Evolution Powers a Drilling Rig on a Natural-Gas Turbine as Primary Power — a Canadian First
A ~1 MW Evolution turbine package became the primary power source on an active drilling rig, displacing roughly 7,000 litres of diesel per day.
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB — Evolution Power Solutions has deployed what it believes to be the first natural-gas turbine package used as primary power on a drilling rig in Canada. The ~1 MW system replaces the diesel gen-set fleet that has traditionally powered rigs — cutting an estimated 7,000 litres of diesel per day along with the trucking, emissions, and fuel-price exposure that come with it.
By running on site or delivered gas instead of diesel, operators on a 333 kW completion can drop fuel cost from roughly $2,000/day to about $80/day — a step-change in well economics that also reduces flaring and emissions on the lease.
The deployment builds on Evolution's track record of 65+ turbines, 99%+ uptime, and more than 3 million runtime hours across Western Canada, and extends the company's decentralized gas-to-power model into one of the last diesel strongholds in the field.
"Drilling has been one of the last diesel strongholds in the patch. Proving a turbine can carry a rig as primary power changes the math for every program in the basin."
About Evolution Power Solutions
Evolution Power Solutions (an Enterprise Group company) delivers reliable, clean, and scalable field power for oil & gas, mining, midstream, and municipal operations across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. With 65+ turbines deployed, 99%+ field uptime, and 3M+ runtime hours, Evolution converts the gas already at a site — wellhead, flare, tank vapor, sour, propane or delivered CNG — into decentralized power from 333 kW to 7.5 MW+. Learn more at evolutionps.ca.