Teck Resources delays oil sands project
Canada The project comes with a price tag upwards of $20.6 billion. If and when the development is completed it will be one of the most expensive oil sands endeavors to be constructed, but as Teck has yet to fully commit to the 260,000 barrel per day mine prospects are low.
It is “very unlikely [the project] actually gets approved, unless we see triple-digit oil prices again,” says Chris Cox, a Raymond James Financial analyst.
The delay is part of a larger decline in the Canadian oil sands market, which has suffered under the global decline in oil prices.
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