Our wholly-owned Alberta Ethane Gathering System (AEGS) is the exclusive long-distance transporter of pure or “specification” ethane in Alberta and, as such, fully integrates Alberta’s world scale petrochemical industry and the province’s major natural gas liquids extraction facilities.
Did You Know?
Ethane is the primary feedstock for making polyethylene, a primary building block of most plastics.
AEGS is the only pipeline system that transports specification ethane to Alberta’s major petrochemical complexes located at Joffre and Fort Saskatchewan, which include some of the largest polyethylene plants in the world.
The AEGS pipeline network is comprised of three interconnected pipeline legs that span the southern and central portions of Alberta, areas that funnel the flow of virtually all of Alberta’s gas production.
The AEGS network, 1,324 km in length, has an aggregate design capacity exceeding 320,000 barrels per day. Through this pipeline network, AEGS delivers substantively all of the ethane feedstock requirements for NOVA Chemicals’ petrochemical complex located near Joffre, Alberta as well as a portion of Dow Chemical’s requirements at Fort Saskatchewan and Joffre, Alberta. AEGS also provides connections to a large underground ethane storage facility located near Fort Saskatchewan.
Our commercial operation of AEGS includes the management of long-term, ship-or-pay transportation agreements that provide a minimum revenue stream and recovery of all operating costs. New, incremental ethane supplies continue to be made available for transport on AEGS. In the longer term, additional receipts of ethane could be derived from oil sands bitumen upgrading and an Alberta-based ethane extraction facility on the Alliance pipeline, as well as new and growing gas supply basins.
For more information visit: www.AEGS.ca
For general or commercial use information about AEGS please contact:
Bob MooreManager, Commercial Operations
Phone: (403) 213-3642
Email: bmoore@fortchicago.com
AEGS is contract operated by NOVA Chemicals Corporation. Accordingly, all communications regarding EMERGENCY RESPONSE (24 hours per day) should be directed to NOVA Chemicals Corporation at 1-800-780-6682.
AEGS is under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Alberta Energy Utility Board ("AEUB") for all operational and environmental approvals.