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The Project proponents are submitting the following regulatory
applications:
development plan applications for Niglintgak, Taglu and
Parsons Lake to the National Energy Board (NEB)
an application for construction of the gathering pipelines
and related facilities to the National Energy Board (NEB)
an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity for a Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline to the National
Energy Board (NEB)
a suite of detailed applications for land use and for infrastructure
development to northern regulatory boards, GNWT regulatory
agencies and Federal regulatory boards
These applications are supported by the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), which has been filled with the Environmental
Joint Review Panel . The EIS assesses the potential socio-economic
and environmental impact of all components of the proposed
development.
A decision to construct the Project has not been made. The
final decision to proceed with construction will depend on
obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals and assessing
any conditions attached to those approvals, as well as several
other factors, such as natural gas markets, project costs
and fiscal terms.
The project would include:
developing the estimated 165 Gm3 (six trillion
cubic feet) of natural gas resource in the three anchor fields,
Niglintgak, Taglu and Parsons Lake in the Mackenzie Delta
constructing gathering pipelines and associated facilities
constructing a gas pipeline from Inuvik, along the Mackenzie
Valley to northwestern Alberta
The gathering system would collect natural gas and associated
natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the three fields and transport
them to a facility in the Inuvik area. The gathering system
will include:
- gathering pipelines, consisting of four sections, ranging
in size from NPS 16 to NPS 30, totalling about 175 km
of pipe
- the Inuvik area facility, built to separate the gas
and NGLs, and to compress, pump and cool the gas and NGLs.
The facility will be located about 20 km east of Inuvik.
- a buried, NPS 10 NGL pipeline, about 475 km long, built
from the Inuvik area facility to Norman Wells. The NGL
pipeline will be built in the same right-of-way as the
Mackenzie Valley pipeline. At Norman Wells, it will connect
to the existing Enbridge oil pipeline.
The applications to the National Energy Board include:
The project began to file additional applications in April
2005. These include applications for permits to develop
the project's infrastructure, such as construction camps,
access roads, pipeline rights-of-way, storage areas and
granular quarries. The permit applications are being filed
with the relevant territorial regulatory boards and will
also be available for public review.
The project permit applications include:
- Applications for the Gathering Pipelines
in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Filed May 25, 2005; June 07, 2005; July 18, 2005; September
09, 2005; March 20, 2006; December 11, 2006)
- Applications in the Gwich'in Settlement
Area
(Filed April 18, 2005; March 20, 2006)
- Applications in the Sahtu Settlement
Area
(Filed September 13, 2005; October 14, 2005; October 28,
2005; May 11, 2006)
- Applications in the Dehcho Region
(Filed October 12, 2005; October 14, 2005; May 11, 2006)
- Applications in the Mackenzie Valley
(Filed October 31, 2007)
- Applications in Alberta
To request an electronic (CD) or paper copy of the application
documents, please call 1-866-437-3580 or locally within
Calgary at (403) 237-3580.
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