The potential Canadian entry into liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets estimated it could need 2,500 Montney Shale wells to fill export facilities on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).

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In the first 20 years of exports, NorthRiver Midstream NEBC Connector GP Inc. estimated the new drilling could spawn 313 kilometers (188 miles) of field pipelines and 250 kilometers (150 miles) of production site access roads.

Efficiency and conservation would limit surface disturbance across the area, estimated at 26,617 square kilometers (10,277 square miles). The Montney supply “catchment area” is west of BC’s share of the Alaska Highway, NorthRiver noted in a filing with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).

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