VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access road to the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion in Prince George, B.C. In a news release issued Sunday the company says construction will take a few days, but it has no timeline on when the repair work will be completed. An explosion Tuesday knocked out a 91-centimetre line and another pipeline is supplying natural gas on a reduced basis. Enbridge says it has completed soil sampling and [Read more]
Unicorns and pipelines: Notley and enviro-activist square off on Trans Mountain
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, with her arch pipeline foe sitting just a few feet away in the front row, compared Trans Mountain protesters Saturday to dewy-eyed unicorn jockeys from Salt Spring Island, B.C. "I would say to those who oppose our fight to build this pipeline, that they are being extremely foolish," Notley said in a speech to a teachers convention. "Maybe on Salt Spring Island you can build an economy on condos and coffee shops, but not in Edmonton and [Read more]
Enbridge says it will begin B.C. pipeline cleanup but gives no timeline
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc. says it will begin cleaning up the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion in Prince George, B.C., but the company says it does not have a timeline for how long the task will take. In a news release Saturday, the company says the Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into Tuesday's incident, has opened the area to begin site-safety work and clean-up planning. An explosion Tuesday at an underground Enbridge pipeline temporarily [Read more]
Some natural gas flows to curtailed customers after pipeline blast: FortisBC
VANCOUVER - The long process of restoring natural gas service to industrial customers in British Columbia is underway after an explosion earlier this week near Prince George that shut down two pipelines. A statement posted on the website of FortisBC, the utility that distributes gas to about one million B.C. homes and businesses, says work to bring industrial customers back online began Thursday night and will continue, on a gradual basis, through the weekend. Specific businesses [Read more]
B.C. pipeline explosion strands natural gas output, cuts into wellhead prices
CALGARY - A pipeline explosion in B.C. on Tuesday is interrupting natural gas deliveries and cutting into the cold weather price bonus Canadian gas producers had been enjoying for the past few weeks. More than 1.6 billion cubic feet per day — roughly 10 per cent of Western Canada's daily natural gas output — was stranded when Enbridge Inc. halted transport on the 36-inch line that exploded near Prince George, B.C and on its neighbouring 30-inch line. The National Energy Board allowed [Read more]
Enbridge restores smaller natural gas pipeline in B.C., after main line blast
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The company that shut down its main natural gas pipeline through British Columbia following an explosion and fire Tuesday night says it has restarted a smaller line running beside the damaged pipe. Enbridge says it has received National Energy Board approval Wednesday night to restart its 76-centimetre line, which was shut down as a precaution because it is in the same path as the 91-centimetre line that ruptured and exploded near Prince George. The [Read more]
Encana CEO says carbon taxes cost $100,000 per well in northeastern B.C.
The CEO of Encana Corp. says government policy is making Canada an increasingly uncompetitive place to drill for oil and gas. Doug Suttles says it costs his company about $100,000 in carbon taxes on the diesel required to drill and complete each well in northeastern British Columbia, a cost his competitors in similar plays in the United States do not pay. He told the Energy Roundtable conference in Calgary that Encana's wells produce clean-burning natural gas which is then processed in one [Read more]
Parkland Fuel buying 75 per cent stake in SOL Investments for $1.57 billion
CALGARY - Parkland Fuel Corp. says it will acquire a 75 per cent stake in SOL Investments Ltd., an independent fuel marketer in the Caribbean, for $1.57 billion under an agreement with its current owners. SOL supplies and markets a total of 4.8 billion litres of fuel annually across 23 countries in the Caribbean. Under the deal, SOL Ltd. will continue to own 25 per cent of SOL Investments and acquire about 12.2 million shares of Parkland Fuel, one of Canada's largest fuel [Read more]
Most residents allowed home after pipeline explosion near Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Most residents of a northern B.C. community are being allowed back into their homes after a gas pipeline ruptured, sparking a massive blaze. RCMP say the explosion happened at about 5:30 p.m. PT Tuesday and forced about 100 members of the nearby Lheidli T'enneh First Nation from their homes. Officials say it was from an Enbridge natural gas pipeline in Shelley, B.C., about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George. Police say residences within several kilometres [Read more]
Pipeline ruptures, sparks massive fire north of Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - About 100 members of a First Nation community in northern British Columbia were evacuated from their homes Tuesday evening after a gas pipeline ruptured, sparking a massive blaze. The rupture happened on a natural gas transmission pipeline owned and operated by Enbridge about 13.5 kilometres from Prince George on Tuesday evening, Enbridge spokesman Michael Barnes said in an emailed statement. It ignited at the site, which is in a rural area. There are no [Read more]
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