Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. announced the grand opening of the first merchant LNG facility in Canada. The facility became commercially operational in May, the company said in a statement. It is located in Elmworth, Alberta, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Grand Prairie.

To support the entire LNG supply chain, Ferus NGF also designed and built specialized mobile storage and dispensing equipment, the statement said. The facility has a current production capacity of up to 50,000 gallons per day of LNG, with the capacity to expand up to 250,000 gallons per day.