Trans Mountain is expanding its current 1,150 km pipeline between Strathcona County, Alberta, and Burnaby, BC. The expansion would create a twinned pipeline that would increase the nominal capacity of the system from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day.The federal government purchased the existing pipeline, along with the expansion project in May 2018 for $4.5B. The deal closed in late August 2018. On June 18, 2019, the Government of Canada approved the project for a second time. A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) was issued on June 21, 2019.Construction began at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C. on August 22, and construction began in Alberta on December 3, 2019.
Trans Mountain is expanding its current 1,150 km pipeline between Strathcona County, Alberta, and Burnaby, BC. The expansion would create a twinned pipeline that would increase the nominal capacity of the system from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day.
The federal government purchased the existing pipeline, along with the expansion project in May 2018 for $4.5B. The deal closed in late August 2018.
On June 18, 2019, the Government of Canada approved the project for a second time. A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) was issued on June 21, 2019.
Construction began at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C. on August 22, and construction began in Alberta on December 3, 2019.