TC Energy details $1.2-billion West Path delivery program
Nov. 4, 2019
TC Energy Corp., Calgary, announced the West Path delivery program, a combined $1.2-billion expansion of its NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) and Foothills systems, which will connect with the $335-million GTN XPress project recently announced by TC PipeLines LP, to deliver the volumes to downstream markets (OGJ Online, Apr. 16, 2019). The $1.2 billion to be invested includes 119 km of pipeline and associated facilities.
“The West Path delivery program, along with the GTN XPress project, further enhances connections of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to high-value downstream markets,” said Russ Girling, president and chief executive officer.
The program brings the company’s sanctioned expansions of NGTL and Foothills infrastructure to $10 billion, Girling said.
The West Path delivery program is underpinned by 258 MMcfd of new firm service contracts with terms that exceed 30 years, beginning between fourth-quarter 2022 and fourth-quarter 2023.
Applications for approvals to construct and operate the facilities are expected to be filed in 2020 and, pending receipt of regulatory approvals, construction is expected to begin as early as fourth-quarter 2021.