NEB recommends approval of former LNG feed pipeline
Published by Will Owen,
Editor
LNG Industry,
TransCanada Corporation has announced that the National Energy Board (NEB) has recommended the federal government approve a variance to the previously issued North Montney Mainline Project certificate, which would allow construction to start on the proposed CAN$1.4 billion natural gas project in northeast British Columbia.
The project is being advanced by TransCanada’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., as an expansion of the existing NGTL System. It is backed by 20 year commercial contracts with 11 shippers to transport approximately 1.5 billion ft3 of natural gas per day.
“We are pleased with the NEB’s decision on the North Montney Mainline Project. These facilities are critical to the timely and economic development of the tremendous natural gas resource in the North Montney play," said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive officer. “Since 2011, the project has undergone thorough consultation, engagement and rigorous regulatory assessment. Through this process we have demonstrated the importance of this critical piece of energy infrastructure to natural gas producers and downstream markets throughout Canada and the United States.”
The project was originally approved in 2015, subject to conditions making construction contingent on a positive final investment decision on the then-proposed Pacific Northwest LNG liquefaction project. In March 2017, NGTL sought approval to remove those conditions and had restructured the commercial project arrangements and the associated facilities to accommodate a delay or, as occurred in July 2017, a cancellation of the Pacific Northwest LNG project.
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/24052018/neb-recommends-approval-of-former-lng-feed-pipeline/
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