For the emergency shutdown enthusiast, part of the tour will focus on Stream-Flo’s suite of SmartESD safety valves — the PwrESD and ESD-EHX — with visitors getting the chance to learn about this industry-proven, zero emission, surface safety valve that is coupled with Dycor’s IIoT technology to provide an unmatched safety system for onshore well monitoring and emergency control, and which allows users to access their safety system in real time from anywhere in the world.

For the choke and control valve connoisseur, Master Flo’s subsea, high pressure/high temp, 20K psi, and drilling choke expertise will be on full display with a chance to check out their Cv and erosion flow loops, and environmental chamber for low temperature testing.

Last but not least, the opportunity to dive into Dycor’s leading data acquisition and monitoring solutions and unparalleled integration capabilities will also be available as part of this tour. With both product and 3D printed models throughout the visit providing an opportunity to interact firsthand with many of the products detailed above, this experiential tour will leave guests with a greater understanding of the exquisite engineering and innovation behind each. It will also facilitate further thinking around the energy answers of tomorrow, as our engineers responsible for designing and developing our hydrogen, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), and geothermal product lines will be on hand to discuss all three, with special insights surrounding the wellhead and gate valves we supplied for a recent hydrogen blending project detailed.

The Keyera Fort Saskatchewan natural gas liquids processing plant receives NGL feedstock from across Alberta and splits it into ethane, propane, butane and condensate. The facility includes eighteen storage caverns in the Lotsberg formation at 1870 m depth, the first of which was drilled in 1970. The tour will include the fractionation plant and the facilities that support cavern operations.

The morning will consist of two parts: (i) a tour of the facilities, including an oil country tubular goods testing system that utilizes 100% hydrogen gas, thermal flow loops, and dynamic load frames; and (ii) a presentation summarizing C-FER’s salt cavern storage research to-date (some of which was conducted for SMRI), including: Finite Element Analyses regarding salt creep and cavern stability, well deformation analyses using Multi-finger caliper data, risk assessments for cavern release events, corrosion logging tool and fiber optic monitoring evaluation studies, and commentary on technical gaps in the industry.

ATCO Energy Systems and ATCO EnPower are jointly hosting the afternoon portion of the field trip to salt cavern storage operations facilities located in the Fort Saskatchewan area. ATCO Energy Systems supports the safely and reliably delivery within the natural gas network to utility services customers. The tour will include a walking plant tour of the energy infrastructure and overview of the nearly forty years of operating six gas expansion drive salt caverns. ATCO EnPower is leading the way in the energy transition with innovative power and integrated energy solutions. The facility currently contains five brine displacement drive salt caverns utilized for NGL storage. The tour will include technical discussion topics of Lotsberg salt cavern storage operations, viewing of core samples and a driving tour of the infrastructure that support NGL cavern storage operations.