It would be twice the size of the Northern Gateway pipeline and much shorter. The project by TransCanada would see in the neighborhood of 900,000 barrels a day flow into the Edmonton from northern Alberta. Construction could start within a few months.
The Alberta Energy Regulator is holding a hearing into the $3-billion Grand Rapids project.
“The project is needed to enable the immense production potential of the West Athabasca oilsands to reach markets as early as 2015,” says the company.
TransCanada is partnering up with Phoenix Energy Holdings, a Canadian subsidiary of PetroChina, to build the Grand Rapids pipeline.
(source: Edmonton Journal)
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