Project: Edmonton Rail Terminal (ERT)

Commissioned in May 2015, the Edmonton Rail Terminal is one of the largest crude oil loading facilities in North America. It will accommodate up to 3 unit trains per day comprised of 150 railcars each. The facility is capable of loading 76 individual railcars at one time, achieving an ultimate capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels per day.

The crude oil loading facility was designed to load two product streams simultaneously into separate unit trains, and is capable of handling all liquid products transported by Kinder Morgan for delivery by rail to North American markets and refineries.

The facility design includes:

• A dual-sided loading platform with 76 individual loading stations capable of filling 450 railcars per day (approximately 250,000 bbl/d)
• Two API storage tanks for oil displaced while changing between product batches
• Two product-transfer pumps for loading railcars from storage tanks
• Custody transfer by Coriolis meter and Accuload flow computer
• Vapour recovery and incineration system to minimize release and operator exposure to odors and hazardous gases
• Utilities/infrastructure to support the facility, including: nitrogen purge, fuel gas, instrumentation and controls, electricity, lighting, emergency and uninterrupted power supplies, potable water, sanitary sewer, fire protection, spill containment, API oil/water separator, site security, pedestrian overpass, roads and vehicle overpass.

QCA responsibilities:

• Front-end control system budgeting and design
• Detailed control system design and development including:
  – Equipment Specification
  – Rockwell ControlLogix PLC Development
  – Accuload Flow Meter Development
  – Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE HMI Development
  – Microsoft SQL Database Development

• Procurement services
• Panel Fabrication, Testing and Supply
• In-House System FAT
• Commissioning and Startup Activities
• “As-built” drafting services

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