Fracked gas to feed proposed methanol refineries, power plants, and petrochemical facilities would come into the Pacific Northwest in massive pipelines.
TC Energy is full steam ahead with plans to expand its Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline by 150,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d). For context, this would be the equivalent of adding 754,000 cars to the road every year for 30 years. That’s an awful lot of gas to be piping into a region that is clearly moving away from its reliance on fracked gas. Learn more.
About the pipeline
GTN, which is wholly owned by TC Pipelines, LP, operates a 1,353 mile long interstate natural gas pipeline system that transports West Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) and Rocky Mountain-source natural gas to third-party natural gas pipelines and markets in Washington, Oregon, and California. It originates near Kingsgate, British Columbia and terminates near Malin, OR with an average design capacity of 2,900 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). It connects to the Foothills pipeline in Canada and the Tuscarora pipeline in Northern California. Over 50% of the pipeline’s capacity is currently subscribed under long-term contracts, the majority of which mature between 2023 and 2028. TC Energy has proposed a compression-only expansion of its system—referred to as the GTN XPress project—which would increase the volume of gas moving through the pipeline by 250,000 Dth/d. Fracked gas to feed all of these proposed methanol refineries, power plants, and petrochemical facilities would come into the Pacific Northwest in massive pipelines.
We won’t go down without a fight!
Columbia Riverkeeper has been closely tracking the FERC process and has submitted multiple sets of comments to the Commission urging FERC to require TC Energy to disclose the full scope of its proposed project. This expansion project is clearly not in the public interest, and we’re working hard to make sure that FERC sees that. Take action today!
Tell the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the GTN Xpress Project is contrary to the public interest.
Write a letter to the editor into your local newspaper to get the word out about this pipeline.
