Osum set to double production at Orion Project with acceleration of phased expansion plan

CALGARY, Jan. 8, 2018 /CNW/ - Osum Oil Sands Corp. ("Osum" or the "Company"), a private oil sands company, is pleased to announce the commencement of the Phase 2C expansion at its Orion Thermal Project ("Orion Project" or "Orion"), located in the Cold Lake oil sands region of Alberta.

The Phase 2C expansion will be executed concurrently with the Phase 2B expansion that was announced in October 2017 and will be funded from cash on hand and with cash flow. When completed, the two phases will increase total production capacity to over 18,000 barrels per day. Osum is currently producing in excess of 9,000 barrels per day at the Orion Project. 

Commenting on the expansion, Steve Spence, President and CEO of Osum said, "We are on a clear path to double production by the end of 2019, moving us closer to our goal of producing 20,000 barrels per day at Orion.  This production growth will provide significant operating cost savings on a per barrel basis ? further strengthening project returns and positioning the Company for sustainable growth in a moderate oil price environment."

A phased expansion strategy was initiated in late 2016, as follows:

Osum also has regulatory approval for its 35,000 barrels per day Taiga Project, a greenfield development located less than twenty kilometers from Orion.

About Osum:
Established in Alberta in 2005, Osum Oil Sands Corp. is a private oil sands producer focused on the responsible application of in-situ recovery technologies within Canada's oil sands and carbonates.  Additional information on the company is available at www.osumcorp.com.

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The Company's securities are not traded on any stock exchange, and thus Osum is not subject to regulation by any Canadian stock exchange. Osum is not a reporting issuer anywhere in Canada and its securities are not registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933. As a result, the Company is not presently subject to the reporting, certification or other requirements imposed on reporting issuers in Canada or U.S. securities legislation including U.S. registered issuers under, among other things, applicable Canadian securities legislation or the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This release is provided for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the common shares in any jurisdiction (including the United States) in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

SOURCE Osum Oil Sands Corp.