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TransCanada asks to use existing pipelines to ship gas east

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I have no doubt whatsoever that the NEB, the Irving Clan and all the other greasy gassy oily guys recall my intervention in the Emera Pipeline Project in 2006


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/transcanada-asks-to-use-existing.html





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/transcanada-corp-natural-gas-alberta-1.5021964



TransCanada asks to use existing pipelines to ship gas east




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David Amos
David Amos
I'm Back Surprise Surprise Surprise


Roger Richard
Roger Richard
@David Amos Me too.

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Where did you both go?


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you must have figured out that we were busy partying hardy over the resignation of your hero Gerald Butts N'esy Pas?

If not need I say we are still Happy Happy Happy?



David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks the SANB should check my work within the "Most Liked" threads before they all evaporate N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-resigns-pmo-1.5023675


Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Methinks the Anglo Society should try harder to get more fans...You currently have 3 followers... :)

 
David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks you know as well as I that the PANB and the Anglo Society don't like the Chief of the Amos Clan and that mon ami Roger Richard is a Very Proud Acadian who ran against your beloved former President of the SANB in the last election N'esy Pas?







David Amos
David Amos
I have no doubt whatsoever that the NEB, Trans Canada, Enbridge, the Irving Clan and all the other greasy gassy oily guys recall my intervention in the Emera Pipeline Project in 2006 while I ran against Ed Doherty in Saint John Harbour. Methinks PUBLIC Records cannot be easily denied N'esy Pas?








Roger Richard
Marc Martin
They want the USA market the maritimes are worthless to them, let see how the CoRservative leader handles this.


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin They sold to the Yankees for decades My home in Beantown is the irrefutable proof of that simple fact.

Methinks you SANB dudes need to do your homework before you spout off N'esy Pas?


Paul Bourgoin
Paul Bourgoin
@Marc Martin
Like he was instructed to do.

David Amos
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin YUP

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@David Amos

Methinks you Anglo Society dudes need to do your own homework before you spout off N'esy Pas? Energy East is not currently in NB.

David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Martin Methinks Emera certainly is N'esy Pas?



James Reed
James Reed
@Marc Martin

This is before the National Energy Board








 Harold Benson
Harold Benson
Enbridge has been a disaster for NBers. They don't need to have any more slack cut after promising cheap energy. Fool me once......


David Amos
David Amos
@Harold Benson Methinks Sam was fooled as well N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Harold Benson

Exactly but the thing is your idol the CoRservative leader and the purple leader are both for gas...










Marc Martin
Paul Bourgoin
Where, who and how will Joe Public benefit from such a Deal?


David Amos
David Amos
@Paul Bourgoin Perhaps lower gas prices as promised but I doubt it

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Paul Bourgoin

They wont, this is a sale opportunity to get to sell their gas to this part of the USA.










Marc Martin 
Roger Richard
In recent years, I defended my home against shale gas, fluoridated water and smart meters. Guess what? They are all coming back!


David Amos
David Amos
@Roger Richard Methinks what comes around goes around and around and around like a merry go round until the "Powers That Be" who oversee the circus Get what they want N'esy Pas Mon Ami?

Marc Martin
Marc Martin
@Roger Richard

Some other things keep coming back also....







Marc Martin 
Marc Bourque
Cheap and energy dont mix,we all know that! So dont use that line to build a pipeline and yes we need one for the economy but dont ever say we will benefit directly from this...


David Amos
David Amos
@Marc Bourque Methinks the pipelines that already exist are what they intend to use all they need is the EUB and the NEB blessings along with that of the US State Department and perhaps Trump won't agree with their scheme N'esy Pas?





TransCanada asks to use existing pipelines to ship gas east

Enbridge, Irving support TransCanada's proposal, which awaits National Energy Board approval


TransCanada’s corporate head office at 450 1st St. SW in downtown Calgary. (David Bell/CBC)



The company that once hoped to ship Alberta crude oil to New Brunswick is now pitching itself as one of the province's best hopes for a stable, inexpensive supply of natural gas.

