Activating

The Canadian government has set up the starting gate for the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline race by activating a northern regulatory agency and opening a door to providing indirect financial assistance for the project.

The potential hazard of re-activating the Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility so near to a nuclear facility, which came under attack in the Senate last week, already has been reviewed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a Williams spokeswoman said.