Pioneer Gas Pipeline

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Pioneer Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Canada.

Location

The pipeline runs from Tidewater Midstream’s Brazeau River natural gas complex located 49 km west of Drayton Valley, Alberta to TransAlta’s Sundance and Keephills generating stations near Wabamum, Alberta.

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Project Details

• Operator: Canadian Utilities Limited.
• Owner: Canadian Utilities Limited.
• Parent company: ATCO
• Length: 131 km / 81.4 mi
• Capacity: 130 milllion cubic feet per day
• Diameter:
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2019
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated Infrastructure:

Background

The pipeline was proposed as a joint venture between TransAlta and Tidewater Midstream in December 2017. Construction began in November 2018 and the pipeline was commissioned in October 2019. Initial capacity is 130 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) with a room to expande to 440 MMcf/d once TranAlta finishes converting its generating units to natural gas.. As of September 2023, there were no updates about the capacity expansion.

In October 2020, it was announced that Canadian Utilities subsidiary ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the Pioneer Gas Pipeline from Tidewater Midstream and TransAlta for Can$255 million. This agreement replaced a previous agreement to sell the pipeline to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. The pipeline will be integrated into NOVA's and ATCO's Alberta integrated natural gas transmission systems.