TransCanada Prepping Western Canada Pipeline Grid for Growing Unconventional NatGas Output

摘要

As construction is completed on pipe- line additions this year, the next stage is taking shape in a multi-year program to adapt the Western Canadian natural gas pipeline grid to spreading shale production. A new regulatory application by Trans- Canada Corp. is seeking C$570 million ($456 million) in pipes and compressors next year for the pipeline giant’s supply collection network in Alberta and British Columbia (BC), Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL).