NBP launches open season for Bakken Header Supply Lateral project

Northern Border Pipeline Co. (NBP), Houston, launched a month-long nonbinding open season to gauge shipper interest in a pipeline project to transport natural gas from the Bakken area of North Dakota into the NBP system.

The proposed Bakken Header Supply Lateral project will consist of about 64 miles of 16-in. line, compression, and related facilities that would extend westward from near the outlet of Hess Corp.’s Tioga processing plant in northwestern North Dakota to where it will provide access to additional processing facilities.

At full capacity, the project will be capable of transporting as much as 295 MMcfd of gas, NBP said.

The open season will close on Nov. 26. The expected in service date of the project is early to mid-2017.

NBP is a general partnership owned by TC PipeLines LP and Oneok Partners LP. TransCanada Northern Border Inc. serves as NBP’s operator.