Radar · Oil & Gas Midstream in Canada
Best Oil & Gas Midstream Companies in Canada
The 85 best Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: North West Redwater Sturgeon Refinery.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
85companies tracked
$5.7Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised
Sources & further reading
- Technavio
- maximizemarketresearch.com
Ranked: Best Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afara Afara collaborates to build resilient, sustainable companies and economies. | — | — | 14 | 2014 | Dan Zilnik Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 2 | Allied Energy Corporation(Canada) Operator of an upstream oil and gas E&P company. The company offers upstream, midstream and oilfield services… | — | — | 10 | 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | atco group ATCO Group delivers service excellence with companies engaged in structures & logistics, utilities, and… | — | — | 7,580 | 1947 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Aux Sable Midstream gas processing business, with one of the largest NGL extraction and fractionation facilities | — | — | 195 | 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | BBA Provider of natural gas & oil exploration and engineering services | — | — | 1,357 | 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Bess Tank Lines Bess Tank Lines is a Calgary, AB based private company whose line of business is Trucking operator-nonlocal | — | — | 20 | 1999 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Broadbill Energy Provider of gas storage and management services | — | — | 12 | 2016 | Christopher Ryan CEO & President | — | — | — |
| 8 | Caltech 3D-mapping and wellsite surveying services provider | — | — | 254 | 1990 | Jade McLeod CEO & President | — | — | — |
Top 12 Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada
#1
Series C · Kitimat, British Columbia · founded 2011 · 510 employees$30.8Mraised▾
Series C · Kitimat, British Columbia · founded 2011 · 510 employees
LNG liquefaction, storage & transportation company
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Partners
top 22%News
top 42%Market
top 43%Funding
top 45%Growth
top 47%Tech
bottom 49%Partners: 4 partnership announcements in 12 mo (5 in 24 mo) · 6 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 6 deals
News: 13 BI events in 12 mo (of 97 tracked, 10 types) · -28% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Market: 510 employees (top 20% of Energy) · Top-5,000,000 web property · 6 contract events in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 95k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Panel Technician, Process Electrical Technician
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. LNG Canada, Joint Venture Participants, and Governments of British Columbia and Canada) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2024Series C$30.8M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsDocusignFacebook Pixel
#2
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2009 · 11 employees$1.2Braised▾
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2009 · 11 employees
In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $47.58B and a net profit of $4.13B.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 223k LinkedIn followers — 13.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 5 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +5 · hiring: Superintendent, Conventional Heavy Oil, Senior Commercial & Development Advisor
Funding rounds
- Jan 2022Post IPO—
- Mar 2015Post IPO$1.2B
Founders & team
Investors
GMO
Tech stack
AmplitudeAngularjsApple Icloud MailAzureAzure Edge NetworkBackbone.Js
#3
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2015 · 446 employees$270.9Mraised▾
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2015 · 446 employees
Provider of natural gas processing, transportation, and storage services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Post IPO$3.6M
- Jul 2019Post IPO$57.3M
- Jun 2015Post IPO$210M
Founders & team
Investors
Birch Hill Equity Partners
Tech stack
DjangoGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesJquery
#4
Funding Raised · Bon Accord, Alberta · founded 2014 · 329 employees$2Braised▾
Funding Raised · Bon Accord, Alberta · founded 2014 · 329 employees
Opeartor of a bitumen refinery in Alberta, Canada. The company's refinery has the capability to expand capacity to convert 150,000 barrels of bitumen directly to fuels and other high value, low sulphur products required in the Alberta and world markets.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Electrical Engineer, Manager - Marketing
Funding rounds
- Jan 2016Conventional Debt$604.2M
- Jul 2015Conventional Debt$383.2M
- Jul 2014Conventional Debt$1B
Tech stack
BootstrapFont AwesomeGoogle Font ApiJqueryJquery MigrateModernizr
#5
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2003 · 1098 employees$571Mraised▾
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2003 · 1098 employees
Midstream service provider in western Canada.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 67k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Trainer Electrician & Instrumentation, Maintenance Planner/Scheduler
Funding rounds
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$451M
- Conventional Debt$120M
Investors
IAM Group, Stonepeak
Tech stack
Anime.JsApple Icloud MailAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#6
Funding Raised · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2018 · 256 employees$539.5Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2018 · 256 employees
Natural gas gathering and processing company
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Analyst, IT Business Solutions – Finance & Accounting
Funding rounds
- Jan 2020Conventional Debt$539.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Roald Nashi, Rohit Chaudhry, Osaro Aifuwa, Maulin Shah
Tech stack
Anime.JsApache Http ServerAzureBootstrapContact Form 7Core-Js
#7
Series E · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 115 employees$246.5Mraised▾
Series E · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 115 employees
Midstream Company targeting small to mid-sized infrastructure investments
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Feb 2019Series E$68.2M
- Apr 2016Series D$58.9M
- Apr 2015Series C$4.3M
- Mar 2014Series C$65M
Investors
PFM Capital, Instar Asset Management, SaskWorks, Peters & Co, Stifel, GMP Securities
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7CookiebotCore-JsDivi
#8
Series A · Winnipeg, Manitoba · founded 2009 · 13 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Series A · Winnipeg, Manitoba · founded 2009 · 13 employees
Provider of waste oil regeneration services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2023Series A$3.6M
- Jun 2022Seed—
Investors
Sustainable Development Technology Canada, MEDF
#9
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 15 employees$334.3Mraised▾
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 15 employees
Kanata Energy is a midstream oil & gas company involved in natural gas processing company for methane-based and unconventional oil which includes compression, dehydration, refrigeration and condensate stabilization of fuels. Also, sells fuel in Pacific market to downstream companies and transport the fuel through pipelines and rail terminals. Operates three processing plants in Canada, as of Feb'18.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2013Series E$334.3M
Founders & team
Investors
ARC Financial, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Energy Spectrum
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGeneratepressGeneratepress Gp PremiumRankmath Seo
#10
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2010 · 278 employees$261.1Mraised▾
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2010 · 278 employees
Natural gas transmission company
Funding rounds
- Nov 2016Conventional Debt$261.1M
Investors
Harbert Management, KKR
#11
Late Stage · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2011$236Mraised▾
Late Stage · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2011
Provider of truck transportation services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 33%Product
top 34%Funding
top 36%Growth
top 38%Innovation
top 44%Talent
bottom 40%News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 32 tracked, 6 types) · +33% YoY · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo · Company stage: PE
Funding: Raised $236M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 12 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round PE (Jun 2014)
Funding rounds
- Jun 2014PE$236M
Founders & team
Investors
KKR
#12
Series A · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2007 · 22 employees$10Mraised▾
Series A · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2007 · 22 employees
Imtex Membranes is a membrane-based technology solutions provider for the separation of gas. Used in cracking, purge steam recovery, refining up-gradation, and others. Claims to use natural source polymer for membrane production.
