Canadian Oil Sands Trust 2006 Annual Report
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CANADIAN OIL SANDS TRUST provides a PURE INVESTMENT opportunity in the oil sands through its 36.74% working interest in the Syncrude Project.  Located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Syncrude operates large oil sands mines and an upgrading facility that produces a light, sweet crude oil. 

Canadian Oil Sands Trust seeks to optimize value for our Unitholders through effective stewardship of our Syncrude operations, the pursuit of compatible growth opportunities, prudent financial management and providing accurate and timely disclosure to our investors.

We are based in Calgary, Alberta and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COS.UN.

Total Shareholder Return 2006

Annual Production Per 1,000 Units

Distribution Per Trust Unit

  2006 2005 %
change

financial ($ millions, except per Unit amounts)

     
Revenues, after crude oil purchases,
transportation and marketing expense
2,432 1,967 24
Net Income 834 831 0
Per Unit – Basic 1.79 1.81 -1
Per Unit – Diluted 1.78 1.80 -1
Cash from operating activities 1,142 949 20
Per Unit 2.45 2.07 18
Unitholder distributions 512 184 178
Per Unit 1.10 0.40 175

ratios

     
Net debt to cash from operating activities (times) 1.1 1.7  
Net debt to total capitalization (%) 25 33  
Return on average Unitholder’s equity (%) 23 28  
Return on average productive capital employed (%) 24 37  

operations

     
Sales volumes, net of crude oil purchases      
Total (MMbbls) 33.5 27.7 21
Daily average (bbls) 91,844 75,994 21
Operating costs ($/bbl) 27.07 26.34 3
Capital expenditures ($ millions) 300 800 -63
Net realized selling price ($/bbl) 72.56 70.91 2
West Texas Intermediate (US$/bbl) 66.25 56.70 17
Average foreign exchange rate (US$/Cdn$) 0.88 0.83 6

unit information

     
Closing price on December 31 ($/Unit) 32.61 25.20 29
Weighted-average Units (millions) 466 459 2
   
   
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