An energy company with a refinery in Moose Jaw has been awarded the first Oil and Gas Processing Investment Incentive by the provincial government.

Gibson Energy recently completed an expansion that sees the facility now produce 22 thousand barrels a day which is five thousand more than before the expansion. And all the while keeping their carbon emissions the same as before the renovation.

Premier Scott Moe says with the incentive opening in 2017, it’s a lengthy process to complete.

“It takes time to work with the companies, it takes time for the investment to be decided on at the board tables, and it takes time to actually to procure that investment and then to ultimately construct. So I would say that is probably an appropriate time frame to go through all of those steps and to actually complete a 20 million dollar expansion to a plant that we see here.”

Heat from the product leaving the facility will be used to preheat product entering, reducing cost and emissions from heating, gas and burners at the refinery. (CKRM)