TransCanada Corp. is asking federal regulators for permission to sign new long-term supply contracts to ship gas from Western Canada through existing pipelines to eastern markets, including Atlantic Canada.

The two main natural gas retailers in New Brunswick, Enbridge Gas New Brunswick and Irving Oil, are supporting the application.



The western gas would provide them with a new source of supply to replace Nova Scotia's offshore gas, which shut down last year.


TransCanada proposed five pump stations for the Energy East pipeline in New Brunswick, including Saint-Léonard, Plaster Rock, Stanley, Cumberland Bay and Hampton. It has since abandoned the project. (CBC)
Enbridge general manager Gilles Volpé says if the plan is approved, "it gives access to more capacity, and more access to the Alberta-based natural gas. That natural gas is plentiful, of course, but it's also very stable from a price point of view."

It's possible the commodity price portion of residential natural gas bills could be reduced 30 to 40 percent, he said.

Not Energy East


In 2017, TransCanada abandoned plans to build the Energy East pipeline to carry heavy oil from Alberta to an export terminal in Saint John. The company cited new emissions standards in the regulatory review of the project.

With no pipeline link between the rest of Canada and the Maritimes, the natural gas would move on TransCanada's Canadian mainline as far as Quebec, then cross the border to travel through U.S. lines in New England.

It would then travel back into Canada via the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline that links this region to the United States.


Stefan Baranski, TransCanada’s director of commercial markets in Eastern Canada, says the plan may mean savings for New Brunswickers. (CBC )
"Eastern Canadian markets will be served by western Canadian gas, which is pretty exciting from our perspective," said Stefan Baranski, TransCanada's director of commercial markets in Eastern Canada,
Volpé says TransCanada already ships some gas to Atlantic Canada on the route, but "this provides more capacity to bring more gas this way."

'Critical' application


TransCanada and interveners are now filing documents with the National Energy Board, which must approve the proposal. Enbridge's application to intervene says the plan is "critical" to its New Brunswick operations.

"EGNB does not have access to local supply, nor local natural gas storage facilities to meet its franchise needs at this time and considers [gas from the west] as a valuable asset in meeting the needs of Atlantic Canada long term."


Irving Oil is supporting TransCanada's bid to use existing pipelines to ship natural gas east. (CBC)
Enbridge has signed a 20.5-year contract for the gas starting in 2021.


Irving Oil's contract would start Nov. 1 of this year. The company says in its filing it is "strongly supportive" of the plan and getting the new supply in place this fall is "extremely important to Irving Oil in meeting its needs for secure and reliable natural gas supplies for its operations in Atlantic Canada."
Enbridge says in its filing that New England and Atlantic Canada have the highest natural gas prices and are the most volatile market for gas.

"By having access to long-term supply with generally low volatility, EGNB is better able to provide valued service to our franchise area and provide an economical energy source which helps reduce the carbon footprint of this region in Canada," the filing says.


Enbridge New Brunswick general manager Gilles Volpé says he supports TransCanada's proposal to supply New Brunswick with western gas. (Radio-Canada)
TransCanada's Energy East proposal would have seen the company convert one of its existing natural gas lines from the Alberta-Saskatchewan border to near the Ontario-Quebec border, then build a new line the rest of the way to Saint John.

One of TransCanada's motives for Energy East was that its cross-Canada gas lines were losing money because they were operating below full capacity.

Ironically, the proposed long-term gas contracts would fill some of the unused space that would have been turned over to Energy East.


The right-of-way of TransCanada's Canadian mainline in North Bay, Ontario. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Baranski said the excess capacity allowed TransCanada to offer Atlantic Canadian distributors a discounted price that is competitive with closer supplies of gas in the U.S.

Enbridge says more stable pricing would also allow it to attract more customers — a prospect that has proven a challenge for the company since it began gas operations 20 years ago.

Last year, Calgary-based Enbridge announced it was selling its New Brunswick operations to Algonquin Power and Utilities, but the sale is still going through its own regulatory process.

In its filings with the National Energy Board, TransCanada says 17 companies have signed contracts ranging from 10 to 20½ years.

It is hoping for the board's approval by late summer.

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