Engineering a Better Tomorrow, Today
ENGINEERING SUCCESS, PROJECT BY PROJECT
From feasibility studies through detailed engineering and commissioning to ongoing site technical support, we have completed a number of successful projects. Going in, our aim is to remove obstacles and headaches for our clients.
OUR EXPERTISE
PROJECTS
ABOUT US
A Different Approach, Using a New Method of Manufacturing
COMPANY
Volaso in Numbers
247
Employees
5
Core Teams
326
Partners Worldwide
$200m
Capital
OIL & GAS
Plains Midstream
Fort Whyte MCC & PLC Upgrade
Spanning Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, the PLC pipeline system transports NGLs to producers in Western Canada and NGL customers throughout Canada and the northern U.S.. Plains Midstream has been upgrading and modernizing its electrical, instrumentation and controls system equipment.
OIL & GAS
Enbridge
Westcoast Transmission
System Modernization
For nearly 70 years, millions of Canadians have relied on Enbridge’s Westcoast pipeline to heat homes, power our cities, and keep the economy running within the Pacific Northwest. Through more than 200 projects and a 9-year relationship, Orion Engineering has worked to ensure this crucial pipeline stays operational and the Westcoast Gas Transmission system operates at peak performance.
OIL & GAS
NorthRiver Midstream
DCS Upgrades
A relative newcomer to the Oil & Gas industry, NorthRiver Midstream approached us to support an upgrade of their existing ABB distributed control systems (DCS) within their Fort Nelson and McMahon Gas Plant facilities. These systems were at end of life and required unique DCS upgrades with several significant challenges to overcome to ensure the facilities remained online throughout the project.
POWER GENERATION
Heartland Generation
Joffre Cogeneration Plant
13.8KV/138KV Substation Replacement
In 2012 we upgraded Joffre’s substation GE Harris D20++ RTU to an Allen Bradley-based Controllogix PLC.
Our team was responsible for the conceptual and detailed engineering design, project budgeting, PLC design programming, and ongoing project management.
OIL & GAS
Encana
Cabin Gas Plant Startup & Commissioning
Encana hired us to assist with commissioning and start-up of a new Cabin Gas plant. In coordination with the commissioning team from the contracted engineering firm, we commissioned the plants utility heat medium system, water wells, and water treatment system. All the commissioning work was done in accordance with the controls narrative supplied by the EPC responsible for the project.
OIL & GAS
Plains Midstream
Empress MCC Upgrade
The project scope of work encompassed installing two modular MCC buildings, which housed 480VAC MCCs, Honeywell C300 DCS, VFDs, transformers, AC units, and junction box equipment. The project also involved upgrading the main feed to the plant, implementing a new cable bus system, and enhancing feeds and cable raceways to all MCC loads.
OIL & GAS
Enbridge
Westcoast MCC Upgrade Program
The program scope of work involved upgrading obsolete 130VDC and 480VAC Motor Control Centers (MCCs) with new WESCO/Eaton MCCs across 11 compressor stations on the Westcoast Pipeline system, which delivers natural gas to the B.C. lower mainland and Northwestern U.S.
OIL & GAS
Enbridge
MS-21 Meter Station Upgrade & Relocation
There was a necessity to relocate and upgrade an existing meter station, MS-21, due to recurring spring flooding from a proximate river. The project scope entailed the construction of a new meter building to accommodate all the requisite instrumentation, piping, and electrical equipment essential for metering all the gas at this new site.
MINING & WATER TREATMENT
Anglo American
Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
Anglo American needed assistance with removing contaminants from two existing ponds on the mine site by transferring wastewater to a central water treatment plant. To fulfill the project requirements, two pump stations were installed at each pond along with two new pipelines to transfer to the water to an existing water treatment plant for purification.
CHEMICAL / POWER GENERATION
Dow Chemical
AESO Network Enhancements
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) mandates robust network architectures to be maintained. We worked on designing, sourcing materials, programming, installing, and commissioning the necessary components to upgrade Dow's existing connection to a fully redundant network connection with AESO.
POWER GENERATION
Heartland Generation Ltd.
Process Control System Network Upgrades
The control system network at the Joffre Generation Facility underwent a thorough upgrade and redesign. This was done to address concerns about network hardware becoming obsolete and to ensure that the network and security architecture complied with the latest industrial communication and security practices, including NERC CIP.
OIL & GAS
Fortis BC
Squamish Compressor Station Utility Building Design
Orion Engineering performed the mechanical design of the balance of plant between each of the vendor packages, including the Generator, Instrument Air system, Potable and RO Water systems, MCC, Control Room, Nitrogen and Heat Medium modules.
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THE ORION ADVANTAGE
We utilize innovative software tools that power your success. Expect more control, improved accountability and greater visibility – pure transparency across every phase of your project.
Testimonials
Our core in-house engineering expertise is predominantly process and automation and we use Orion to build the project team to cover the other disciplines. They’re responsive and understand our projects and processes. We’ve come to them with last-minute or urgent requirements and they have consistently delivered.
Jon Reynolds
Vice President | Projects
BQE Water
Excellent work once again by the team at Orion Engineering migrating the Fort Whyte Terminal from the obsolete PLC5 to Rockwell ControLogix. No incidents, no downtime, restarts are flawless, and all done on time and on budget. You guys are the best.
Don Lacey
Vice President | Operations
Plains Midstream Canada
Orion has worked as a consultant for Gibson, Pembina, Enbridge, Plains, etc. Our experience has been that they’ve been able to find practical solutions that minimize our costs. Their rates are very reasonable.
Azad Ibrahimov, P.Eng
Director | Operations Services
Gibson Energy