TRANSCANADA RECEIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR ALASKA GAS PIPELINE

摘要

In a 24 to 16 vote in late July,Alaska's House of Representatives voted to allow TransCanada Corp.to build a 2,700-kilometre-long natural gas pipeline from the state's North Slope to an existing hub on the Alberta-British Columbia border.The Alaskan Senate passed the bill,backed by Governor Sarah Palin,in early August.The project,to ship 4 billion cubic feet a day,is estimated to cost between 26 billion and 30 billion.