CleanBC funding Announcement for NE BC

The provincial government named the 25 funded projects on Monday— 13 of them are located in the northeast.

The new projects will support the adoption of cleaner technologies and reduce emissions in sectors, the province said.

Funded projects will support a wide range of clean technologies, including energy-efficiency improvements at pulp and paper mills, electrification of equipment in the mining and oil and gas sector using renewable energy, gas-capture systems at the Vancouver landfill and at oil and gas operations.

Wells Drilled in BC 2021

Northeast B.C. projects receiving CleanBC funding: 

• ARC Resources Ltd. – Dawson Creek
  • Project Type: Fuel Switching
    Project Description: ARC Resources will connect their Dawson Creek Processing Plant to the low-carbon BC Hydro electric grid, replacing four onsite natural gas turbine generators that will be retired.
    Funding: $13.66M
    Emissions Reduced: 1million tCO2e through 2031
• Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. – Northeast Region
  • Project Type: Fuel Switching
    Project Description: Canadian Natural Resources will replace 254 wellsite pneumatic methanol pumps with electric pumps operated by solar energy.
    Funding: $2.07M
    Emissions Reduced: 298,900 tCO2e through 2031
• Canlin Energy Corp. – Fort St. John and Fort Nelson
  • Project Type: Fuel Switching
    Project Description: Canlin Energy will replace four natural gas compressor drivers and associated equipment with electric alternatives at four compressor stations located near Fort St. John and Fort Nelson.
    Funding: $1.57M
    Emissions Reduced: 90,500 tCO2e through 2031
• Canlin Energy Corp. – Fort St. John 
  • Project Type: Fuel Switching
    Project Description: Canlin Energy will replace 21 wellsite pneumatic methanol pumps with electric pumps operated by solar energy near Fort St. John.
    Funding: $119,186
    Emissions Reduced: 12,500 tCO2e through 2031
• ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. – Northeast B.C.
  • Project Type: Methane Capture
    Project Description: ConocoPhillips Canada will capture and recover waste gas that was previously vented and flared during the completion flowback processes at 55 wells annually in northeast B.C. by utilizing pressurized gas storage and compression technology.
    Funding: $764,183
    Emissions Reduced: 70,200 tCO2e through 2031
• Crew Energy Inc. – Northeast B.C.
  • Project Type: Methane Capture
    Project Description: Crew Energy will utilize a higher efficiency compressor to convert an existing natural gas-fired model at their Wilder Sweet Gas Plant in northeast B.C., reducing natural gas use.
    Funding: $103,308
    Emissions Reduced: 2,500 tCO2e through 2031
• NorthRiver Midstream Inc. – Dawson Creek
  • Project Type: Electrification
    Project Description: NorthRiver Midstream will connect their Dawson Processing Facility to the low-carbon BC Hydro electrical grid to replace onsite natural gas generation.
    Funding: $7.5M
    Emissions Reduced: 690,000 tCO2e through 2031
• NorthRiver Midstream Inc. – Dawson Creek
  • Project Type: Waste Heat Recovery
    Project Description: NorthRiver Midstream will install a waste heat recovery system at their Highway Processing Facility to reduce natural gas use in the heat medium system.
    Funding: $1.0M
    Emissions Reduced: 72,000 tCO2e through 2031
• NorthRiver Midstream Inc. – Fort St. John
  • Project Type: Carbon Sequestration
    Project Description: NorthRiver Midstream will install a carbon and acid gas compression and injection system at their McMahon gas plant near Fort St. John to permanently store CO2 rich acid gas in a subsurface reservoir.
    Funding: $10.0M
    Emissions Reduced: 1.09 million tCO2e through 2031
• Petronas Energy Canada Ltd. – Fort St. John
  • Project Type: Process Improvement
    Project Description: Petronas will install a vapour recovery unit at a gas processing plant in the Fort St. John area to capture natural gas currently flared and vented to atmosphere and utilize it in the production process.
    Funding: $482,320
    Emissions Reduced: 11,500 tCO2e through 2031
• Storm Resources Ltd. – Fort St. John
  • Project Type: Waste Heat Recovery
    Project Description: Storm Resources’ Nig Creek Gas plant will install a heat exchanger to recover waste heat energy from compressor exhaust. The recovered heat will be used to pre-heat the hot oil system and reduce natural gas combustion.
    Funding: $652,500
    Emissions Reduced: 12,200 tCO2e through 2031
• Tourmaline Oil Corp. – Northeast B.C.
  • Project Type: Methane Capture
    Project Description: Tourmaline Oil will connect vented gas capture units on 35 compressors at various processing and compressing stations, recovering natural gas currently vented to the atmosphere.
    Funding: $1.51M
    Emissions Reduced: 152,000 tCO2e through 2031
• Tourmaline Oil Corp. – Northeast B.C.
  • Project Type: Methane Capture
    Project Description: Tourmaline Oil will replace 222 pneumatic drive actuators with electric drive equivalents, eliminating vented natural gas to the atmosphere.
    Funding: $1.03M
    Emissions Reduced: 44,500 tCO2e through 2031