Banshee-Hanlan Robb

Plant in Alberta, Canada with commodities Natural Gas, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157297
MAS/MILS ID 1220051360
Record type Site
Current site name Banshee-Hanlan Robb
Alternate or previous names Hanlan Robb, Hanlan, Banshee

Comments on the site names

  • PLANT MAY ALSO BE KNOWN BY THE NAME OF OTHER GAS FIELDS IT SERVES; THEY ARE; SHAW, MOUNTAIN, LAMBERT & BASING. PLANT MAY ALSO BE NAMED AFTER THE PLANTS OPERATING COMPANY.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.49558, 53.1943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Alberta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Natural Gas Primary
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.49558, 53.1943

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 920402

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1983
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Distillation
Milling method Distillation

Mining district

District name Alberta, Canada

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gulf Canada Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • FOR CANADIAN GAS PLANTS THE OPERATOR IS MOST LIKELY ALSO THE OWNER, HOWEVER ONLY THE OPERATOR OF THE PLANT IS LISTED.

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCT YIELDS FOR THIS PLANT ARE; ELEMENTAL (NATIVE) SULFUR (A), SALES GAS (B), AND THE ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBON CONDENSATES (C), THAT MAY BE PRODUCED AND RECOVERED DURING THE REFINING OF SWEET OR SOUR NATURAL GAS.
  • PRODUCTS FROM THIS OPERATION ARE ELEMENTAL SULFUR, (A); SWEET NATURAL GAS (SALES GAS-B); AND VARIOUS HYDROCARBON CONDENSATES SUCH AS BUTANE, ETHANE, PROPANE, (C). UNITS OF CAPACITY ARE IN TERMS OF 1000 CUBIC-METERS RAW GAS INLET PER DAY, FOR PRODUCT RECORDS B AND C. OUTPUT UNITS ARE EITHER 1000 CUBIC- METERS PER DAY, FOR PRODUCT B; AND CUBIC-METERS PER DAY, FOR PRODUCT C.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOUR GAS PROCESSING PLANTS DO NOT HAVE RESERVES OR RESOURCES PER SAY. PLANTS OPERATE AT A SPECIFIED RAW GAS INLET CAPACITY. THE CAPACITY FOR THIS PLANT, AS PUBLISHED IS 8,610,000 CUBIC- METERS OF RAW GAS PER DAY. THIS CAPACITY CONTAINS 1112 MT ELEMENTAL SULFUR, 1092 MT IS RECOVERABLE. APPROXIMATELY 6,910,000 CUBIC-METERS OF SWEET SALES GAS IS RECOVERED PER DAY
  • RECORDS 02 AND 03 OF THE QA TABLE REPRESENT SWEET NATURAL GAS THAT IS RECOVERED AND THE VARIOUS HYDROCARBON CONDENSATES THAT CAN BE RECOVERED FOR THE RAW GAS.
  • QUATITY # IS IN TERMS OF 1000 CUBIC-METERS OF TOTAL RAW SOUR GAS INLET INTO THE GAS PROCESSING PLANT. Q1C1 IS THE TOTAL QUANTITY FOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEDUAL 1 RECORD 1; BASED ON PLANT AT DESIGN CAPACITY, OVER A 17 YEAR STUDY LIFE. Q1C3 IS THE TOTAL QUANTITY FOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEDUAL 1 RECORD 2, BASED ON A 1988 PLANT CAPACITY FORECAST TIL 1997, TIHS FORECAST ALSO INCLUDES THE YEARS 2002 AND 2007. SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE RECORDS #5 AND #6.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Capacity 8610
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • SINCE THIS OPERATION IS A RAW NATURAL GAS REFINERY, (A SURFACE- PLANT), NO MINING METHOD EXITS. THE PLANT INLET CAPACITY OF RAW GAS IS IN TERMS OF 1000 CUBIC-METERS PER DAY.
  • DEVELOPMENT 1, RECORD 001; USE FOR ETD AT GAS PLANT DESIGN CAPACITY OVER LIFE OF STUDY. DEVELOPMENT 1 RECORD 002; USE FOR ETD AT 1988 GAS PLANT FORECAST CAPACITY FOR LIFE OF STUDY. PRODUCTS; A-SULFUR; B-SALES GAS; C-CONDENSATES.
  • BASIC DISCRIPTION OF THE GAS PLANT, ITS CAPACITY IS IN TERMS OF 1000 CUBIC-METERS OF RAW GAS INLET PER DAY. ACTUAL PLANT PROCESSING METHOD IS NOT LISTED SO DISTILLATION WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE OVERALL PROCESSING METHOD. SULFUR IS RECOVERED BY THE CLAUS PROCESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERCB GAS PROCESSING PLANTS IN ALBERTA, QUARTERLY UPDATE,

  • Deposit

    ERCB ST 91-50, JULY 1991.

  • Deposit

    SULPHUR, REVIEW 1990, MP 4850, ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    CANADA, 1990, TABLE 2.

  • Deposit

    SULPHUR RECOVERED FROM OIL AND GAS IN CANADA, G.J. DESORCY,

  • Deposit

    ERCB, NOVEMBER 1988, APPENDIX A.

  • Deposit

    INVESTMENT AND OPERATING COST STUDY SULPHUR RECOVERY

  • Deposit

    FACILITIES NATURAL GAS PEOCESSING INDUSTRY (ENVIRONMENT

  • Deposit

    CANADA), FED-0254, MARCH, 1983, MHG INTERNATIONAL LTD.

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    SULPHUR RECOVERY AT ALBERTA GAS PLANTS PHASE 1 OF A REVIEW

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    OF THE GUIDELINES, TASK FORCE REPORT, STAFF OF ALBERTA,

  • Deposit

    ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD (ERCB).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT IS A SOUR GAS REFINERY. RECOVERING ELEMENTAL SUFLUR, SWEET "SALES" GAS, AND VARIOUS HYDORCARBON CONDENSATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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