Northern Gateway pipeline unlikely to start up before 2018
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
World Pipelines,
The President of the Northern Gateway pipeline says the possibility of a 2018 start-up date is "quickly evaporating."
Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline company, no longer expects to complete its controversial Cdn$ 7.9 billion (US$ 7.3 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline by 2018, a company official said on Thursday.
John Carruthers, President of the Northern Gateway unit of Enbridge, says the company is focused on getting support from First Nations groups along the pipeline's route through British Columbia.
He told a Calgary business audience that the process of "re-engagement" with First Nations will take time and he's not too fussed about keeping to a schedule.
"We have stated that the earliest in-service date was 2018. That's quickly evaporating because we need to have this time to meet with people," said Carruthers.
"I'm not as fussed on what that date is, I'm more fussed on can we have the support we need to go ahead, so it's positive for all people of Canada, including aboriginal people."
If built, Northern Gateway would ship 525 000 bpd of diluted oilsands crude from the Edmonton area to Kitimat, BC, where the oil would be loaded onto tankers and shipped to Asia.
Edited from various sources by Elizabeth Corner
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