At Bantrel, we are extremely proud of our history. Our original shareholders built a company committed to strong client relationships and the highest standards for safety, quality and performance. These core values have endured through the years.
Today, our people design and build some of the world's most challenging projects including numerous multi-billion dollar facilities in Alberta's oilsands.
As Bantrel celebrated our 25th anniversary in 2008, we marked our Silver Anniversary by publishing a book looking back on our history of growth and achievement unrivalled in the industry.
Our Corporate Timeline
Bechtel Canada, Banister Pipelines, Trimac, BAE Group and Scotia Energy join forces to launch Bantrel Group Engineers & Constructors.
Members of Bantrel's senior leadership team, circa 1986. From left, Roger Mapp, Gareth Walters, Boyd Harris and Paul Lovell.
1983
- Bantrel Engineers & Constructors is founded on November 1.
- Shareholders include Bechtel, Banister Pipelines, Trimac, The BAE Group and Scotia Energy
- Staff count at year-end totals five
1984
- Petro-Canada, Gulf Canada and Husky award Bantrel engineering contracts
1985
- Corporate name changes to Bantrel Group Engineers Ltd.
- A.R. Campbell appointed President
- Bechtel transfers oilsands portfolio to Bantrel
1987
- Paul Lovell appointed President & CEO
- Bantrel awarded Syncrude Expansion Study
Significant contracts in Northern Alberta help establish Bantrel as a major EPCM contractor for the Canadian energy industry.
More than 85 Bantrel employees supported Bechtel's oilfield restoration and upgrading efforts in Kuwait in 1991 and 1992.
- Bantrel posts first annual profit
- Staff count hits 200 employees
1989
- Corporate name changed to Bantrel Inc.
- Bantrel awarded work on the Husky Bi-provincial Upgrader
- Bantrel awarded work on a Shell Scotford Upgrader study
1991
- More than 85 Bantrel engineers support Bechtel in the Kuwait Rebuild
- The Imperial Oil Alliance was signed, a partnership to provide engineering services to Esso refineries in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Alberta
1992
- Shareholders include Bechtel, Bannister and Trimac
Bantrel expands to Edmonton, wins work in Eastern Canada, and gathers momentum in the Alberta oilsands.
Bantrel opened an Edmonton office in 1993 to service Imperial Oil's Strathcona Refinery.
- Bantrel's Edmonton operations launched to service the Imperial Oil Alliance for the Strathcona Refinery
- Bantrel becomes first EPC company in Canada to earn ISO 9001:1994 certification
1995
- Bantrel awarded Suncor Expansion Project in Fort McMurray, Alberta
1996
- Bantrel begins leading an engineering alliance of the Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal
- Bantrel was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management for facilities at the Steepbank Mine
1997
- Bantrel awarded Suncor Millennium contract
- Bantrel publically introduced www.bantrel.com
Bechtel and McCaig Investments consolidate ownership of Bantrel as the company firms up presence in Eastern Canada with new Toronto operations.
Bantrel's Toronto office opened in 1999.
- Bantrel becomes first EPC company to earn the Quality Award from the Quality Council of Alberta
- Staff numbers climb over 1,000 employees
1999
- Shareholders include Bechtel and Trimac
- Bantrel's Toronto operations launched to expand the company's presence in Eastern Canada and increase access to additional engineering resources
- Paul Lovell appointed Chairman and CEO
- Bob Matheson appointed President and Chief Operating Officer
2000
- Bantrel awarded Shell Gasoline Hydrotreater Project in Sarnia, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec
2001
- Shareholders include Bechtel and McCaig P&C Holdings
- Bantrel awarded Suncor Millennium Vacuum Unit
- Bantrel awarded Suncor Millennium Coker Unit
2002
- Corporate name changes to Bantrel Co.
The resurgence of the oilsands accelerates Bantrel's growth; direct-hire construction company, Bantrel Constructors Co., launched in 2003.
2003
- Bantrel Constructors Co. (BCC) founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bantrel Co.
- Darrell Donly appointed President of BCC
- Bantrel commences work on our first EPC project, Petro-Canada's Edmonton Diesel Desulphurization Project
- Bantrel awarded Suncor Genesis Project
2004
- Bantrel awarded work on Suncor Voyageur Upgrader
- Staff counts climbs over 1,500 employees
2005
- Bantrel awarded the Petro-Canada Refinery Conversion Project
- Bantrel awarded work on the Shell Upgrader Expansion 1 Project
2006
- Bantrel's Toronto office participates in the company's first multi-national project, the Reliance Jamnagar Refinery
- President and COO Robert Matheson retires
2007
- President, Chairman and CEO Paul Lovell retires
- Bantrel Place opens in Calgary, the company's first fit-for-purpose office development
- Bantrel achieves Six Sigma self-sufficiency
- Joe Thompson appointed President
2008
- Bantrel proudly celebrates 25 years of excellence by publishing Bantrel at 25 Celebrating our Past, Building our Future
As Bantrel approaches its third decade, the company's vision is clear: To be Canada's best engineering, procurement and construction company in the energy sector.
Bantrel's engineering expertise has contributed to the production of over 500,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil from the oilsands alone. We have the most professionals in Canada who specialize in refineries, bitumen production facilities and their ancillary process units. We can also draw on engineering resources from Bechtel to execute projects in emerging markets such as renewable and alternative energy.
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