Sounding Creek Engineering - Calgary, Alberta

Trevor Schober, P.Eng.
403-874-6458

e: trevor@soundingcreek.ca

Sounding Creek Engineering Ltd. is a Calgary based company focused on facility engineering for the conventional upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Sounding Creek provides a range of services including: project scoping, project management, facility and equipment evaluation, and troubleshooting and optimization.

Sounding Creek does not provide typical EPCM services. Sounding Creek’s goal is to be a technical resource for clients to plan and implement short and long term facility goals.

	Examples of projects developed include:
•	Sour natural gas play in West Central Alberta – Evaluation included wellsites, gathering system, field compression and condensate/oil treated and gas processing. Approximate capital cost of $80M.
•	Re-route 1,400 – 2,800 E3m3/d of sour natural gas production to a client owned sour gas processing facility. Approximate capital cost of $50M.
•	NGL transportation pipeline and batching system. Approximate capital cost of $11.5M.
•	Sweet natural gas play in Grande Cache area of Alberta – Evaluation included wellsites, gathering system, field compression, and gas processing. Approximate capital cost of $45M.
•	Gas processing capacity and NGL recovery optimization at facilities ranging in capacity from 280 E3m3/d to 4,000 E3m3/d. Capital cost ranging from $0.25M to $100M.

Examples of projects managed include:
•	Grass roots compressor satellites and gas plants
•	Oil batteries and FWKO’s
•	Water injection facilities and pipelines
•	Pipelines (sweet and sour gas, oil/water emulsion, C3+, etc.)
•	Tank Farms and vapour recovery units
•	Flare systems
•	Relocation of existing equipment
•	Modifications to existing facilities

Examples of plant optimization and detailed engineering expertise:
•	Process simulation
•	Pipeline hydraulics
•	Vessel sizing
•	Reciprocating, screw, and centrifical compressor optimization (motor, engine, and turbine driven)
•	Turbo expanders
•	Pumps
•	Air coolers
•	Heat exchangers
•	Flare systems
•	Utility systems