Billion-dollar Pacific Trails Pipeline expansion approved
Pipeline to transport natural gas from northeast B.C. to Kitimat coast
The proposed $1-billion Pacific Trails Pipeline that will transport natural gas from northeast B.C. to the coast at Kitimat for export overseas has been approved for a more than one-third expansion by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office.
The office OK’d an increase in the size of the pipeline to a diameter of 1066.8 millimetres (42 inches) from 914 millimetres (36 inches), which equates to a 36 per cent increase in capacity.
The approval for the increased capacity was signed by B.C. Environment Assessment executive director Derek Sturko on April 10, according to documents on the assessment office’s website.
In the approval document, Sturko said the proposed pipeline capacity increase “does not hold the potential for any significant adverse effects.”
The pipeline project is owned by a consortium of companies: EOG Resources, Apache and Encana.
The trio of companies also owns the proposed $4.5-billion liquefied natural gas plant at Kitimat.
Posted on April 17, 2012, in Oil & Gas and tagged oil and gas pipelines+Indigenous resistance, Pacific Trails Pipeline. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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