Christina Dilbit Blend

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Christina Dilbit Blend (CDB) is a diluted bitumen produced at the Cenovus Christina Lake SAGD facility located about 120 km south of Fort McMurray. CDB is shipped on the Athabasca Pipeline to Hardisty area terminals where it has access to multiple downstream trunklines.

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Batch: CDB-1344 --- Date: September 02, 2025 --- Sample Location: Hardisty

Christina Dilbit Blend saw marginally increased density, sulphur, MCR, TAN, and vanadium, along with reduced BTEX and C5 x C8 contents for the September sample.

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Property (unit)	Most Recent: 2025-09-02	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Density (kg/m³)	931.4	923.8	923.4	922.6
Gravity (°API)	20.3	21.6	21.6	21.7
Sulphur (wt%)	4.03	3.92	3.92	3.83
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.3
Sediment (ppmw)	---	64	89	96
Total Acid Number (mgKOH/g)	1.64	1.56	1.58	1.52
Salt (ptb)	---	4.4	4.6	3.6
Nickel (mg/kg)	64.2	61.9	62.5	63.9
Vanadium (mg/kg)	174.0	164.3	161.6	162.9

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-09-02	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C3- (vol%)	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.41	0.40	0.41	0.42
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	1.36	1.25	1.26	1.22
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	3.58	4.13	4.06	4.12
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	3.89	4.45	4.40	4.48
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	5.01	5.45	5.57	5.60
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	3.14	3.48	3.64	3.58
C8 Octanes (vol%)	2.16	2.49	2.65	2.54
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	1.32	1.49	1.52	1.40
C10 Decanes (vol%)	0.57	0.67	0.69	0.67

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-09-02	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Benzene (vol%)	0.15	0.17	0.17	0.17
Toluene (vol%)	0.24	0.30	0.34	0.34
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04
Xylenes (vol%)	0.25	0.33	0.38	0.36

Mass % Recovered by ASTM D7169	Most Recent: 2025-07-04 (°C)	5 Year Average (°C)	Most Recent: 2025-07-04 (°F)	5 Year Average (°F)
IBP	31.7	33.7	89.1	92.7
5	40.8	40.0	105.4	104.0
10	72.1	76.4	161.8	169.5
20	248.5	230.6	479.3	447.1
30	343.0	332.7	649.4	630.9
40	415.8	403.8	780.4	758.8
50	482.6	468.8	900.7	875.8
60	561.9	543.5	1,043.4	1,010.3
70	646.1	626.9	1,195.0	1,160.4
80	719.4	708.1	1,326.9	1,306.6
90	---	---	---	---
95	---	---	---	---
99	---	---	---	---

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-09-02	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C3- (mass%)	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
iC4 iso-Butane (mass%)	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.26
nC4 n-Butane (mass%)	0.86	0.79	0.81	0.78
iC5 iso-Pentane (mass%)	2.40	2.79	2.75	2.79
nC5 n-Pentane (mass%)	2.64	3.04	3.01	3.07
Hexanes (mass%)	3.57	3.92	4.00	4.03
Heptanes (mass%)	2.32	2.59	2.71	2.67
Octanes (mass%)	1.64	1.90	2.03	1.95
Nonanes (mass%)	1.02	1.16	1.19	1.09
Decanes (mass%)	0.45	0.53	0.55	0.54

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2025-09-02	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Benzene (mass%)	0.14	0.16	0.16	0.16
Toluene (mass%)	0.22	0.28	0.32	0.32
Ethylbenzene (mass%)	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04
Xylenes (mass%)	0.23	0.31	0.35	0.34

Property (units)	Five Year Average	2025-09-02	2025-08-01	2025-07-04	2025-06-01	2025-05-01	2025-04-06
Density (kg/m³)	922.6 ± 5.2	931.4	930.7	929.0	922.7	919.5	917.7
Gravity (°API)	21.7 ± 0.9	20.3	20.4	20.7	21.7	22.3	22.6
Sulphur (wt%)	3.83 ± 0.13	4.03	4.04	3.98	3.93	3.85	3.83
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	10.3 ± 0.28	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.4	10.1
Sediment (ppmw)	96 ± 53	---	---	79	---	---	50
Total Acid Number (mgKOH/g)	1.52 ± 0.11	1.64	1.61	1.48	1.47	1.64	1.40
Salt (ptb)	3.6 ± 0.7	---	---	4.1	---	---	4.6
Nickel (mg/kg)	63.9 ± 3.7	64.2	62.4	58.7	64.6	56.9	64.1
Vanadium (mg/kg)	162.9 ± 8.8	174.0	164.0	160.0	167.0	162.0	168.0

Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2025-09-02	2025-08-01	2025-07-04	2025-06-01	2025-05-01	2025-04-06
C3- (vol%)	0.08 ± 0.02	0.09	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.10	0.10
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.42 ± 0.09	0.41	0.36	0.38	0.31	0.42	0.45
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	1.22 ± 0.17	1.36	1.15	1.20	1.11	1.25	1.31
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	4.12 ± 0.47	3.58	3.64	3.93	4.12	4.40	4.47
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	4.48 ± 0.49	3.89	3.98	4.28	4.33	4.70	4.81
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	5.60 ± 0.49	5.01	4.97	5.07	5.20	5.85	5.78
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	3.58 ± 0.37	3.14	3.24	3.05	3.37	3.88	3.76
C8 Octanes (vol%)	2.54 ± 0.35	2.16	2.56	2.05	2.36	2.92	2.68
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	1.40 ± 0.20	1.32	1.72	1.24	1.41	1.76	1.53
C10 Decanes (vol%)	0.67 ± 0.11	0.57	0.88	0.57	0.65	0.76	0.59

Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2025-09-02	2025-08-01	2025-07-04	2025-06-01	2025-05-01	2025-04-06
Benzene (vol%)	0.17 ± 0.02	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.18
Toluene (vol%)	0.34 ± 0.06	0.24	0.27	0.25	0.28	0.36	0.35
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.04 ± ND	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.04
Xylenes (vol%)	0.36 ± 0.07	0.25	0.32	0.27	0.31	0.41	0.37

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	343
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