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Pipeline project
ahead of schedule
Ken Gousseau Canadian portion of the project includes the
Medicine Hat News
construction of about 373 km of new pipeline
and the conversion of about 864 km of existing
Construction of the TransCanada Keystone
TransCanada pipeline from natural gas to crude
pipeline in Oyen is well ahead of schedule,
oil transmission.
company officials say.
“This is an innovative, cost-competitive way to
By mid-March, 202 kilometres of the 3,456 km
accommodate the expected growth in Canadian
first phase of the oil pipeline will be completed,
oil production during the next decade,” says
leaving 71 km for summer 2009 construction in
TransCanada spokesman Terry Cunha. “The
Alberta. The pipeline is scheduled for completion
pipeline will also serve the interests of the United
by the fourth quarter of 2009.
States by providing a secure and reliable supply
The town of Oyen, located about 145 km north
of Canadian oil to meet the growing demand in
of Medicine Hat, is the location chosen as
the U.S. “
the headquarters for the construction team
Keystone has secured commitments for 910,000
tasked with completing the 273 km of Alberta
barrels per day over an average term of 18 years.
construction for the Keystone pipeline project.
This represents about 83 per cent of the system’s
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Ledcor Pipeline Ltd. is the principle contractor
capacity. When completed, the pipeline will
for the project.
transport about 1.1 million barrels of oil per
In Alberta, the pipeline construction crew will
day and result in a total capital investment of
peak at about 700 workers as well as several
approximately $12 billion U.S.
hundred people constructing the Hardisty
About 40 Alberta communities will benefit from
terminal and the pumping stations. The entire
local spending and tax revenues generated by
project will peak at approximately 7,000 workers
Keystone, TransCanada says. Additional tax
in the summer of 2009.
revenue will be generated due to new facilities
The pipeline will stretch from Hardisty, Alta, to
being installed, such as pump stations.
Cushing, Oklahoma and Patoka, Illinois. The
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