TransCanada Commissions Final Section of $1.3 Billion Expansion of NGTL Pipeline System
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TransCanada has completed the last leg of its CAD1.7bn ($1.32bn) 2017 expansion program on the Nova Gas Transmission (NGTL) System in Alberta, Canada by commissioning the Northwest Mainline Loop-Boundary Lake pipeline.
The Boundary Lake section of the NGTL expansion saw a new 91km pipeline of 36in diameter laid out as a loop of the Northwest Mainline pipeline.
TransCanada said that through the 2017 Expansion Program, it has added nearly 230km of new pipeline and had built additional compression facilities.
The expansion of the NGTL system, which was carried out by adding five pipeline sections, has increased its capacity by about 500 million cubic feet per day.
It will now enable low-cost, clean-burning natural gas from northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia to be transported through the NGTL System.
TransCanada Canadian Gas Pipelines Senior Vice President and General Manager Tracy Robinson said: “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.
“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.”
TransCanada said that the 2017 Expansion Program is part of its commitment of over CAD$7bn ($5.44bn) in near-term growth capital to the NGTL System. Based on the outcome of regulatory approvals, the overall investment is expected to help the Canadian midstream company to expand its delivery capacity of natural gas on the NGTL system by 2.5 billion cubic feet per day by 2021.
The NGTL System located in Western Canada in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta is made up of nearly 24,320km of pipeline, over 90 compression units and associated facilities.
The pipeline system has been designed to transport natural gas from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to domestic and export markets.
Source: Energy Business Review
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