Canadian natural gas exports are set to increase to the U.S. Pacific Northwest and California in the next 10 years, according to the developer of a proposed C$355.5 million ($267 million) pipeline expansion project.

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The proposed West Path 2023 expansion of TC Energy Corp.’s pipeline grid in Alberta and British Columbia, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), is supported by shipper service bookings of 166 MMcf/d, NGTL said in a filing to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).

Driven primarily by production from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, operators are “seeking increased access to export markets and the ability to compete for downstream market share,” said the NGTL filing. “Many plays in the WCSB, such as the Montney and Deep Basin, can compete economically.”

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