Happy Wednesday!
By now you know we like to
follow-up on our previous blogs, and the Canadian Trans Mountain Pipeline
we blogged on the
last four months is in the news again. Trans Mountain Corp. who
jumped the hurdle of government approval, changes in pipeline size due to the
terrain as well as supply hang-ups has made the news again this time for
something positive even more positive than the Blog in March and April in which
they were doing initial testing of the pipeline. Check out our blog for more details of
previous hiccups on this important pipeline!
Did anyone
happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s Daily Update Newsletter on May
1, 2024, their article titled, “CER approves operation of Trans Mountain crude
pipeline expansion”? The article speaks on
Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline has received the Canadian Energy
Regulator (CER) approval for operation they were waiting for in April. The CER approval is right on time for their May
1, 2024, timeline they released previously.
The pipeline started filling its 988 km (approx. 614 miles) of new pipe in
Mid-April, and it is almost ¾ full by volume and about the same in distance. Once
the pipeline is filled and commissioning is complete the line will hold
590,000-b/d, and CER will be keeping an eye on things to protect the
environment, and the people of Canada.
It should be noted the pipeline will still working on clean up, final
improvements, and restoring along the pipeline’s route for the foreseeable future,
even when the pipeline is at capacity in full operations.
Here's a bit
of information about the Trans Mountain Crude Oil Pipeline. The pipeline mostly shadows its existing 300,000-b/d
line which starts at its Edmonton Terminal in Strathcona County, Alberta to its
Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia, and it is 988 km (approx.
614 miles) long. Trans Mountain Pipeline
reactivated 193 km (approx. 120 miles) of pipeline, it has 12 new pump
stations, 19 new storage tanks (Burnaby – 14, Sumas – 1, and Edmonton - 4), and
3 new berths were added to Westridge Terminal.
The two parallel pipelines have the compacity to move 890,000-b/d to
export to the world.
Since the pipeline’s
approval in June 2019, it has had a rough and long ride to get to this point! It was riddled with delays and technical problems
and in spite of it all they have reached the finish line. We wish them a speedy end to fill its first
commercial vessel! If you would like to
read more about the Canadian Trans Mountain Pipeline from The Oil and
Gas Journal, please click the link: CER
approves operation of Trans Mountain crude pipeline expansion | Oil & Gas
Journal (ogj.com).
If you would
like help in looking into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and
with less of a carbon footprint, please check us out! Contact us via email in the blog and check out
our ESC's website and ask how we can help you!
Don’t forget ITLA’s
Conference and Trade Show is coming up next week (May 6 – 8, 2024)
in Houston, Texas. If you would like more information, please click the link: ILTA2024.
We hope to see you there!
We hope you have a wonderful evening!
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