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Featured Blending Projects
Obsidian delivers practical, field-proven blending solutions that help clients maximize product value while meeting sales specifications. Our team has supported butane and multi-stream blending systems across Alberta and North Dakota, from oil battery installations to large terminal facilities.
From concept development and detailed design through commissioning and optimization, we combine multidisciplinary engineering with hands-on field experience to deliver reliable, fit-for-purpose systems that perform across changing product and operating conditions.
TRENTON TERMINAL BLENDING ADDITION
The upgraded facility now supports a maximum blended delivery rate of approximately 60,000 bbl/d, with targeted blend ratios of 3% butane and 3% heavy oil.
The blending system incorporates vapour pressure and sulfur content monitoring, designed to accommodate changing shipping rates and operating pressures while maintaining stable and consistent blending performance.
Key infrastructure additions included heavy oil storage tanks, butane storage bullets, a multi-stream blending skid, heavy oil and butane offloading stations, and pumping and metering infrastructure.
MARTEN HILLS SALES BLENDING SKID
The Marten Hills oil battery in central Alberta was expanded to enable two-stream blending of butane and heavy oil into crude oil sales. The upgraded facility supports a maximum blended delivery rate of approximately 16,500 bbl/d, with blend ratios of up to 5% butane.
To reduce capital cost and accelerate execution, the project incorporated surplus and existing equipment wherever practical, minimizing new infrastructure requirements while maintaining blending performance and operability.
The blending system included a packaged blending skid, Coriolis flow metering, inline viscosity measurement, and vapour pressure analyzer integration.
FT. MCMURRAY CPF BLENDING ADDITION
A Central Processing Facility (CPF) near Fort McMurray was expanded to incorporate two-stream blending, injecting butane into the heavy oil stream downstream of diluent addition to support product specification control and optimize blend performance.
The blending system was designed for a maximum blended delivery rate of 86,000 bbl/d and a target blended viscosity of 350 cSt. The facility additions included butane storage, dual butane transfer pumps, a blending skid with Coriolis flow metering, static mixing, vapour pressure and viscosity analysis, and a dedicated butane offloading station.
Ready to optimize your blending operation?
Whether you are evaluating a new installation, expanding an existing facility, integrating a packaged blending skid, or troubleshooting performance issues, talk to the team with the engineering and field experience to deliver reliable, specification-compliant results.