Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: 15 kilometres east of the town of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
Start-up Year: 2013
Cavalier liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, owned and operated by Encana Corporation, is located approximately 15 kilometres east of the town of Strathmore, Alberta in Canada. The Cavalier LNG facility will play a key role in providing an alternative fuel to diesel for heavy-duty transportation including rail and long-haul trucking. The Cavalier LNG facility receives its feedstock from Encana’s neighbouring Cavalier gas plant. The natural gas is then treated to remove impurities such as water, carbon dioxide and Mercaptan, and thereafter directed into a cryogenic heat exchanger where liquid nitrogen (-196°C) cools the methane to a liquid state (-160°C). The LNG is stored in cryogenic tanks on-site for truck fueling or bulk tanker loading.
First customers of the Cavalier LNG facility include Calgary-based Ferus Inc., an energy services company specializing in delivering integrated solutions to the energy industry, as well as the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) which last year announced that it is testing two mainline diesel-electric locomotives fueled principally by natural gas. Encana is providing complete LNG fueling solutions to CN for this pilot project including the fuel, transportation and equipment.
Operators:
Encana Corporation: Operator with 100% interest