Redwater Fractionation Site 3

After its commissioning, the Redwater Fractionation Site –Phase 3 (RFS-3) facility became part of Canada’s largest NGL fractionation and storage complex. The Redwater complex receives NGL mix from various natural gas and NGL producers and fractionates it into finished products. RFS-3 will be processing 55,000 bpd of C3+ feed stock to produce propane, butane and condensate with identical specifications as the associated RFS-2 facility which was commissioned in 2016.

The facility design includes:
•NGL cavern pumps of design flow rate of 450 m3/h (67,885 bpd)
•Fractionation towers (de-propanizer & de-butanizer) and associated equipment to process 55,000 bpd of feed
•Twin De-propanizer reboilers (24 MW each) to avoid plant downtime during asphaltene cleanout of reboilers
Key project challenges were to design the facility with the provision of a future addition of a de-ethanizer train to process C2+ feed and improve the design without impacting schedule.
Rangeland Responsibilities:
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Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
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Detailed Engineering (DE)
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Procurement and expediting services
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Construction contract preparation, bid and award
•Construction and commissioning support
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Propane and butane product treatment to remove H2S & mercaptans (UOP design)
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Utilities/infrastructure to support the facility, including: MCC/ICC & analyzer buildings, IA compressors, I/C, electricity, lighting, emergency and uninterrupted power supplies, fire water system, product storage bullets, waste gas incinerator, heat medium system, piperacks & process skid modules, and meter prover