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By Shelley Winger
Pembina’s Redwater Complex continues to play a significant role in Alberta’s energy industry, with its RFS
IV expansion now in service and total fractionation capacity reaching approximately 256,000 barrels per day.
The expansion, representing an investment of approximately $525 million, increases the complex’s ability to
process natural gas liquids (NGLs) into products such as ethane, propane, butane and hydrocarbon condensate.
“The RFS IV expansion is now in service, bringing total fractionation capacity at Pembina’s Redwater
Complex to approximately 256,000 barrels per day,” said Maddie Parker, advisor of digital communications
with Pembina Pipeline Corporation.
Located in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, the Redwater Complex is an integrated NGL fractionation facility.
Products are stored and shipped to producers and buyers by truck and rail.
The facility has rail loading capacity of up to 280 rail cars per day and approximately 12 million barrels of
cavern storage capacity across 25 active caverns.
Parker said the RFS IV project was completed on schedule, with a focus on safety, quality and collaboration.
“As the newest addition to the Redwater Complex, RFS IV will support Pembina’s core business growth for
years to come,” she said.
The Redwater Complex has more than 300 full-time staff and an average daily workforce of approximately
400 people. That number can increase to between 600 and 700 during major projects or turnarounds.
Those figures represent the entire Redwater Complex, rather than permanent positions created specifically by
the RFS IV expansion.
Construction of the expansion also generated local and regional economic activity. More than one million field
hours were worked, with more than 3,000 people contributing to the project through Pembina, contractors and
business partners.
The project also included Indigenous participation, with members from six Indigenous Nations involved in
field work activities.
Pembina has been part of the community for more than 40 years. Since January 2025, the company has
invested more than $475,000 in community organizations across Redwater, Morinville, Gibbons, Bon Accord,
Fort Saskatchewan and Sturgeon County.
The investments have supported recreation facilities and community spaces, including Pembina Place, the
Morinville Leisure Centre and the Sturgeon County Composite Field House. Other supported programs
include the Bon Accord and Gibbons Food Bank, the Redwater Public Library’s summer reading program,
school breakfast programs and trades training for young people in the Heartland.
“With the expanded facility now in service, we look forward to continuing to grow alongside these
communities for years to come,” Parker said.