History

Enersul - A half century of Leadership.

Enersul is a company with a history of continuous development. Since our beginning as Alberta-based Vennard & Ellithorpe Ltd. in the early 1950s, Enersul Limited Partnership has grown and developed to become a worldwide technological leader in the handling and processing of sulphur.

We offer a full range of integrated services to the sulphur industry. From production to consumption, Enersul provides operating services, products, and technologies to the sulphur industry around the globe.
Enersul Limited Partnership, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway company, includes Enersul Operations, providing the management expertise for all phases of sulphur processing operating contracts and Enersul Technologies, offering a complete line of sulphur processing equipment.

Enersul now supplies sulphur forming and handling capabilities for gas plants and oil refineries from Canada to the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe, South Africa, Asia and the Former Soviet Union.
And we're still developing and improving our technologies and our services. Experience, expertise, and the highest standards of professionalism: this is the 'package' we bring to every client, and every project.

Important Dates in Enersul’s History

December 2005 Enersul Limited Partnership awarded contract to provide 11 GXm1™ granulators for the Qatar Gas Common Sulphur Project, making it the largest single order of granulators in Enersul’s history.

2005 Retooling of Canadian Plants with GXm2™

June 2004 Reorganization of Enersul into Business Units (Technologies and Operations)

October 2003 Enersul Limited Partnership awarded largest valued contract project for AGP in Astrakhan, Russia. Valued at $47.6 million Cdn.

July 2000 GXm2™ Introduction - Enersul Technologies commissions the first small scale GXm2™ Granulation Process for SASOL in South Africa.

April 1998 Launch of Enersul - Procor Sulphur Services Inc. changes name to Enersul and reorganizes into three separate areas of business - Enersul Technologies, Enersul Operations and Tiger L.P.

1980 -1994 Growth of Technology Sales Business - Sale of forming plants to customers throughout the world.

1979 GX™ Development - The first two GX™ Granulation Process plants are built in Canada.


1972 V&E Purchased - Procor Limited purchases Vennard & Ellithorpe and its subsidiaries.


1970 First Slating Plant - The first slating plant begins operations at Shell's Waterton, Alberta facility.


1969 Slating Developed - Sulphur slating process is patented.


1952 1st Operating Contract - First handling contract secured for movement of crushed bulk sulphur from Shell's Jumping Pound, Alberta gas plant.