Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. West Ells Project
The Sunshine Oilsands West Ells project is located in the Athabasca oil sands region and is a 10,000bbl/d SAGD facility comprising of two phases (5,000bbl/d each).
ProTrace Engineering was engaged to complete all final electrical engineering/design deliverables for the first phase of this project, which include:
- Engineering and Design reviews/audits
- Vendor Document and Vendor package quality assurance reviews
- Building Schedules for occupancy
- Electrical Codes reviews and Regulatory Technical Support
- Single Line Diagrams (HV/MV/LV) including 25kV overhead line and 2 x 7.5MW Natural Gas Turbine Generators
- Complete Power System modelling in ETAP
- Arc Flash, Load Flow and Short Circuit Studies
- Grounding Studies
- Relay Settings
- Reliability assessments and mitigation studies
- Electric Heat Tracing
- Electrical installation details
- Equipment selection/specification
- Electrical building design
- System Architecture deliverables and Communications, Controls and Instrumentation Wiring
- Motor Control schematics
- Cable tray sizing / electrical layouts
- Underground services design
- Lighting layout and lighting control design
- Downhole monitoring design
- Security and IT systems
- Cost estimating, materials management and procurement support services
- Electrical master redline coordinator and As-built services
Our team provided resident field engineering support throughout the complete construction phase of the project which also included our services during the final commissioning and start-up. We are very proud to have been an integral member of the project team and sincerely thank both Sunshine Oilsands and ILF Consulting Engineers for the opportunity to provide our services.
