https://www.engineeringnews.co.za

Northern Gateway pipeline project, Canada

2nd December 2016

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

  

Font size: - +

Name and Location
Northern Gateway pipeline project, Canada.

Client
Endridge.

Project Description
The project involves the construction of a 1 177 km twin pipeline, from Northern Alberta’s oil sands, through Northern British Columbia to the deep-water port of Kitimat British Columbia, at the head of the Douglas Channel.

The Kitimat marine terminal will include two ship berths and 19 tanks for oil and condensate. While docked at the terminal, tankers loading export oil will be surrounded by a containment boom.

The forecast is for the terminal to have the capacity to serve about 220 ship calls a year.

The westbound 36-inch-diameter pipeline will carry up to 525 000 bbl/d of oil.

Value
C$7.9-billion.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Canada’s Liberal federal government under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed the National Energy Board to reject Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline application on grounds that the project is not in the public interest, given that it will result in oil tankers transiting through the sensitive ecosystem of the Douglas Channel, which is part of the Great Bear Rainforest of British Colombia’s pristine marine environment.

In addition to the rejection of the project, government has aplcaed a moratorium on crude oil tankers along Britsih Columbia’s north coast.

Government has said it will introduce legislation to implement the moratorium by the first half of 2017.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Enbridge, tel +1 403 231 3900 or fax +1 403 231 3920.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Comments

Showroom

Booyco Electronics
Booyco Electronics

Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Weir Minerals Africa and Middle East
Weir Minerals Africa and Middle East

Weir Minerals Europe, Middle East and Africa is a global supplier of excellent minerals solutions, including pumps, valves, hydrocyclones,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.092 0.147s - 159pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now