The Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, a 50/50 joint venture between AltaGas and Royal Vopak, has achieved a significant construction milestone with the arrival of critical infrastructure components in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
The shipment includes the first of three massive accumulators—refrigerated tanks for temporary propane and butane storage—each the size of half a football field and equivalent to 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools, making them the largest of their kind in the world. Also arriving are two “bullets,” horizontal cylindrical vessels designed to maintain pressure and store product prior to export onto vessels bound for Asia.
To date, the REEF project has invested more than 710 million dollars with Canadian suppliers, including over 324 million dollars with Indigenous-owned or affiliated businesses, representing about 25 percent of total construction spending.
REEF is being built as a large-scale LPG and bulk liquids export terminal, with an initial export rate of approximately 55,000 barrels per day, storage for 600,000 barrels of LPG, a dedicated jetty, and integrated rail logistics. The project is part of a multi-year growth strategy, including Optimization 1, which recently received a positive final investment decision to increase throughput by up to 25,000 barrels per day, expected by the second half of 2027, with further expansion plans underway.
The safe delivery of these critical components highlights the precision and collaboration of the REEF construction team and partners, moving the facility closer to becoming a transformative asset for Canada’s energy export infrastructure.
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