A History of Moving Canada’s Resources
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Formerly Tundra Energy Marketing Limited (TEML), we have been a midstream service provider since 2012. Our main lines of business have always been the movement, storage, marketing and distribution of crude oil, growing through a series of strategic acquisitions. In 2016, we made our largest acquisition, the Southeast Saskatchewan pipeline system from the Enbridge Income Fund. The scale of this growth, and evolution of the company as a whole, inevitably led the executive team rebranding to Kingston Midstream in 2019.
Our name, Kingston Midstream, was selected as a nod to the history and legacy of our parent company, James Richardson & Sons, Limited (JRSL), which was founded in 1857 in Kingston, Ontario. The organization got its start as a one-man grain merchandising operation but with time, innovation and strong leadership, new opportunities presented and were successfully pursued including transportation, agriculture & food processing, financial services, real estate and energy exploration.
1867
The company’s first schooner ship
is purchased to ship grain from
Canadian farmers to U.S. buyers.
1883
First grain elevator is completed and grain
begins shipping across the prairies on the
newly completed Canadian railway.
1910
James Richardson and Sons, Limited
opens in Vancouver, soon followed by
Calgary, Saskatoon, Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge.
1914
Grain is an increasingly important export
and a private wire service is extended from
Canadian offices to New York and Chicago.
1919
The Richardson-owned Port Arthur terminal receives
its first rail load of grain from the Prairies.
1926
Western Canada Airways is established
by James A. Richardson and begins
servicing remote northern communities.
1930
Canadian Airways, founded by James
Richardson, carries 8,800 passengers
to nine provinces in its first year.
1937
The Patricia Transportation Company is acquired to provide dependable ground transfer of northern mineral resources.
1945
Topnotch Feeds Limited continues to grow
as a highly-regarded feed company in Ontario.
1954
Marine Pipeline Construction
is established in Calgary.
1979
Pioneer Grain port terminal opens on
the north shore of Vancouver.
1980
Mohawk Navigation becomes
Pioneer Shipping Limited, shipping
Canadian grain globally.
1986
James Richardson and Sons, Limited purchases
50% of Tundra Oil & Gas
(the company
becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2000).
2012
TEML begins operations as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tundra Oil & Gas and expands the Cromer gathering pipeline network.
TEML acquires EOG Resources Inc.’s stake in the Waskada pipeline.
TEML acquires the EOG Pierson Lateral pipeline connecting the Cromer Terminal to the Waskada pipeline system.
2015
TEML acquires the Virden System from Enbridge for $26 million.
2016
TEML completes the acquisition of the
Enbridge Saskatchewan Pipeline System
for $1.07 billion.
2019
TEML is renamed Kingston Midstream
to better reflect its customer base,
scope and service offering.