Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Northeast British Columbia (B.C.) to BG Group’s LNG export facility in Prince Rupert, on the province’s northwest coast
Capacity: 4.2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas
Length: 850-kilometre (525 mile)
Completion date: 2019
Spectra Energy Corp signed a Project Development Agreement with BG Group to jointly develop plans for a new natural gas transportation system from northeast British Columbia (B.C.) to the province’s northwest coast. Spectra Energy and BG Group will each initially own a 50 percent interest in the proposed transportation project. Spectra Energy will be responsible for construction and operation and BG Group has agreed to contract for all of the proposed capacity. The approximately 850-kilometre (525 mile), large diameter natural gas transportation system will begin in northeast B.C. and end at BG Group’s potential LNG export facility in Prince Rupert. The new transportation system will be capable of transporting up to 4.2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. The project also will connect with the Spectra Energy system at Station 2 (southwest of Fort St. John), a growing natural gas hub that collects supply from multiple areas of the province and other supply basins in Western Canada.
The companies will spend the next several years closely conferring with stakeholders and working through the permitting process for the proposed transportation system. This work will include filing a project application with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. Based on the results of these efforts, project construction is currently expected to commence mid-decade, with service starting by the end of the decade.
FLUOR is the prime engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance (EPCM) contractor for the project.
Operators:
Spectra Energy: Operator with 50% interest
BG Group: 50% interest
Contractor:
FLUOR