Estimated Operating Metrics
Corporate Projects
 
Conventional Oil and Gas
Waste-to-Energy Facility
Oilsands
Facility
Coal-to Liquids
Facility
Estimated cash flow
(per boe)
$24.32 to $29.13
$61.00
$36.90
$62.00 to $69.00
Estimated Capital cost
(per boe)
$11.81 to $18.63
$8.00 to $9.00
$7.50
$11.00 to $13.50
Approximate recycle ratio*
1.6 to 2.4 times
More than
7.0 times
4.9 times
3.6 to 5.0 times

*Project ROE 19% to 34%

Assumptions:

1) $60 WTI oil, $8.00 AECO gas plant gate, conversion 6GJ=1boe,15% FX Rate, 50% debt financed at      7% interest for 20 years, facility life of 30 years, no salvage value

2) Cash flow includes additional 75% sustaining capital over 30 year life

3) Assumes 80% MSW and 20% tires and hazardous waste, tipping fees of $75/T for MSW and $200/T      for tires or hazardous waste

4) CO2 not captured and sold

5) Cash flow includes $250 million of sustaining capital over remaining 25 year life of the facility

6) CO2  captured and sold at $30 per tonne

7) Data provided by First Energy Capital “2006 Edition of Finding, Development and Acquisition Cost      Analysis”

Footnotes:

1) Cash flow is defined as net revenue less all operating and administrative costs, before changes to      working capital related to operating activities.

2) Recycle ratio means cash flow per boe divided by the capital cost per boe.