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As Keystone XL has been shelved following President Joe Biden’s inauguration, that doesn’t mean other pipeline projects aren’t on the go, or that others won’t be completed. Some prominent Western Canada projects, Trans Mountain, Coastal GasLink, and Enbridge Line 3 are well underway. We give a rundown of them below with some updates on how the respective projects are coming along. Trans Mountain Originally built in 1953, the pipeline is still operating safely to this day. The expansion is currently a twinning of the existing 1,150 km pipeline between Strathcona County, Alta., to Burnaby, B.C, creating a pipeline system with the capacity going from approximately 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day. Both hiring and project spending are expected to increase as the project quietly moves forward, roughly 22% being completed, and scheduled for service in 2022. With the news of Keystone, this project takes on even more importance now for Canada and Alberta’s oil and gas sector, and becomes more valuable, as it would bring the opportunity of enabling shippers to move product to Asia and other markets. Coastal GasLink In 2018, B.C. Premier John Horgan announced provincial support, likening LNG Canada’s decision to build the […]
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