Pembina adding fractionator at Alberta complex
Pembina Pipeline Corp. is expanding NGL fractionating capacity to its existing Redwater fractionation and storage complex in Redwater, Alta. (OGJ Online, Dec. 12, 2022).
To be known as RFS IV, the 55,000-b/d propane-plus fractionator will enable the Redwater complex meet increased demand from Northeast British Columbia producers under existing as well as recently signed long-term, take-or-pay and incremental contracts, Pembina told investors in its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings report.
The proposed $460-million (Can.) RFS IV project investment—including construction of new rail-loading capacity at the complex—will lift the site’s total fractionation capacity to 256,000 b/d following planned startup in first-half 2026, the operator said in its yearend-2022 filing released on Feb. 23.
Designed for importing, exporting, treating, and storing NGL products, the Redwater complex currently consists of:
- 73,000-b/d RFS I ethane-plus fractionator.
- 73,000-b/d RFS I ethane-plus fractionator.
- 55,000-b/d RFS III fractionator.
- 12.1 million bbl of cavern storage.
- Existing truck and rail terminals with unit train capability.
Robert Brelsford | Downstream Editor
Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast, West Coast, Canadian, and Latin American markets. He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University.
