TC Energy lets construction contract for Keystone XL in Canada

TC Energy Corp. let a contract to Michels Canada to construct some 260 km of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project in Alberta.

Michels Canada will hire a projected 1,000 workers each year over the 2-year construction period, with emphasis on hiring locally and giving priority to qualified local and indigenous businesses. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer near Oyen, Alta. and finish near Hardisty, Alta. in the spring of 2022.

In March, TC Energy said it would proceed with construction of its 1,210-mile crude oil pipeline that will carry 830,000 b/d from Hardisty, Alta., to Steele City, Neb., where it will connect with the company’s existing system to reach US Gulf Coast refiners (OGJ Online, Mar. 31, 2020). The pipeline is expected to enter service in 2023.