MEG Energy is a pure play Canadian oil sands producer engaged in exploration in Northern Alberta.

85-megawatt cogeneration plants are used to produce the steam used in SAGD which is required to bring bitumen to the surface.

The excess heat and electricity produced at its plants is then sold to Alberta's power grid.

[8] The Christina Lake project first received approval from the government in 2008, it was one of six oil megaprojects in Canada that year.

[9] The pipeline system used to carry bitumen out and diluent in is the 343-kilometre (213 mi) Access Pipeline which MEG co owns with Devon ARL Corp.[10] Phase 3 - the most important part of the project is currently awaiting regulatory approval (May 2011).

The leases give MEG access to over 650 million barrels (103×10^6 m3) of contingent resources.