Quebec

CÔTE NORD

Port-Cartier, Quebec - Biocrude Expansion

Côte-Nord is a 10.5 million gallons/year (approximately 40 million litres/year) biocrude production facility located in Port-Cartier, Quebec. This project, developed by Ensyn, Arbec Forest Products and Groupe Rémabec, is sited adjacent to Arbec’s sawmill on the north shore of the St. Lawrence and was supplied by Envergent, the Ensyn /Honeywell UOP joint venture. It is the first of several production plants being developed by Ensyn and its strategic partners to expand the production of biocrude for energy applications.

Côte-Nord has been completed. Production of RFO heating fuels for export to the US market will ramp upon normalization of the US Federal Renewable Fuel Standard regulatory program.

Arbec Forest Products Inc. is a leading, privately-held forest products company operating in Eastern Canada. Arbec owns twelve wood processing plants in Quebec and New Brunswick, ten of which are in partnership with Groupe Rémabec.

Groupe Rémabec is a major forest products company operating in Quebec, with a focus on timber harvesting and wood processing. Groupe Rémabec harvests more than three million cubic metres of lumber yearly and operates ten wood processing plants.

The project was financed by partner equity, funding from the Government of Canada (Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the Department of Natural Resources Canada) and Investissement Quebec, the leading Quebec Provincial financing corporation. Ensyn owns a minority interest in the equity of the project.

Côte-Nord will convert approximately 65,000 dry metric tons per year of cellulosic woody biomass from local sources to biocrude. The biocrude will be sold to customers in the Northeast US and in Eastern Canada for heating purposes and as a renewable feedstock for Refinery Co-processing.

The RTP biomass conversion units at Côte-Nord have been engineered by Honeywell UOP through a contract signed with Envergent Technologies.

Côte-Nord is the first RTP facility purpose-built for the production of biocrude used for heating, and Refinery Co-processing applications. Ensyn’s RTP technology has been in commercial use for over 30 years for the generation of food ingredients, natural chemicals and heating fuels.

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Côte-Nord Video - As at November 15, 2017