Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Revives its Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Plans Based on New LNG Supply

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC (Halifax, Nova Scotia), a joint venture of Duke Energy (77.53%), Emera, Incorporated (12.92%) and ExxonMobil Canada (9.55%), is planning to resurrect its expansion plans to its natural gas pipeline system. The existing Maritimes system extends 1,300 km from its interconnection with Sable Offshore Energy at Goldboro, Nova Scotia to interconnect with Algonquin Gas at Beverly, Massachusetts and Tennessee Gas at Dracut, Massachusetts. The Maritimes pipeline system has a present capacity of over 650 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d).

The scope of the new expansion project will include 140 miles of new 36" diameter natural gas pipeline split into six separate looping sections in Maine. In Canada, Maritimes will construct four new laterals in Canada to interconnect with new natural gas supplies sourced from new LNG terminals. The first will be the 60 km Point Tupper Lateral and the second will be the 124 km Halifax Lateral. The third and fourth laterals will be the 111 km Saint John Lateral and the Moucton Lateral measuring 12 km. Maritimes has signed agreements with Anadarko Corporation to transport 813 MMscf/d from its proposed Bear Head LNG re-gasification terminal near Point Tupper, Nova Scotia and with Repsol YPF for an additional 750 MMscf/d from its proposed Canaport LNG terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick, which is a joint venture with Canada’s Irving Oil.

To supply supporting compression to the project, Maritimes will construct ten or more new compressor stations. Six of the new compressor stations will be located on the U.S. side of the border in Maine and at least four new compressor stations will be located in Atlantic Canada. The new stations will utilize turbine-based compression packages in single and dual sets at each station. Maritimes will install from 18 to 24 new turbine compressor packages during the expansion.

Maritimes expects to file permitting for the expansion project in Canada in the last quarter of 2005. Maritimes expects to file with the FERC for the U.S. portion of the project in the first quarter of 2006. All things considered, Maritimes could begin construction on its pipeline expansion project by late 2007, with a completion date targeted for late 2008.

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