Final Section of Canadian Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Placed in Service
TransCanada Corporation today announced its Northwest Mainline Loop-Boundary Lake pipeline has been placed into service, completing the final section of its 2017 Expansion Program on the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) System, a natural gas pipeline system in Western Canada that consists of approximately 24,320 kilometers of pipeline and associated facilities. With the completion of winter construction activities, the 2017 Expansion Program represents a $1.7 billion investment in Canadian natural gas infrastructure, and connects low-cost, clean-burning natural gas from northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia to the NGTL System.
The 2017 Expansion Program added approximately 230 kilometers of new pipeline and additional compression facilities, increasing capacity on the NGTL System by approximately 500 MMcf/d. In addition, it generated an estimated $800 million in labor income during the construction phase and will add an estimated $1.2 billion in gross domestic product in Canada.
“We continue to focus on optimizing the competitiveness of the NGTL System and services and expanding our established transportation network to connect growing volumes of Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin natural gas to markets across North America,” said Tracy Robinson, TransCanada’s senior vice-president and general manager, Canadian Gas Pipelines. “Projects like the 2017 NGTL Expansion program demonstrate our strong focus on future growth opportunities for producers and we are working with industry to address their needs for long-term, safe and reliable transportation service.”
The 2017 Expansion Program is part of TransCanada’s commitment of more than $7 billion in near-term growth capital to the NGTL System that will, subject to regulatory approvals, enable the company to increase its delivery capacity of clean-burning natural gas on the system by 2.5 billion cubic feet per day by 2021.
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