Projects / Hangingstone Expansion

Hangingstone Expansion

Greenfire Resources Operating Corporation
No modeled maintenance in the forward windowSAGDGFR

OperatorGreenfire Resources Operating Corporation
TypeSAGD
TickerGFR
ST53 schemeHangingstone Expansion
DescriptionHangingstone Expansion is a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sands project about 50 km southwest of Fort McMurray, adjacent to the Greenfire Hangingstone (demo) facility. Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) developed the expansion; Greenfire acquired JACOS's 75% working interest and operatorship in September 2021. It is separate from Athabasca Oil's Hangingstone project, tracked separately under ath_hangingstone.
Source: Greenfire Acquisition Corporation, Greenfire Acquisition Corporation Closes Strategic Acquisition of JACOS, via Business Wire, 2021-09-20
StatusOperating. The expansion proposal was for up to an additional 35,000 bbl/d of bitumen; the EIA was deemed complete in 2012.
Source: Repository of the Athabasca River Basin, environmental assessment public notice for the JACOS Hangingstone expansion project, 2008
Nameplate capacityThe expansion site has capacity for 35,000 bbl/d of bitumen. It achieved first oil on August 3, 2017 and was running at over 20,000 bbl/d of production at the time of the 2021 acquisition.
Source: BOE Report, Greenfire Acquisition Corporation announces acquisition of JACOS including a 75% working interest in the Hangingstone Expansion Site, 2021-07-29

Combined with the adjacent Greenfire Hangingstone (demo) plant, total production capacity is reported as up to 30,000 bbl/d.
Source: Oil Sands Magazine, Takeovers, divestments and production creep: In-situ updates from around the oil patch, 2021-11-12
Start-up / phasesnot tracked in the public data used here
Ownership / JV splitGreenfire Resources Operating Corporation holds a 75% working interest and is the operator. The acquisition of all shares of Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS) was announced July 29, 2021 and closed September 20, 2021.
Source: Greenfire Acquisition Corporation, Greenfire Acquisition Corporation Closes Strategic Acquisition of JACOS, via Business Wire, 2021-09-20

CNOOC retains the remaining 25% stake in the Hangingstone Expansion plant.
Source: Oil Sands Magazine, Takeovers, divestments and production creep: In-situ updates from around the oil patch, 2021-11-12
Product and dispositionBitumen: flexible disposition, dilbit to market or upgrader feed (economically optimized)
Source: Dashboard grade-layer panel (leaf mapping lineage); disposition defaults from annotations/maintenance_disposition_history.md
Process / technologySAGD.
Source: Oil Sands Magazine, Takeovers, divestments and production creep: In-situ updates from around the oil patch, 2021-11-12
Froth treatmentnot applicable (in-situ / upgrading)
Interconnectsnot tracked in the public data used here
Growth / expansionsGreenfire's standalone output (Hangingstone assets) was expected at about 14,500 bbl/d in 2026; combined with the Connacher Great Divide acquisition (expected 2026 standalone output about 19,500 bbl/d), management targets long-term combined productive capacity of about 65,000 bbl/d. Note: this is a combined portfolio target, not a project-level sanction or nameplate.
Source: Greenfire Resources acquisition conference call transcript via Quartr, 2026-07-16
Company-disclosed maintenancenot disclosed in reviewed sources
Operating costsnot disclosed in reviewed sources

Blank "not tracked" cells are facts not present in the public data used here. They are labeled, never estimated. Filing-sourced facts carry their document name and date; where sources disclose multiple bases for one figure, all are shown.

