{"id":56544,"date":"2025-02-21T19:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/02\/21\/trans-mountain-pipeline-could-be-expanded-with-northern-leg\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T19:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:38:35","slug":"trans-mountain-pipeline-could-be-expanded-with-northern-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/02\/21\/trans-mountain-pipeline-could-be-expanded-with-northern-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Mountain pipeline could be expanded with Northern Leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Energy<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Oil &amp; Gas<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Economy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Old proposal attracting renewed interest in as a response to new trade headwinds with the United States<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout--noindent flex-align-center flex-justify-between\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" data-evt=\"visible\" data-evt-typ=\"element_view\"><span class=\"callout__text\"> Get the latest from Meghan Potkins straight to your inbox <\/span><button class=\"button button--icon button--primary-alt\" data-id-login-redirect=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/author\/mpotkinspostmedia-com\/newsletters\/\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"button__text\">Sign Up<\/span> <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"button__icon\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 11\" width=\"11\"><polygon points=\"1.1 0 7 6 1.1 12 0 10.9 4.8 6 0 1.1\"\/><\/svg> <\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Feb 21, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">4 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"f08c3d4b-f67c-44b4-a480-5e6aaa0cf249\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Corp.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">A long-shelved proposal to build a northern branch off the Trans Mountain pipeline system to the northern British Columbia coast is attracting renewed interest as the Canadian oilpatch and federal and provincial governments grapple with a response to new trade headwinds with the United States.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) may have sufficient capacity to support a so-called TMX Northern Leg, which would involve constructing a new lateral pipeline branch off the mainline near Valemount, B.C., to 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filed its official 2013 application for the project with the National Energy Board (NEB), the Northern Leg was not part of the proposal.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">At the time, the company said it favoured twinning the existing 1,500-kilometre pipeline south due to the risk of higher costs and greater cost uncertainty associated with the northern route, according to its submission to the NEB.<\/p>\n<p>But sources familiar with the pipeline say the Northern Leg remains an option and that the TMX was built <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">with sufficient capacity along its length from Edmonton through Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park to handle it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Trans Mountain Corp. 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Many projects are technically achievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TMX currently extends from a storage terminal in Edmonton southward through interior B.C. to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline began operating in 1953, with a capacity of just 150,000 b\/d, though subsequent upgrades doubled its output by 2008.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">By then, however, production from Alberta\u2019s oilsands had significantly expanded and the pipeline was regularly in apportionment \u2014 the industry\u2019s term for when demand for access to the pipeline exceeds its capacity \u2014 and Kinder Morgan was actively exploring options for the major expansion known as TMX.<\/p>\n<p>Facing regulatory delays and legal setbacks, Kinder Morgan eventually walked away, resulting in Ottawa stepping in to purchase the project for $4.4 billion in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion project nearly tripled capacity on the line to 890,000 b\/d, but the price tag ballooned to $34 billion by the time it went into service in May 2024.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment8018494504449432023481878600220672\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Despite widespread criticism about the cost, the project has been hailed by the sector and governments for helping to alleviate the discount on Canadian crude caused by years of pipeline constraints and a lack of access to global markets.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Following United States President Donald Trump\u2018s threat to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, including a 10 per cent tariff on energy commodities, the oil and gas sector and governments have once again turned to the stubborn problem of Canada\u2019s near-complete reliance on the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Those concerns have fuelled talk across the country of reviving old plans to build oil pipelines and other energy projects, though headlines have been dominated by talk of TC Energy Corp.\u2019s Energy East and Enbridge Inc.\u2019s Northern Gateway.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s major pipeline firms have largely been circumspect in their recent statements, warning that new investments are unlikely to occur without significant regulatory change and consultations with Indigenous groups on mechanisms to enable ownership.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been calls to expand TMX, Canada\u2019s only pipeline to tidewater on the West Coast, but few outside the sector seem aware of Kinder Morgan\u2019s former Northern Leg proposal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6884717532604785365649983872696320\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 5<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-5\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the Northern Leg say it may be a more viable option than some other projects because of the cost savings associated with piggybacking on the existing line\u2019s infrastructure. While it would require constructing a new terminal on the northern B.C. coast, expanding flows on the existing line could also be challenged by limitations and congestion at the marine terminal in Burnaby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably one of the more likely things we could do in a reasonable timeframe,\u201d Richard Masson, former chief executive of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s going in the right direction, because the market is Asia; that\u2019s where the growth is, and so that\u2019s where we should be pointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to recent inquiries about boosting volumes on TMX, Trans Mountain executives said capacity could be increased on the existing line by between 200,000 b\/d and 300,000 b\/d by using drag-reducing agents and increasing pumping capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday, an official with the Department of Finance said the government supports Trans Mountain in running the pipeline on a commercial basis in a way that maximizes its value. 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