Alliance Pipeline Ltd. (Alliance) has filed an application with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) seeking approval for its proposed Heartland Expansion Project, a development designed to provide new natural gas transportation service into Alberta’s Industrial Heartland region near Fort Saskatchewan.
The project was initiated in response to market interest for additional natural gas delivery capacity in the Fort Saskatchewan area. Alliance has targeted October 1, 2029, for the commencement of the new transportation service.
The project includes upgrades at two existing compressor stations and construction of a new delivery meter station. Specifically, Alliance plans modifications at the Morinville Compressor Station and the Windfall Compressor Station, along with development of the new Heartland Meter Station, which will provide a new delivery point on the Alliance mainline system.
At the Morinville Compressor Station, Alliance plans to re-wheel the existing Baker Hughes LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine compressor and upsize the station’s cold recycle valve to accommodate revised gas flow requirements.
At the Windfall Compressor Station, Alliance proposes re-wheeling three existing compressor units, bringing an existing standby compressor into active service, adding air-cooled heat exchanger bays, upgrading utility feeds and auxiliary power systems, installing additional transformers, and reactivating an out-of-service inlet scrubber. The facility includes one 34-MW Baker Hughes LM2500+G4 aeroderivative gas turbine and two 30-MW LM2500+ units.
