil Sands Project
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) today announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water to move forward with the company’s third oil sands project in Canada. Construction of the 100 percent Devon-owned Jackfish 3 project will begin next month with startup targeted for late 2014.

SilverBirch Energy Corporation Provides Update on Regulatory Application for the Frontier and Equinox Projects
SilverBirch Energy Corporation (TSX-V: 'SBE') ("SilverBirch" or the "Corporation") announced today that the Regulatory Application and Environmental Impact
Assessment for the Frontier Project (including the Equinox Project) (the “Project”), located
approximately 110 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, has been submitted.

Flint Energy Services Ltd. Announces Oil Sands Module Fabrication Contract Award
Flint Energy Services Ltd. ("Flint", the "Company") announced today that it has been awarded a module fabrication contract valued in excess of $20 million for a major oil sands producer.

Southern Pacific Submits Stp-Mckay Phase 2 Expansion Application To Increase Total Project Production Capacity To 36,000 Bbl/D
Southern Pacific Resource Corp. (“Southern Pacific” or the “Company”) (TSX:STP) is pleased to announce that it submitted an application on November 10, 2011 to the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) and Alberta Environment and Water (AENV) to expand its STP-McKay Phase 1 project area. Approval would allow the Company to construct a second-steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility within the project area capable of producing an additional 24,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of bitumen.

SNC-LAVALIN AWARDED MAJOR OIL SANDS PROJECT IN ALBERTA
SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) has been awarded a major contract by a major oil sands mining producer to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a froth treatment plant in the Fort McMurray region. The value of the contract is in excess of $650 million.