Enbridge Coming to Town

Friday, November 14, 2008 03:59 AM

Red line represents path of proposed twin pipeline ( map courtesy Enbridge)

Prince George, B.C.- Enbridge will be starting its public consultation process next week and will bring its case for the Northern Gateway pipeline project to Prince George on Thursday. The company’s open house sessions will talk about the planned twin pipeline project from the Edmonton area, through to a new marine terminal in Kitimat.

One line would carry petroleum to the coast for shipping to other regions. The east bound line would carry condensate from the coast to the Edmonton area. (condensate is used to thin petroleum products for pipeline transport)

The petroleum line will be 36 inches in diameter and 1170 kilometers long. It will carry about 525 thousand barrels of petroleum each day.

The condensate line would be 20 inches in diameter and carry about 193, thousand barrels of condensate per day.

Enbridge quotes Initiatives prince George CEO Tim McEwan as one of the supporters of the project “Northern Gateway represents a real opportunity for the North. It will create jobs and develop skills that will benefit northern communities over the long term.”

Enbridge has lots of ground to cover in more ways than one. There is public consultation and input an environmental assessment process, consultation and relationship building with first Nations and, if all goes well, preparation and construction. It is a path that will take Enbridge about 7 years to complete.

In addition to the environmental and safety concerns as the line covers the land, there is also the matter of issues as they apply to marine environmental concerns.

Enrbridge has publicly stated (on its website) that it is open to First Nations having an “Equity Investment Option for Aboriginal communities to benefit directly" in other words, First Nations are invited to make a cash investment in the project and become business partners.

The lines would cross B.C. north of Prince George, but there is an opportunity for Prince George to supply materials, equipment and skilled labour for the 4000 direct and indirect jobs Enbridge says the construction of the line would create.

The full open house schedule for the Prince George region is as follows:

Monday November 17

Burns Lake

College of New Caledonia

545 Hwy 16 West

4:00-8:00pm

Tuesday November 18

Fort St. James

Stuart Lake Seniors Association Recreation Centre

250 Simon Fraser Avenue

4:00-8:00pm

Wednesday November 19

Vanderhoof

Elks Hall

474 East Victoria Street

4:00-8:00pm

Thursday November 20

Prince George

Coast Inn of the North

770 Brunswick Street

4:00-8:00pm

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Comments

Posted by: lostfaith on November 14 2008 9:19 AM

Great idea, build this pipeline to Kitimat so we can give our Canadian resources away to the rest of the world and have them pay less for it than we do.

Posted by: Bridge on November 14 2008 9:53 AM

Luv ya lostfaith.

Who is building the pipeline through Japer Park at the present time? Would that be Enbridge?

Cheers

Posted by: downnotout on November 14 2008 10:50 AM

through Jasper it is Pan Canadian pipelines and at present we sell to our good trading partner south of us. This pipeline would open the Asian Market for what is being produced at the tar sands. If we ever were to get some politicans with any balls this pipeline could help resolve a lot of trade disputes that we have with the States.

Posted by: downnotout on November 14 2008 10:53 AM

Won't it be nice if they were to put a highway beside the pipeline. From what I gather looking at the map it must go through Monkman pass which from what I have heard is a much better way through the mountains than the passes we are using now.

Posted by: Palopu on November 14 2008 2:01 PM

Downnotout. The intention of the pipline is to export oil to China, India, and California.

Want to bet that the majority of it will go to California???

In any event the Americans will continue to import the oil, and will probably be the majority bank rollers of the pipline.

Posted by: Harbinger on November 14 2008 4:53 PM

I didn't know Bear Lake is part of Prince George. They want to enlarge downtown. Maybe we can extend the northern boundary of PG to include Bear Lake. And get their tax dollars too. Woo hoo!!

Posted by: gamblor on November 14 2008 5:59 PM

Burning petroleum products turns all those harmful hydrocarbons in our soil into harmless carbon dioxide.

Posted by: Chester on November 14 2008 7:21 PM

We have the resources and we have a responsibility to sell them to other countries who need them. This is why Canada is so special and why BC is so blessed. Time to get with the program and begin developing the rich resources we have for the benefit of everyone. Anyone interested in working to run a pipe line from Edmonton to Kitimat?

Posted by: active on November 14 2008 10:30 PM

what long term benefit do folks of this area get from pipelines passing through after the very short term jobs are gone? If the peace river country is any indication, just ongoing threats to the environment. We need to demand better for our area.

if we have a responsibility to other parts of the world (which I would argue we haven't exactly fulfilled in the past) how about Canadians developing solar and wind power for other parts of the world? We have enough highly educated bright lights here, even at UNBC. We can move away from providing our fossil fuels to the world.