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2 days ago · This web page covers news and events related to the energy sector in Saskatchewan, Canada, such as coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power. It does not contain any information about pipeline construction or operation in the United States or elsewhere.
Mar 21, 2024 · The Trans Mountain is Canada's only oil pipeline to the West Coast. The project will transport oil from Alberta to the West Coast and triple the amount of crude that is shipped on an existing...
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- Major Pipelines in Canada
- How Do Pipelines Work?
- How Are Pipelines built?
- How Are Pipelines Monitored and maintained?
- How Are Pipelines Regulated?
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The discovery of fossil fuels in Canada began in Enniskillen Township, near Sarnia, Ontario, in the 1850s ( see Petroleum Industries). The construction of pipelines to carry crude oil and natural gas to domestic (and eventually foreign) markets soon followed. For a century after the Sarnia-area oil discovery, the pace of pipeline construction was s...
Today, more than 840,000 km of pipelines are laid out across Canada, beginning in Alberta and going west to British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories, south to Texas, and east to Quebec. Gathering pipelines, feeder pipelines and transmission pipelines transport crude oil, natural gas and liquefied natural gas from wells to collection poi...
A simple pipeline is a long length of connected pipes with pumps, valves and control devices to help convey liquids or gases. A pipeline network consists of gathering systems, trunk lines and distribution systems — parts that are analogous to the roots, trunk and branches of a tree. The gathering system transports a mixture of oil, gas and sometime...
Most pipelines are constructed of steel, although plastic and aluminum are occasionally used in the construction of natural-gas distribution networks. Steel pipelines are formed by welding sections of pipe together. After the welds are X-rayed to detect any flaws, the pipe is wrapped with a protective coating and buried. All pipelines, regardless o...
Pipelines operate every day of the year. Computerized operation allows pressure, flow and energy consumption throughout the line to be continuously monitored. Computers can perform leak detection calculations quickly and initiate remedial actions in case of emergency, such as closing emergency valves, shutting off pumps and alerting repair crews (s...
Canada’s first Pipelines Act was passed in 1949. This federal legislation created guidelines and safety requirements for how and where pipelines were built. A decade later, the federal government established the National Energy Board(NEB), an independent agency that has the authority to regulate pipelines crossing provincial or international border...
Pipeline construction has been a political flashpoint. A TransCanada (now TC Energy) pipeline, now known as the Canadian Mainline, was heavily debated in 1956,and intense controversy surrounded the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, a project that was indefinitely deferred in the 1970s, resurrected by Imperial Oilin 2004 and abandoned in 2017. The Trans Mo...
Pipeline proposals that remain active or under construction include the Trans Mountain Expansion Project initiated by Kinder Morgan and now owned by the federalgovernment and Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement Program.
Learn about the history, types and controversies of pipelines in Canada, which transport oil and gas across the country and beyond. Find out the major pipelines operating today and the proposed projects that have been rejected or cancelled.
Apr 26, 2024 · The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) is poised to provide Alberta’s oil patch an expanded export route for diluted bitumen by opening a heavy-oil twin to its 70-year-old pipeline.
Interactive Pipeline Map. We have a vast network of pipelines in Canada that transport millions of litres of oil and gas every day. Any pipeline that crosses a provincial or international border falls under the federal regulation of the CER.
May 8, 2024 · The pipeline will supply natural gas to Dow Chemical's $9-billion Path2Zero facility, which is being built near Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., 25 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Path2Zero is billed...
Nov 30, 2022 · The project will add approximately 40 kilometres of new natural gas pipeline in southwestern Alberta to the existing 25,000-kilometre NGTL system.
