Pembina greenlights $4.6B Alberta gas plant

🔥 The Big One

Pembina Sanctions $4.6B Gas Plant to Power Meta's Alberta Data Centre

Pembina Pipeline has sanctioned the Greenlight Electricity Centre, a 932-Mw gas-fired power plant in Alberta's Industrial Heartland built to run Meta's $13 billion data centre next door. Total project cost lands around $4.6 billion, with 85% of the $4 billion capital estimate already locked in under fixed-price agreements. The plant targets an in-service date in the second half of 2030, but engineering, procurement and construction crews will be needed on site long before then. It's the first large-scale gas-to-power build tied to a major data centre in Canada, and it signals more behind-the-meter power projects are coming.

This Week in 60 Seconds

• WesCan's 13-Day Multilateral Rewrites Alberta Drilling Math

  Seven legs, 6,159 metres, spud to TD in 13 days, with completion crews already mobilizing for October tie-in.

• Trio, Croverro Line Up 14 Heavy Oil Wells at Lloydminster

  Multilateral wells across Alberta and Saskatchewan, with development eyed inside 18 months.

• Oilpatch M&A Closing In On $30B, Eyeing 2017 Record

  Shell-ARC and Tamarack-Headwater deals are stacking up, meaning more assets and crews about to change hands.

• Colorado Locks In Methane Rules Subs Can Finally Price

  First state to fully adopt EPA's 2024 standard gives leak-detection subs a firm compliance clock.

• Wages Climb Past 4% Again As Trades Stay Scarce

  Electricians and MEP trades see the sharpest gains as data centre demand keeps squeezing the labour pool.

📍 Where the Work Is, by region

Public tenders and project starts from the last 7 days. A job listed in two regions counts in both.

• Appalachia & Northeast

  42 public tenders · 2 project starts

  • WhiteHawk Completes Acquisition of Appalachia, Haynesville Gas Assets · Sep 25
  • Tender · Water Management · Ohio · Sep 25
  • New York Approves $3.3B Long Island Transmission Line · Sep 22

• Eastern Canada

  27 public tenders · 9 project starts

  • Candu-Aecon JV Lands $1.7B Deal for Pickering Unit 5 Refurbishment · Sep 22
  • Pickering nuclear reactors start coming off-line for massive refurbishment · Sep 21
  • Tender · Quebec · Sep 25

• Rest of US

  25 public tenders · 8 project starts

  • Plants & Goodwin drills first CCS well for Zefiro Methane · Sep 22
  • Florida Natural Gas Constraints Spur $2.4B Pipeline Expansion Push · Sep 21
  • Tender · Civil & Earthwork · Michigan · Sep 25

• Western Canada

  14 public tenders · 11 project starts

  • New AER well licence: Ridgeline Exploration Inc. near Viking (09-09-044-13W4) · Sep 11
  • Ottawa Approves $3.5B FortisBC LNG Expansion at Tilbury Island · Sep 23
  • WesCan drills seven-leg multilateral well in Alberta in 13 days · Sep 22

• Texas & Gulf Coast

  13 public tenders · 9 project starts

  • ProPetro to Supply 230 MW to Targa · Sep 24
  • WhiteHawk Completes Acquisition of Appalachia, Haynesville Gas Assets · Sep 25
  • Texas Railroad Commission Approves ExxonMobil's Rose CCS Project · Sep 27

• Rockies & Plains

  16 public tenders · 5 project starts

  • Move In The Right Direction – Plains Advances Growth Strategy With Silver Creek Purchase · Sep 22
  • WhiteHawk Completes Acquisition of Appalachia, Haynesville Gas Assets · Sep 25
  • Upland Resources (UPL) Initiates Construction of 8-Inch LSOG Gas Sales Pipeline in Wyoming, Aiming for Q4 2026 Gas Sales · Sep 25

• West Coast

  20 public tenders

  • Tender · Consulting & Engineering · California · Sep 25
  • Tender · Remediation & Cleanup · California · Sep 25
  • Tender · Remediation & Cleanup · California · Sep 25

• International

  1 public tender

  • Tender · Materials Testing & Inspection · JP-14 · Sep 24

🟢 Open Windows

Bids, packages, and decisions with a clock on them.

• Oct 2026

  WesCan Provost multilateral tie-in. Completion and equipping crews are mobilizing now for tie-in near Provost, Alberta.

• Dec 11, 2026

  IIJA highway funding cliff. State DOTs face a hard funding deadline that could pause new lettings for road and bridge subs.

• Jan 2027

  Pickering Unit refurbishment. Fuel channel, boiler and intake work begins on Ontario's decade-long Pickering rebuild.

• Early 2027

  FortisBC Tilbury LNG expansion. Storage tank and liquefaction construction starts on B.C.'s Tilbury Island.

On Your Radar

• Sept 21-25International Pipeline Conference & Expo. Calgary, AB, pipeline crews and suppliers converge
• Sept 22-24SPE Permian Basin Energy Conference. Midland, TX, Permian operators and service crews
• Dec 11, 2026Highway funding deadline. Watch for state DOT letting freezes on road/bridge work
• Jan 2027Pickering refurbishment kickoff. Mechanical and E&I crews needed for reactor rebuild