Project Profile
Value: US$310 million
Location: British Columbia shale gas supplies to TransCanada’s Alberta System
Start-up Year: 2Q 2012
Length: 155 km
In response to the rapidly increasing development of natural gas production from the northeastern British Columbia shale basins, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada, is constructing the Horn River Pipeline. The 36-inch diameter pipeline is a 72 kilometre (45 mile) extension of the Alberta System running from a point on the Ekwan Pipeline, north to the Horn River area in British Columbia.
The pipeline is expected to be operational early in the second quarter of 2012, with an estimated project cost of US$310 million.
Operator:
TransCanada Corporation: Operator with 100% interest