By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 8 -- Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc., Richmond Hill, Ont., has applied to Canada's National Energy Board to increase its petroleum products pipeline system capacity from Montreal, Que., to Farran's Point, Ont., and to reverse the direction of flow between Farran's Point to Toronto.
The proposed project would include replacing four line segments totaling 45 miles of 10-in. pipe with 16-in. pipe between Montreal and Farran's Point. Trans-Northern also proposed upgrading four existing pump stations at Montreal and Como, Que., and Lancaster and Ingleside, Ont., and constructing storage tanks at the Farran's Point pump station.
With respect to reversing the pipeline flow between Farran's Point to Toronto from a west-to-east direction to an east-to-west direction, Trans-Northern proposed to construct three pump stations along the existing 10-in. pipeline near Iroquois, Mallorytown, and Kingston, Ont.
Following completion of the expansion project, capacity from Montreal to Farran's Point will increase to 741 Mcfd from 371 Mcfd. The project is estimated to cost $82.25 million (Can.) and the targeted completion date is mid-2004, Trans-Northern said.
