Gibsons Announces Expansion of Its Hardisty West Terminal

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 27, 2015) - Gibson Energy Inc. ("Gibsons" or the "Company") (TSX:GEI) announced today that it will construct and operate an additional 900,000 barrels of storage capacity at Gibsons' Hardisty West Terminal located in Hardisty, Alberta. The expansion is intended to support Suncor Energy's growth plans.

• The Hardisty West Terminal was developed in 2011 as a joint venture with Suncor involving the construction of four storage tanks totaling 1.2 million barrels. The terminal is an important part of Suncor's logistics infrastructure that is designed to facilitate the transportation of its crude oil production and manage the quality of its proprietary commodity streams.
• The expansion of the Hardisty West Terminal will support growth in Suncor's oil sands operations and increase total storage capacity at Hardisty West by 75% to 2.1 million barrels.
• The new storage capacity is expected to be in-service by the middle of 2017.

"We are delighted that Suncor has once again selected Gibsons as a business partner to provide solutions for their crude oil terminaling and market access requirements," said Doug Wilkins, Gibsons' Chief Commercial Officer. "With today's announcement, Gibsons will be constructing new storage tanks on both our East and West acreage at Hardisty which, upon completion, will result in a total of 8.9 million barrels of capacity. This represents a 3.8 million barrel, or 75%, increase in crude oil storage in-service throughout our Hardisty terminal compared to December, 2014 levels. The high degree of pipeline and unit train connectivity at our Hardisty Terminal offers our customers industry leading export optionality and the contracted nature of these investments offers our shareholders increasingly stable and predictable cash flows."

About Gibson Energy Inc.

Gibsons is a large independent integrated service provider to the oil and gas industry with operations across major producing regions throughout North America. Gibsons is engaged in the movement, storage, blending, processing, marketing and distribution of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, water, oilfield waste, and refined products. The Company transports energy products by utilizing its integrated network of terminals, pipelines, storage tanks, and trucks located throughout western Canada and through its significant truck transportation and injection station network in the United States. The Company also provides emulsion treating, water disposal and oilfield waste management services through its network of processing, recovery and disposal facilities in Canada and the United States and is the second largest industrial propane distribution company in Canada. The Company's integrated operations allow it to participate across the full midstream energy value chain, from the hydrocarbon producing regions in Canada and the United States, through the Company's strategically located terminals in Hardisty and Edmonton, Alberta and injection stations and terminals in the United States, to the end user or refineries of North America.

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