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Enbridge unit plans to build C$2.5B NGL straddle plant, pipe in British Columbia

Looking to meet the growing NGL demand, Enbridge Inc. subsidiary Enbridge Frontier Inc. proposed to build an NGL extraction facility, a pipeline and related facilities in northeastern British Columbia.

The Frontier project involves an NGL straddle plant, which would have an initial capacity of about 1 Bcf/d to 1.5 Bcf/d, and an adjacent initiating pump station about 36 kilometers west of Chetwynd, British Columbia, Enbridge said in an Aug. 21 project description filing with Canada's Environmental Assessment Office. The proposed NGL pipeline would extend 130 kilometers to 170 kilometers from the straddle plant to Taylor, British Columbia. The pipeline would be capable of moving 16,000 cubic meters per day.

Also included in the project are 15 to 45 kilometers of electrical transmission lines, with an associated substation at the straddle plant site; and a custody transfer meter in Taylor.

The Frontier project "offers an opportunity to source NGLs locally to the [British Columbia] market to meet increasing [NGL] demand," the developer said in the project description.

Enbridge estimated the project would cost about C$2.5 billion, with annual operating costs between C$25 million and C$50 million. Company spokesman Jesse Semko said the project "is still in the early stages of development" in an emailed statement Aug. 29. "We likely won't make a final investment decision until mid-2020."

In its filing, Enbridge said it would apply for an environmental assessment certificate in winter 2020 and hopes to receive approval by spring 2021. It also expects to work on applications to the BC Oil and Gas Commission between fall 2020 and spring or summer 2021.

If there are no permit delays, the developer would start construction in winter 2021, which would allow the project to meet an in-service date of winter 2024.