Aux Sable Canada / Sable Canada
Aux Sable Canada L.P. (ASC) began operations in December 2000 with the startup of the Alliance Pipeline and ASLP’s Channahon Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Facility. The primary purpose of ASC at that time was to provide rich gas and NGL procurement services for the Channahon NGL Facility. Over time, the business scope evolved to include identifying, evaluating, and executing opportunities for energy infrastructure investments.
On December 31, 2005, ASLP entered into a long term NGL supply agreement whereby BP has the opportunity to provide some of the NGL and rich gas procurement services previously performed exclusively by ASC. ASC will continue to be active in procuring NGL supply and rich gas.
On January 1, 2008, Sable NGL Canada L.P. (Sable Canada) was formed to pursue new energy infrastructure projects in Canada. Sable Canada is owned by Fort Chicago (50%) and Enbridge (50%). These opportunities include:
- the processing of off-gas from bitumen upgrader operations;
- ethane extraction in Fort Saskatchewan; and
- new NGL injections and rich gas connections into the Alliance pipeline.
The first off-gas processing facility owned by ASC, the Heartland Off-gas Plant (HOP), is associated with the first phase of BA Energy’s Heartland Bitumen Upgrader, and was announced in October 2006. Construction on this facility began in the summer of 2007. A number of other similar facilities are at various stages of development.
Development of an extraction plant in Fort Saskatchewan, announced in March 2007, has progressed with start-up delayed from 2010 (see North Sable fact sheet).
In August 2009, ASC entered into an agreement with Crew Energy to purchase a rich gas processing plant in the Montney Shale play in BC (see Crew Energy’s Press Release) and to build a new pipeline connection to the Alliance Pipeline in 2010.
New opportunities are constantly being evaluated and are expected to underpin ASC's and Sable Canada's ability to grow predictable earnings.
