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21 November 2025

Start-up for Albright gas plant

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Start-up for Albright gas plant

CSV Midstream Solutions says that it has successfully completed commissioning and commenced operations at its Albright gas plant in northern Alberta, tapping into the Montney shale gas field. The new 150 million scf/d sour gas plant with associated sulphur recovery represents the first of its kind to be built in Alberta in more than a generation.

“The successful completion of the Albright plant marks an important achievement for CSV and provides an essential service to our producer partners,” said Chris Dutcher, Vice President, Corporate and Business Development. “With LNG Canada ramping up, combined with the high sulphur prices we have today, there is a growing need for projects that focus on natural gas processing and sulphur recovery. This facility sets a new benchmark in sulphur recovery efficiency, positioning us to replicate this solution at our Gold Creek development and other locations under consideration,” adds Dutcher.

The similarly sized Gold Creek gas plant received regulatory approval last year and will be built modelling the Albright design. Discussions with producers for Gold Creek are ongoing. CSV has also secured regulatory approval for its 150 million scf/d Valhalla 2 plant, a new greenfield sour gas processing facility adjacent to its existing Valhalla plant. Valhalla 2 will feature a similar gas processing design, utilising acid gas reinjection in lieu of sulphur recovery.

The Albright gas plant, Alberta.
PHOTO: CSV MIDSTREAM SOLUTIONS

“We have a strong pipeline of greenfield projects and brownfield expansions that will allow us to continue to grow our midstream platform in partnership with our producers,” said Daniel Clarke, CEO. “With gas processing services available at Albright, Gold Creek, and Valhalla we are in a strong position to meet the area’s growing demand for critical sour gas processing services.”

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