Pembina Pipeline Corp. placed about $650 million of assets into service in its gas services and conventional pipeline businesses through key growth projects, the company said Sept. 2.

Pembina's gas services business commissioned 260 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of new processing capacity and pipeline infrastructure in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This cost about CA$320 million, which was more cost-effective than the original project budget, the company said.

In late August, the Saturn II facility was commissioned ahead of schedule and under budget. This 200MMcf/d facility mirrors the Saturn I Facility. NGL produced at Saturn II will be transported on Pembina's Peace Pipeline system and fractionated at the Redwater facility.

The Saskatchewan Ethane Extraction plant (SEEP) was commissioned in late August on time and under budget. It was acquired during the Vantage Pipeline acquisition, which closed in October 2014. SEEP’s deep cut processing capacity of 60MMcf/d and ethane, and fractionation capabilities, support about 4,500 barrels per day (bbl/d) of ethane extraction. Ethane produced at SEEP will be transported under a long-term, fee-for-service agreement on the Vantage Pipeline.

The gathering pipeline associated with the 100MMcf/d Resthaven Expansion project was placed in service, the company said. A 12-inch, 28 kilometer pipeline will deliver 100MMcf/d connecting a customer’s condensate recovery plant into the Resthaven facility. It will also provide additional gas volumes for Resthaven. The Resthaven Expansion is underway and is scheduled to be in service by mid-2016. Once it is complete, the facility's gross gas processing capacity will increase to 300MMcf/d.

With the Saturn II and SEEP facilities in service, the company’s overall gas services capacity has increased by 26% to 1,263MMcf/d.

Jaret Sprott, vice president of gas services, said the plants provide increased exposure to Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin multizone geology, and are the company’s entry into Saskatchewan's Bakken resource play.

Regarding conventional pipelines, Pembina commissioned the high-vapor pressure (HVP) or NGL portion of the Peace and Northern Phase II pipeline expansion in September. The pipeline is scheduled to be fully commissioned by year-end 2015.

The Peace and Northern Phase II pipeline expansion is now in service, the company said. In aggregate, the Phase II Expansion and all associated laterals represent about CA$670 million of capital investment.

The Phase II Expansion is underpinned by 5-to-10 year take-or-pay commitment contracts from about 40 customers. When Phase II is commissioned, the total capacity of the conventional pipelines business will increase by 15% to about 830Mbbl/d.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. is based in Calgary, Alberta.