Project Profile
Value: US$16,846 Million
Location: Mackenzie Delta, Alberta
Capacity:1.2 Bcfd
Length:1220-kilometre
Start-up Year: 2018
The proposed 1220-kilometre 30\" pipeline will link natural gas in the Mackenzie Delta with the oil sands plants in northern Inuvik, Alberta. The proposed capacity is 1.2 Bcfd. The pipeline would be anchored by the development of about 164 billion m3 (Gm3) (5.8 trillion cubic feet [Tcf]) of sweet natural gas from the three gas fields: Taglu (Imperial, 3Tcf), Parsons Lake (ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, 1.8 Tcf), Niglintgak (Shell, 1 Tcf). The construction will include the three natural gas fields (C$4.9B). Each field will need onsite power generation between 4-10 MW. The fields will require 15,000-30,000 horsepower of turbine driven compression each.
There will also be a gathering system (C$3.5B) and main Mackenzie Valley Pipeline system (C$8B), compressor stations and natural gas liquids facilities. The central processing and compression facility will be Inuvik, within 120km of all three fields. There will be 12,000, 20,000 or 34,000 bpd of NGL separated and pumped through a new 480km 10\" pipeline from Inuvik to Norman Wells. The pump units will either be located at Inuvik facility, or if needed, three new pump stations will be built. There will be five turbine-driven compressor packages at 25MW each: two units at Inuvic facility, and one unit each at Loon River North, Tulita, and River Between Two Mountains compressor stations.
Operators:
Imperial Oil
Mackenzie Delta Producers Group
ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Ltd.
Shell Canada Ltd.
ExxonMobil Canada
Aboriginal Pipeline Group
TransCanada PipeLines Limited
Contractors:
KBR
Colt Engineering (WorleyParsons)