The 5000 barrels per day operation achieved first oil on 8 December at its site in northern Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands region.

“We are pleased that the first oil production following the first steam injection in September... (has) commenced,” said executive chairman Sun Kwok Ping.

Sunshine hopes to add another 5000 bpd with phase two in the near-term but no timeline has been announced.

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