CANADIAN GAS EXPORT PIPELINE DELAYED UNTIL 1995
Altamont Gas Transmission Co. has postponed for a second year construction of its proposed pipeline to ship more Canadian gas to U.S. markets.
Altamont Pres. Ewell Muse said completion of the line from Alberta to connect with the Kern River Transmission System in Wyoming is now scheduled for 1995. He blamed the delay on regulatory problems.
The Altamont group consists of Tenneco Gas Inc., Amoco Canada Petroleum Ltd., and Montana Power Co.
Canada's National Energy Board in February denied Altamont approval to build a 984 ft section of line across the Alberta-Montana border at Wild Horse. The link is part of a proposed 124 mile line from Empress, Alta., to the Alberta-U.S. border to be built by Nova Corp., Calgary, as part of the Altamont export system.
Altamont withdrew a court appeal of that decision and signed a letter of understanding to make the link part of the larger Nova project.
Under an agreement signed by Altamont, Nova or an affiliate would build the parts of the Altamont system on the Canadian side of the border.
Muse said the group now expects only about one third of the Alberta gas in its proposed system to go to the California market. Most of the gas would go into a pipeline hub at Opal, Wyo., to connect with lines serving market areas such as Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico.
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