The startup of two propane export terminals in British Columbia since 2019 has helped drive significant growth of Western Canadian LPG exports to Asia over the past several years, averaging nearly 150 Mb/d last year. With limited opportunities for expansions at those two terminals, as well as one in Washington state, AltaGas and partner Vopak have been busy building the first phase of what they hope will eventually become a 200-Mb/d (or larger) LPG export facility. The Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF) will also be Canada’s first marine facility to move butane. In today’s RBN blog, the second of this short series, we’ll go over industry plans to more than double LPG export capacity on North America’s west coast over the next several years.
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As we said in Part 1, AltaGas recently announced a short delay to the planned startup of its 56-Mb/d REEF project on the northwestern coast of British Columbia (BC) from year-end 2026 to March 2027. Phase 1 of REEF is expected to be the first of several planned projects to add LPG export capacity along the BC coast over the next few years. That is coming at the same time that more LNG export capacity is also being built (see our Shut Up and Drive mini-series), and more crude oil pipeline capacity to the west coast is also in the works, as industry and governments in Canada look to expand hydrocarbon exports and further diversify customer bases.
Total LPG marine export capacity from the area is currently about 180 Mb/d, comprised of 85 Mb/d of propane capacity at AltaGas and Vopak’s Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal (RIPET; orange diamond in Figure 1 below) near Prince Rupert, BC; 25 Mb/d of propane capacity at Pembina Pipeline’s Prince Rupert Terminal (PRT; blue diamond) about a mile east of RIPET; and 70 Mb/d of propane/butane capacity at AltaGas’s Ferndale facility (dark-green diamond) in Washington state. Japan, South Korea, and increasingly China have bought the vast majority of west coast LPG exports in recent years.
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About the song
“The Waiting” was written by Tom Petty and appears as the first song on side one of Top Petty and The Heartbreakers’ fourth studio album, Hard Promises. Petty says the song’s title was inspired by a Janis Joplin quote about touring: “I love being onstage and everything else is just waiting.” It was released as a single in April 1981 and went to #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts. Personnel on the record were: Tom Petty (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mike Campbell (lead guitar, bass), Benmont Tench (keyboards, backing vocals), Stan Lynch (drums, backing vocals), and Phil Jones (percussion).
Hard Promises was recorded in 1980-81 at Sound City in Van Nuys, CA, and Cherokee and Goodnight in Hollywood. Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty, the album was released in May 1981. It went to #5 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album’s release was initially delayed by Petty voicing his objections to his label raising the retail price on his album by $1 over the usual list price. Petty won the battle and the LP was released under its usual list price. The album cover was shot by Joel Bernstein and features Petty in Aaron’s Record Store in Hollywood. During the recording of the album, John Lennon was murdered in New York City. The run-out groove on the early U.S. and Canadian pressings has “We Love You J.L.” etched in the vinyl. Three singles were released from the LP.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, FL, in 1976. Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench were in the Gainesville band Mudcrutch, which released one single for Shelter Records in 1975. The three enlisted Gainesville bassist Ron Blair and Los Angeles drummer Stan Lynch to form the original version of The Heartbreakers in 1976. They released 16 studio albums, 10 live albums, a soundtrack album, nine compilation albums, an EP, and 76 singles. They have sold more than 85 million records worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, won a Grammy Award, and have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band broke up after the death of Tom Petty in October 2017 at the age of 66. All of The Heartbreakers have remained active after Petty’s death. Mike Campbell has been the most visible, releasing four studio albums and four singles with his band, The Dirty Knobs. They will be touring the U.S. through October, supporting their latest release, Mission of Mercy.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