Production

23.3 kb/d
latest actual, Jul 2026 (Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire))
22.7 kb/d
12-month forecast average, Oct 2026 to Sep 2027
Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire) monthly production Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire) monthly production kb/d 0.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 50.0 Aug 25: 24.8 kb/d Sep 25: 23.5 kb/d Oct 25: 23.8 kb/d Nov 25: 24.0 kb/d Dec 25: 24.4 kb/d Jan 26: 23.5 kb/d Feb 26: 21.7 kb/d Mar 26: 21.7 kb/d Apr 26: 21.9 kb/d May 26: 17.4 kb/d Jun 26: 22.4 kb/d Jul 26: 23.3 kb/d Aug 26: 22.0 kb/d Sep 26: 19.5 kb/d Oct 26: 20.6 kb/d Nov 26: 22.8 kb/d Dec 26: 24.2 kb/d Jan 27: 25.6 kb/d Feb 27: 25.2 kb/d Mar 27: 23.7 kb/d Apr 27: 22.5 kb/d May 27: 22.0 kb/d Jun 27: 22.4 kb/d Jul 27: 21.7 kb/d Aug 27: 22.0 kb/d Sep 27: 19.5 kb/d 19.5 Aug 25 Oct 25 Dec 25 Feb 26 Apr 26 Jun 26 Aug 26 Oct 26 Dec 26 Feb 27 Apr 27 Jun 27 Aug 27 Sep 27
Vintage: AER ST53 actuals through 2026-07 (ST39 through 2026-05), pulled 2026-09-22; Aug-Sep 2026 nowcast estimated, built 2026-09-23; forecast built 2026-09-22. Solid orange shading marks months with modeled maintenance on this series. Series: Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire).
Actuals (AER)Nowcast (model est.)Forecast (model)Modeled maintenance month
Latest actuals (kb/d)
SeriesFeb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026
Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire)21.721.721.917.422.423.3
First forecast months (kb/d)
SeriesOct 2026Nov 2026Dec 2026Jan 2027Feb 2027Mar 2027
Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire)20.622.824.225.625.223.7

Full 26-month table with drill-down lives in the trading dashboard. Blank cells are months AER has not published yet, not zeros.

How to read Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire): Seasonal baseline off a 17.9 kb/d trailing-12m baseline. No 2027 turnaround statements; single-month dips are seasonal factors repeating the last 3 years.

Maintenance

No maintenance events in the current model math for this project.

No forward-calendar entries for this project in annotations/maintenance_forward.yaml.

Outlook

Named assumptions: Seasonal baseline off a 17.9 kb/d trailing-12m baseline. No 2027 turnaround statements; single-month dips are seasonal factors repeating the last 3 years.

Confirmation status: model forecast; maintenance impacts enter the math only from public-confirmed guidance.

Market relevance

In-situ bitumen has flexible disposition (dilbit to market or upgrader feed). In the model, Hangingstone Expansion output is unchanged by upgrader outages and any upgrader-bound share is assumed diverted to dilbit, so its 22.7 kb/d 12-month forecast average is a steady contributor to marketable dilbit across the tradable window.

Basis: model-derived from the dashboard series above; no external view is added.

Related weekly notes

No weekly edition to date mentions this asset by name.

Sources

Hangingstone Expansion (Greenfire)
Source: AER ST53, commercial scheme mapping (repo annotations/projects.yaml)
Vintage: AER ST53 actuals through 2026-07, pulled 2026-09-22; model nowcast (_seasonal_baseline + confirmed maintenance), built 2026-09-23
Method: actuals: ST53 scheme observed, grossed up by 1.27 to ST3 in-situ level (mapped projects cover 79.0%). forecast: _seasonal_baseline (trailing-12m mean x seasonal factor from last 3 complete years).

Full citation block

Sources
PublisherDatasetURLPublishedVintage / coverageRetrieved
Alberta Energy RegulatorST3: Alberta Energy Resource Industries Monthly Statisticshttps://www.aer.ca/data-and-performance/data-and-publications/statistical-reports/st3MonthlyActuals through 2026-07 (latest file vintage 2026-08-27)2026-09-22
Alberta Energy RegulatorST53: In-situ project data (BITUMEN sheet)https://www.aer.ca/data-and-performance/data-and-publications/statistical-reports/st53MonthlyActuals through 2026-072026-09-22
Alberta Energy RegulatorST39: Mine and upgrader facility dataURL not recorded in repoMonthlyActuals through 2026-052026-09-22
Canada Energy RegulatorPipeline throughput, capacity and apportionment (open data)https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/open/energy/throughput-capacity/Monthly, ~3-month lagJan 2018 to Jun 20262026-09-22
Company disclosuresQuarterlies, budget releases, investor presentations, earnings callsURLs per record in annotations/maintenance_forward.yamlAs publishedForward maintenance calendar window 2026-10-01 to 2027-09-30, compiled 2026-09-222026-09-22
Heavy Reading modelWCSB S&D dashboard build (21 granular leaves, grade layer, maintenance math)No public URL (repo build)Per buildForecast built 2026-09-22; Aug-Sep 2026 nowcast built 2026-09-232026-09-23

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