Funding rounds
- May 2020Series A$10M
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$9M
- Nov 2019Seed—
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$4.5M
Founders & team
Investors
SABIC Ventures, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, ERA, Valent, SABIC, Monteco
Tech stack
BootstrapNginxHttp/3
Funding & investor landscape
$5.7Btotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
24disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Andy Calitz
CEO · LNG Canada
Alexander Pourbaix
CEO & President · Cenovus
Joel Macleod
CEO & President · Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure
Brandon Anderson
CEO · NorthRiver Midstream
Kevin Cumming
Founder & CEO · KANATA Energy
Jarrett Zielinski
Co-Founder & CEO · Torq
Glenn Towe
CEO & President · Imtex Membranes
John Zahary
CEO & President · Altex Energy
Russell Girling
CEO & President · TC Energy
Francois Poirier
CEO · TC Energy
Christian Bayle
CEO & President · Inter Pipeline
Jeff Chisholm
CEO · CanAsia Energy
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 142,929 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Oil & Gas Midstream coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada
How research on Oil & Gas Digital is moving in Canada
A read on the academic research around Oil & Gas Digital — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,541 Canada-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 18% → 36% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- University of Calgary565
- University of Alberta346
- University of Regina171
- Memorial University of Newfoundland68
- ConocoPhillips35
leading researchers
Tayfun Babadagli · Zhangxin Chen · Japan Trivedi · Christopher R. Clarkson · Apostolos Kantzas · Farshid Torabi · Daoyong Yang · Ian D. Gates
▲
Breakthroughs245 · 16%
▲ 14%→21% share
▲1.5× share momentum7 median citations36% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (14%→21% of field), led by Oil shale.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Oil shale2→8
- Artificial neural network2→7
- Surface tension3→8
- Porosity1→5
- Rheology1→5
Landmark Nonionic Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery from Carbonates: Adsorption Kinetics and Equilibrium · 167 cites
◆
Advancements987 · 64%
▼ 66%→61% share
▼0.9× share momentum9 median citations25% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (66%→61% of field), led by Microfluidics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Microfluidics1→7
- Wormhole2→7
- Hydrocarbon3→7
- Carbon capture and storage (timeline)4→7
- Carbon sequestration6→9
Newly emergingShale oil 0→7 · Geothermal gradient 0→5
Landmark Microemulsions: a novel approach to enhanced oil recovery: a review · 257 cites
▼
Concerns204 · 13%
▼ 14%→13% share
▼0.9× share momentum8 median citations25% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (14%→13% of field), led by Porous medium.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Porous medium3→10
- Pulmonary surfactant2→5
- Brine4→6
- Wetting5→6
Landmark A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechanism, laboratory and field application · 321 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada
Where oil gas digital is researched across Canada
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Edmonton/Calgary905 · +0.47
Waterloo/Hamilton33 · +0.47
Toronto20 · +0.69
Vancouver15 · +0.47
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada
Who's filing oil gas digital patents in Canada
Canada oil gas digital patent filing is cooling — 69 filings from 117 assignees (2016–2025), led by Schlumberger CA, Schlumberger Technology, Chevron USA; annual filings 11→2.
69 filings117 assigneespeak 13/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Schlumberger CA72
- Schlumberger Technology40
- Chevron USA28
- Schlumberger Services Petrol26
- PRAD RES & DEV19
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger15
- Geoquest Systems15
- Logined14
Common questions
How many Oil & Gas Midstream companies are there in Canada?
Radar tracks 85 indexable Oil & Gas Midstream companies headquartered in Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada?
The Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada on this list have raised a combined $5.7B in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Oil & Gas Midstream company in Canada?
North West Redwater Sturgeon Refinery is the highest-funded Oil & Gas Midstream company in Canada, with $2B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada are funded?
13 of the 85 Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Oil & Gas Midstream unicorns are there in Canada?
None of the Oil & Gas Midstream companies in Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Canada Oil & Gas Midstream companies?
The most active investors in Canada Oil & Gas Midstream companies on this list include KKR, Azimuth Capital Management, CPP Investments, PSP Investments, Pricoa Private Capital.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.