SemCAMS to build Montney gas processing facility

The proposed new gas facility, which will be located at 12-17-70-08 W6M, is being designed to process 280 million ft³/d of raw sour gas with up to 10% H₂S and 16 000 bpd of condensate. Preliminary engineering for the facility is already underway and the license application has been submitted to the Alberta Energy Regulator. Discussions are ongoing with numerous area producers, and an final investment decision on the project is expected if SemCAMS secures long-term processing arrangements with one or more of those producers.

The new facility will be connected to SemCAMS’ existing infrastructure through the proposed Pipestone pipeline. An application for the Pipestone pipeline will be separately submitted at a later date.

Similar to the Wapiti gas plant that SemCAMS is currently constructing, the Pipestone central facility will have zero sulphur emissions, will remove the acid gas from the production stream and send it out of the area to the existing K3 plant through the Pipestone pipeline and SemCAMS’ 200 km Simonette/Wapiti pipeline system.

At the K3 plant, the acid gas will be processed and the sulfur removed and formed into a saleable product. This strategic advantage eliminates the need to inject the acid gas in the ground and reduces area stakeholder concerns around sulfur emissions and underground acid gas storage.

SemCAMS’ Wapiti gas plant is under construction, on budget and on schedule for early 2019 startup. Construction of the new Pipestone central facility will increase SemCAMS’ licensed sour gas processing capacity to over 1.9 billion ft³/d in Canada, providing an excellent foundation for future operational synergies and growth opportunities in this very active region of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

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