North Montney Mainline Pipeline

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North Montney Mainline Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia, Canada.

Location

The pipeline is located in British Columbia’s Peace River Regional District. It begins at a the northern point of the existing Saturn section of the Groundbirch Mainline Loop (Saturn Section) and terminates in Kahta Creek, British Columbia.

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Project Details

• Operator: TC Energy
• Owner: TC Energy
• Parent company: TC Energy
• Length: 206 kilometers
• Capacity: 1,700 million cubic feet per day
• Diamater: 42 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2020
• Cost: US$1.1 billion
• Financing:
• Associated Infrastructure:

Background

Located in British Columbia’s Peace River Regional District, the North Montney Mainline (NMML) is a 206 km (128 mile), 42-inch diameter pipeline, which also includes metering facilities, valve sites, and compression facilities. It provide the critical natural gas transmission infrastructure required to connect natural gas producers and downstream markets throughout Canada and the United States.

TC Energy reached substantial completion of the North Montney Mainline Project (67km x 42" pipeline) in early in Q2 2019. In Q3 2019, TC Energy started the final cleanup phase of the project, which is expected to last into early Q4 2019. In November 2019 analyst Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. estimated that the pipeline would be commissioned in January 2020. All of the pipeline except for the 24-km Kahta section was commissioned in January 2020. The Kahta section was commissioned in April 2020.