The Canada Power Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the corporate constructing the Trans Mountain pipeline growth on its request for a pipeline variance.
The Trans Mountain pipeline is Canada’s solely oil pipeline to the west coast, and its growth will enhance the pipeline’s capability to 890,000 barrels per day from 300,000 at the moment.
The mission’s completion had been anticipated within the first quarter of this yr, however Trans Mountain Corp. has run into development difficulties associated to exhausting rock situations in British Columbia.
The Crown company beforehand requested permission to make use of a distinct diameter, wall thickness and coating for a 2.3-kilometre stretch of pipeline, however the regulator denied its request citing security considerations.
However Trans Mountain Corp. has requested the regulator to rethink, saying it now believes that with out the change, the mission might face a worst-case situation of a two-year delay in completion.
The Canada Power Regulator will take heed to Trans Mountain’s arguments in an oral listening to scheduled for Calgary on Friday morning.
