TransCanada Named to Build New Pipeline
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 @ 11:15 AM
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TransCanada CEO Russ Girling announces his company selected to design build operate pipeline – photo-250NEWS
Prince George, B.C. – TransCanada has announced it has been selected by Progress Energy Canada to design, build and operate the proposed $5 billion dollar pipeline from the North Montney gas-producing region near Fort St. John, to the recently-announced Pacific Northwest LNG export facility in Port Edward near Prince Rupert.
CEO of TransCanada Russ Girling, says the pipeline project is expected to create 2500 direct jobs and TransCanada will soon open a new office in Prince George. He made the announcement thismorning at the Resources North forum in Prince George.
Pacific NorthWest LNG facility that is expected to be operational in 2018.
Girling says TransCanada will immediately commence Aboriginal and stakeholder consultation for the regulatory process.
“The proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project will allow British Columbians, and all Canadians, to continue to benefit from the responsible development of the growing supply of valuable natural gas resources in the WCSB”, said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s President and CEO. “TransCanada has an industry leading safety record that we are extremely proud of, and we look forward to involving the skilled workforce in B.C. and across Canada to help us develop an important new component of B.C.’s growing natural gas infrastructure.”
If approved, the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project and TransCanada’s would together add more than 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) to TransCanada’s Western Canadian natural gas transmission systems.
- Length of route: approximately 750 kilometres (470 miles) of large diameter pipe
- Initial pipeline capacity: 2.0 billion cubic feet of gas per day with the ability to expand to 3.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day
- Anticipated jobs during construction: estimated 2,500 direct construction jobs over a three year construction period
- Estimated cost: detailed cost information will be developed following completion of project scoping and planning. The current estimate for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project is approximately $5 billion (2012 dollars)
- Regulatory process: applications for required regulatory approvals are expected to be made through applicable B.C. provincial and Canadian federal processes
- Estimated in-service date: end 2018 subject to regulatory and corporate approvals
This is the second major natural gas pipeline proposed to the west coast for TransCanada as it is also involved in the proposed Coastal GasLink Pipeline project to Kitimat.
Comments
It’s part of the approval process BC. Tough to approve without knowing the builder/operator and plans.
There has been a hell of a lot of large diameter pipe going through Prince George (West) on CN Rail in the past year.
Im sure that people between Pr George and Terrace, Prince Rupert have seen a lot of this pipe stored along the way.
Its large diameter and **yellow** Cant be missed
Soooooo, Is the approval process, etc; etc; just a case of going through the motions. I suspect so,.
This project is as close to a rubber stamp as one can be.
Good.
ben, why not pull these posts from masseyospika, they are spamming every topic with this nonsense.
I agree! And sorry for the Reindeer Games reference . . . I just thought it appropriate given that portions of the movie were shot in Prince George, and they capture the urban landscape very well.
Great for the economy, not so great for affordable heating of my own home in the winter months.
I think those involved in the geothermal industry and wood heat will be the biggest growth industry in the north in a half dozen years from now.
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