Underpinned by long-term agreements with several area producers, the expansion program, also known as Musreau III, includes development of a 100 MMcf/d shallow cut facility adjacent to Pembina’s existing Musreau facility and its nearly complete Musreau II facility.
The Musreau III is anticipated to have liquids extraction capacity of approximately 3,000 barrels per day (bpd), subject to gas compositions.
Pembina NGL and Natural Gas Facilities senior vice president Stuart Taylor said: "Musreau III allows for additional processing and Pembina’s customers benefit from our ability to provide an integrated service offering including pipeline transportation and fractionation services.
"The areas surrounding Pembina’s existing gas processing facilities at Musreau, part of our Cutbank Complex, continue to be a focus for our customers producing liquids-rich natural gas."
Pembina is scheduled to commission Musreau III in mid-2016, subject to regulatory and environmental approvals.
"Musreau III will leverage the engineering and design work for our Musreau I and Musreau II facilities and will use the same pipeline lateral to access our Peace Pipeline System.
"In total, once Musreau III is complete, the Cutbank Complex will have approximately 570 MMcf/d of shallow cut processing capacity, 205 MMcf/d of deep cut processing capacity and will produce roughly 25,000 bpd of liquids for transportation on our Conventional Pipelines.
"We are happy to be adding another long-term fee-for-service asset to our portfolio that will feed into our integrated businesses," Taylor added.
