By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Mar. 19 -- Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has completed construction and commissioning of the 20-in., 7.5 mile Ladyfern Sales natural gas pipeline, which will transport gas from the Ladyfern region of British Columbia to TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.'s Owl Lake South meter station in Alberta. The pipeline, which came on stream Mar. 8, has the capacity to deliver 600 MMcfd of gas.
The Ladyfern region, which contains one of the hottest natural gas plays in North America, is currently producing more than 500 MMcfd of gas and is thought to contain as much as 1 tcf of gas reserves (OGJ Online, Oct. 23, 2001).
Canadian Natural said that the pipeline's commissioning will enable the company to increase production of natural gas from the Ladyfern area to 215 MMcfd from 175 MMcfd.
Canadian Natural operates the Ladyfern Sales pipeline; other pipeline partners are Canadian Natural 39.4486%, Murphy Oil Co. Ltd. 14.4578%, Kaiser Energy Ltd. 11.6883%, Devon Canada Corp. 9.3233%, Talisman Energy Inc. 8.3333%, Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. 7.2289%, Apache Canada Ltd. 6.7420%, and Grey Wolf Exploration Inc. 2.7778%.