Continuing growth in the use of natural gas as fuel for thermal oilsands production is showing on a barometer of industry development: TransCanada Corp.’s Alberta supply collection network, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).
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Quebec Regulator Backs Utilities on TransCanada Mainline Conversion Costs
Quebec’s public utilities board has thrown its weight behind distribution company demands for national protection against the costs of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East partial conversion of its natural gas Mainline to oil service.
TransCanada Seeks Speedy Verdict on Pipeline Plan
TransCanada Corp. has set out to obtain a speedy verdict on plans to overhaul and enlarge its pipeline network by brushing aside objections from natural gas distribution companies in Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern United States.
Canadian Utilities Seek Pause in TransCanada Rate Overhaul
Canada’s three biggest natural gas distribution companies are calling for a timeout to be imposed on TransCanada Corp.’s C$13.5 billion (US$12 billion) grand design for an overhaul of the national pipeline network.
TransCanada’s Formal Gas-to-Oil Filing Sets Off Battle Royale
TransCanada Corp. gave natural gas shippers a promise Thursday that the proposed partial conversion of its Mainline to oil service will only proceed when all their firm transportation requirements are fulfilled.
TransCanada Mainline Gas-to-Oil Conversion Plans Advance
Supertanker oil cargoes will refill vacant natural gas capacity in TransCanada Corp.’s Mainline as early as the autumn of 2017, according to a two-volume blueprint for the Energy East conversion project released Tuesday.
TransCanada’s Alberta System Showing Its Age, Audit Finds
Lingering risks of ruptures, explosions, fires and breakdowns haunt the western supply side of TransCanada Corp.’s natural gas delivery network 16 years after a corporate merger included taking over the aging system.
Ontario Supports TransCanada-Utilities Pact
A friend in high places has stepped forward to support TransCanada Corp.’s plan for enabling growth in U.S. shale gas exports to Ontario and Quebec by working with their distributors on additions to northbound pipeline capacity.
Manitoba, Upper Midwest Supply Emergency Ending
Last weekend’s natural gas supply emergency that gripped parts of the Canadian province Manitoba, as well as Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, was coming to an end Tuesday as TransCanada Pipeline crews continued working to repair sections of a Mainline lateral that were damaged by an explosion Saturday.
TransCanada Rupture Cuts Heat to Thousands
An early Saturday morning explosion and fire on a lateral of the TransCanada Mainline in Manitoba left thousands without natural gas service amid freezing temperatures and prompted the closing of some schools in the region, according to pipeline notices and media reports.