Edmonton Rail Terminal

The Edmonton Rail Terminal is one of the largest crude oil loading facilities in North America. It can accommodate up to three-unit trains per day comprised of 150 railcars each. The facility is capable of loading 76 individual railcars at one time, achieving an ultimate capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels per day. The crude oil loading facility was designed to load two product streams simultaneously into separate unit trains and handle all liquid products transported for delivery by rail to North American markets and refineries.

The Edmonton Rail Terminal is one of the Largest crude oil loading facilities in North America. It can accommodate up to three-unit trains per day comprised of 150 railcars each. The Facility is capable of loading 76 individual railcars at one time, achieving an ultimate capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels per day. The crude oil loading facility was designed to load two products streams simultaneously into separate unit trains and handle all liquid products transported for delivery by rail to North American markets and refineries.

In addition to the scale of the terminal and the need to handle multiple product streams a key challenge was its location within the municipal boundaries of Strathcona County

The facility design includes:
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A dual-sided loading platform with 76 loading stations capable of filling 450 railcars per day
•Two API storage tanks for oil displaced while changing product batches
•Two product-transfer pumps for loading railcars from storage tanks
•Custody transfer by Coriolis meter and AccuLoad flow compute
•Vapour recovery and incineration system to minimize release and operator exposure
•Utilities/infrastructure to support the facility, including nitrogen purge, fuel gas, instrumentation and controls, electricity, lighting, emergency and uninterrupted power supplies, potable water, sanitary sewer, fire protection, spill containment, API oil/water separator, site security, pedestrian overpass, roads and vehicle overpass
In addition to the scale of the terminal and the need to handle multiple product streams, a key challenge was its location within the municipal boundaries of Strathcona County
Rangeland Responsibilities:
•Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
•Detailed Engineering design including process design, equipment specification, electrical utility and lighting design, piping and structural design, instrumentation and control logic design
•Procurement services
•Construction contract preparation, bid and award
•Construction and commissioning support
•As-built drafting service