Keyera Corp. has resumed operations following an unplanned outage that began in mid-August at its Wapiti natural sour gas processing and liquid stabilization plant about 60 km south of Grand Prairie, Alta. (OGJ Online, Aug. 25, 2020).
Keyera restarted operations at the Wapiti plant on Sept. 25, the operator said.
Wapiti’s restart follows the Aug. 17 halt of operations at the site due to an issue relating to the plant’s waste heat recovery system. The unplanned outage was extended indefinitely on Aug. 27 (OGJ Online, Aug. 28, 2020).
Keyera disclosed no further details regarding the total scope of the initial problem or root cause of the outage.
Keyera commissioned Phase 1 of the Wapiti gas plant in May 2019 with gas processing capacity of 150 MMcfd and condensate handling capacity of 25,000 b/sd, and also has approved a second phase of the Wapiti plant scheduled for commissioning in fourth-quarter 2020 that will add another 150 MMcfd of gas processing capacity at the site (OGJ Online, May 31, 2018).
