Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. recently announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary NOVA Gas Transmissions Ltd. will proceed with its CAD $655 million Saddle West natural gas project. The project is expected to increase total natural gas transportation capacity on the northwest portion of the system by approximately 355 MMcf/d.
The Saddle West Expansion Project will include 29 kilometers of 36-inch pipeline looping of existing mainlines, the addition of five compressor units at existing station sites and new metering facilities. An application to construct and operate the project will be filed with the National Energy Board in the third quarter of 2017, and subject to regulatory approvals, construction is expected to start in 2018, according to TransCanada.