Who We Are

About Athabasca

Founded in 2006, Athabasca Oil Corporation, an Alberta based company, is focused on the sustainable development of oil sands in the Athabasca region in northeastern Alberta and light oil resources in northwestern Alberta, Canada.

Athabasca holds over 3.5 million net acres of mineral leases in the northwestern and Athabasca regions of Alberta. Alberta is well placed to be a secure supplier to the world’s energy demand. Athabasca is well placed to grow and contribute its part.

The company’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ATH.”

Our Vision

Athabasca remains bullish on oil prices, a belief which underpins our growth strategy in the two areas where we expect to see considerable future expansion of liquids production: oil sands, carbonates and liquids rich tight formations suitable for multi-stage fracture completions. Athabasca has matured a growth strategy encompassing the synergies of long lived oil sands projects with a high return light oil and liquids rich gas development that adds shareholder value. Athabasca is fully funded for all wholly owned thermal oil projects filed and its light oil program from: cash on hand; cash from operations; a reasonable level of debt; and, anticipated proceeds from the Dover put/call option. The Company is founded on a fast paced entrepreneurial culture attracting the very best talents from the industry that deliver quality results on time and on budget. Athabasca’s strategic vision is to produce 220,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by the year 2020, with half from the Thermal Oil Division and half from the Light Oil Division.

Athabasca is organized into two divisions:

Thermal Oil

  • Over 1.5 million net acres of leases in the Athabasca area of Northern Alberta.
  • First commercial production from the Thermal Oil Division is expected in 2014.
  • The division includes five project areas with over 9.2 billion barrels of contingent resources (best estimate).
  • The Company’s major thermal oil projects are Hangingstone (100%), Dover West (100%), Dover (40%), Birch (100%) and Grosmont (50%).
  • Development targets include the Wabiskaw and McMurray sand formations as well as the Leduc and Grosmont carbonate formations.
  • The Company expects to produce its recoverable bitumen using in-situ recovery methods such as Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), Thermally Assisted Gravity Drainage (TAGD) or other technologies under development.

Light Oil

  • Over 2.0 million net acres of leases in northwestern Alberta.
  • The company targets an 8,000-10,000 boe/d 2012 exit rate from the division.
  • Initial development areas include Kaybob, Simonette and Grande Prairie with formation targets including the Montney, Nordegg, Duvernay and Charlie Lake.
  • Athabasca produces light oil and liquids-rich natural gas using horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing technology.

The infrastructure and development projects lay the foundation for sustainable production growth for many years to come.

Athabasca is very proud of its experienced team and the company continues to attract the very best talents from the industry. The combination of great assets, a strong financial position and an entrepreneurial corporate culture enable us to find the work force we need to execute our projects and create shareholder value.

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Investors

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