A Province of Possibilities

Alberta Industrial Heartland

• Multi-sectoral industrial region located North East of Edmonton, including refining, petrochemicals and other heavy industrial uses.
• Petrochemicals capacity includes ethane cracking, producing polyethylene plastic, styrene monomer and nitrogen fertilizers.
• Two rail access service options to reach export markets.

Central Alberta and Joffre

• Petrochemicals cluster located in Central Alberta between Edmonton and Calgary.
• Primary petrochemicals capacity revolves around ethane crackers operated by Nova Chemicals and Dow producing polyethylene plastic resin, monoethylene glycol (MEG) and other oligomers.
• Two rail access service options to reach export markets.

Medicine Hat

• Established petrochemicals cluster in south east Alberta.
• Petrochemicals capacity includes methanol and nitrogen fertilizers.
• Rail access to export markets via Canadian Pacific Railway.
• Centralized, city-owned electricity services available to support industrial services.

Grande Prairie

• Upcoming petrochemicals cluster in North West Alberta.
• Seeking downstream investment opportunities in all spaces, with emphasis on development potential of methane-based petrochemicals capacity.
• Rail access to export markets via Canadian National Railway.

Yellowhead County

• Major local towns: Edson and Hinton.
• Established oil, gas and other hydrocarbons sectors.
• Petrochemical region with the closest rail connection to the west coast.