NGL and offgas fractionation is provided through interests in the Cochrane Extraction Plant, as well as integrated offgas assets that include the Redwater Olefinic Fractionator, Pioneer I and Pioneer II processing facilities located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, and the Boreal Pipeline that connects these facilities.
The facilities infrastructure segment generates adjusted EBITDA that is supported by fee-based and cost-of-service arrangements and sells commodity-based products to the marketing segment for fixed service fees.
The Cochrane Extraction Plant extracts and fractionates NGL into ethane and propane-plus and by production capacity, is one of the largest facilities of its type in Canada. The plant has processing design capacity of 2.5 bcf/d of natural gas to recover approximately 100,000 b/d of NGL, of which 65,000 b/d are ethane and 35,000 b/d are propane-plus and processes a significant portion of available gas on the western leg of the TC Energy Alberta System.
Pioneer I and Pioneer II are two offgas plants located near Fort McMurray, Alberta and have the capacity to recover approximately 40,000 b/d of an ethane-plus mixture from upgrader offgas, a by-product of bitumen upgrading operations, helping to reduce GHG emissions. Once extracted, the liquid mix is shipped via Boreal Pipeline to Inter Pipeline’s Redwater Olefinic Fractionator where it is fractionated into marketable products.
The Redwater Olefinic Fractionator is an ethane-plus fractionation plant near Redwater, Alberta. Ethane-plus produced from offgas processing is fractionated into an ethane-ethylene mixture as well as propane, polymer grade propylene, normal butane, alky feed and olefinic condensate. Once fractionated, the segregated products are sold and then transported to end-user markets by pipeline, truck or rail.
The Boreal Pipeline system has over 450 km of pipeline and connects these facilities from Northern Alberta to the Alberta Industrial Heartland Alberta and has a current throughput capacity of 43,000 b/d of ethane-plus mixture.
Specifications
Asset: Cochrane Extraction Plant
Ownership: 100%
Processing Capacity: 2.5 bcf natural gas; 100,000 b/d of NGL
Asset: Offgas plants
Ownership: 100%
Capacity (b/d): ~40,000
Asset: Boreal Pipeline System
Ownership: 100%
Capacity (b/d): ~43,000
Asset: Redwater Olefinic Fractionator
Ownership: 100%
Capacity (b/d): ~40,000
Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane
This project highlights our commitment to sustainable operations
The demand for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is diversifying Alberta’s energy sector and supporting the shift towards decarbonization.
Inter Pipeline and Entropy intend to develop an underground, environmentally safe carbon storage facility adjacent to the Cochrane Extraction Plant by drilling a well in 2025. The plant is located north of Cochrane and is owned by an Inter Pipeline subsidiary.
The CO2 that is already captured from this plant, which has been historically vented to the atmosphere, will be injected into the well for permanent storage.
Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane
Inter Pipeline and Entropy plan to develop a carbon storage facility near the Cochrane Extraction Plant through their new entity, Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane, to reduce emissions and advance Alberta’s decarbonization efforts.
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