While the opportunities for in situ oilsands producers to improve efficiency and economics have a range of timelines from near to long term, for mining operators, many of the benefit enablers are available immediately. Consider the improvements in reliability that have been achieved at Syncrude since Suncor Energy took over as majority owner in 2016. Suncor chief executive officer Steve Williams had stressed the opportunities for the company to help improve reliability and realize project synergies, and so far, the results have been better than expected.
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