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Cavern Development Program
The Legacy Project will soon mark
one year of mining even though
production will not begin until the
end of this year.
On March 5, 2015, K+S Potash Canada (KSPC)
announced the Legacy Project had reached
a major milestone with the launch of early
cavern development (ECD). ECD uses the
mine’s powerful pumping system to inject
raw water into the mile-deep caverns and
return the resulting salt brine. ECD started
with 18 caverns beneath wellpads 2 and 3 and
has been expanded to include an additional
18 caverns under wellpads 4 and 5.
“We’re right on schedule,’’ says Sam Farris, Vice
President and General Manager of Operations
at KSPC. “Some of the caverns are ready for
hot water mining and the others are in various
stages of development.’’ Farris says it takes
about a year to grow a cavern large enough to
provide feed to the process plant, which will
be phased into operation using wellpads 2
and 3 followed by 4 and 5.
“2016 is the year everything
comes together,’’ says Farris.
“This is a big year.’’
While ECD uses cold water to grow caverns,
primary mining uses hot water to create a
solution that maximizes potash content,
according to Trevor Dyck, Manager, Production
at KSPC.
“After about three months of hot water
mining of those four pads, we’ll be ready
for our fi rst potash production at the end
of the year,’’ says Dyck, adding that much
preparation, including personnel hiring
and training as well as completion of the
remaining process plant systems, must take
place before production can occur.
Work on wellpads 6 and 7 is underway
with ECD scheduled to begin in spring, says
Darren Hrynkiw, Manager, Wellfi eld at KSPC.
Last year, Hrynkiw received approval to begin
construction on wellpads 8 and 9, the fi rst
to be built by KSPC.
“Wellpads 6 and 7 signify the end of drilling
for the Legacy Project,’’ says Hrynkiw. “From
now on, we’re drilling to sustain ongoing
operation for K+S.’’
ECD and startup require stable operation of
equipment and systems as well as staff who
are familiar with the equipment they must
maintain, repair and occasionally replace.
Marc Colombet, Manager, Maintenance and
Reliability at KSPC, says his department is just
wrapping up the complex task of identifying
and purchasing about $40 million worth of
spare parts.
“ECD is a running operation and one of the
most important things we had to do in 2015,’’
says Colombet. “Now, one of the critical steps
to ensure the success of startup is to buy our
spare parts.’’
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