Project Profile
Value: US$880 million
Location: Redwater fractionation plant near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Capacity: 1.1 billion pounds (expansion capability of 2.2. billion pounds)
Start-up Year: 2Q 2016
Williams Energy Canada will build a new propane dehydrogenation unit (PDH unit). The new PDH facility will help Williams to increase the production of polymer-grade propylene, a valuable petrochemical feedstock. The grade propylene produced at the plant will be supplied to the US Gulf Coast and sold to petrochemical producers. Williams will design the new propane dehydrogenation unit with an initial annual production capacity of about 1.1 billion pounds and on further expansion its capacity can be doubled. Williams will select Honeywell\'s UOP as the vendor for the UOP Oleflex process technology, which will be used in the dehydrogenation process, to produce polymer-grade propylene. The new PDH facility will be located around the company\'s existing Redwater fractionation plant near Edmonton, Alberta. The PDH unit is expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2016, once required approvals are received and it is expected to cost around US$880 million.
Operators:
Williams Energy Canada: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Honeywell: Vendor for the UOP Oleflex process technology