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MIDSTREAM dedicated to the Marten Hills system. drive new technology adoption, as renewable
The Marten Hills pipeline system has been petrochemical feedstocks have grown in
Rangeland Midstream in service since mid-2020 with a perfect safety interest as consumers prefer more bio-based
record.
products,” said Ben Owens, vice president
Canada brings new pump RANGELAND MIDSTREAM CANADA, February and general manager, Honeywell Sustainable
Technology Solutions. “We see renewable
08, 2022
station into service naphtha produced from the UOP Ecofining
process as a proven solution available today
Rangeland Midstream Canada, a wholly DOWNSTREAM to help petrochemical producers reduce the
owned subsidiary of Rangeland Energy III, carbon footprint of their products compared
today announced its Headwater pump station Honeywell introduces new to using petroleum-based feeds.”
was commissioned in January 2022. The For additional methods of decarbonisation,
new pump station, part of the Marten Hills technology to produce key the UOP Ecofining process for renewable
pipeline system in northern Alberta, is needed naphtha can be combined with renewable
specifically to service the increasing volumes feedstock for plastics hydrogen supply and CO2 capture and
of crude oil from Headwater Exploration. sequestration through the Honeywell H2
Rangeland Canada built and Honeywell today announced that it has Solutions portfolio. For example, for an
commissioned the new Headwater pump introduced a new solution for producing Ecofining unit with renewable hydrogen and
station to transport Headwater’s growing renewable naphtha for petrochemical CO2 capture processing 10,000 barrels per
oil production volumes in the Marten Hills production using the commercially proven day of sustainable oil feedstock such as used
region. Headwater recently reported a Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ technology. cooking oil, renewable naphtha can deliver
successful exploration program targeting the The new pathway can produce high yield of more than 1 million metric tons of CO2
Clearwater formation in Marten Hills, and its naphtha from sustainable feedstocks like used emission reductions annually compared to
board of directors approved a capital budget cooking oil and animal fats. petroleum naphtha.
increase to S145mn to allow for the drilling of Naphtha is a valuable petrochemical HONEYWELL, February 09, 2022
new exploration prospects in 2022. feedstock used in the production of plastics,
“In total, 120 new wells were drilled specifically olefins that are building blocks for
in the Marten Hills 450,000-acre area other chemicals and aromatics that are used SERVICES
of mutual interest (AMI) in 2021,” said to produce polyester and other packaging
Rangeland Canada vice president of business materials. Naphtha is traditionally derived NextMart – acquisition of
development Briton Speer. “Oil production from crude oil and natural gas condensates
continues to grow across the Marten Hills but can now be produced from renewable oilfield services company
region. We stand ready to make additional feedstocks. Renewable naphtha from
capital investments in our pipeline system to sustainable feeds such as used cooking oil NextMart would like to announce that it has
support the growth of area producers in 2022 has a 50-80% lower greenhouse gas footprint entered into an agreement to acquire all of
and beyond.” compared to petroleum feeds, depending on the assets and book of oilfield business from
The Marten Hills pipeline system the feedstock. Defender Contracting, a Texas limited liability
throughput has doubled since start-up in July Prior to the introduction of renewable company, located in Monahans, Texas.
2020, and the system is now operating at 80% naphtha solution, the UOP Ecofining Pursuant to the terms of the agreement,
of capacity. The Marten Hills pipeline system technology has been used to produce the company will purchase all the operational
spans approximately 85 km (52.8 miles) predominantly Honeywell Green Diesel and assets (e.g., 10 oilfield tractor trucks with
across northern Alberta, terminating at an Honeywell Green Jet fuel, with small amounts trailers and related equipment), Defender’s
interconnect with Plains Midstream Canada’s of bio-naphtha being produced as a secondary book of oilfield business, and retain most
Rainbow Pipeline System, which serves product. The same Ecofining technology if not all of Defender’s work force. These
the Edmonton, Alberta, hub and refining can be adapted to produce high yields of assets acquired from Defender will be placed
market. renewable naphtha as its predominant into the company’s main oilfield service
Rangeland Canada has long-term product, reflecting the versatility of the operational entity, EMCO Oilfield Services
transportation agreements in place with three Ecofining design and ability to produce a (Emco), which was originally acquired in
of the region’s largest crude oil producers. range of products based on market needs. January 2022.
The agreements span a 450,000-acre AMI “We are actively engaged with customers to William Bouyea (CEO of the company),

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