Canadian PROCESS EQUIPMENT & CONTROL NEWS
The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that the Government of Canada approved the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) 2021 System Expansion Project with 35 conditions. The project is part of a natural gas gathering and transportation system that spans much of Alberta and parts of northeast British Columbia.
Calgary-based Canadian Utilities subsidiary ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. (ATCO) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Pioneer Pipeline from Tidewater Midstream & Infrastructure Ltd. and its partner TransAlta Corporation for a purchase price of $255 million.
TC Energy announced that it had agreed to sell a 65 per cent stake in its Coastal GasLink pipeline project. Earlier in 2019, the company announced that it had hired RBC to reduce its interest in the project.
CORTEC, a manufacturer of API valves based in Houma, LA, has been audited and approved as an API 6D licensed manufacturer. The specification defines the requirements for the design, manufacturing, assembly, testing and documentation of ball, check gate and plug valves for application in pipeline and piping systems for the petroleum and natural gas industries.
In the Dawson Creek area of British Columbia, a large natural gas resource play has been developed by the Cutbank Ridge Partnership (CRP), a joint venture between Encana Corporation and Cutbank Dawson Gas Resources Ltd, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation.
Real gross domestic product rose for a seventh consecutive month, edging up 0.1% in August, according Statistics Canada. Growth was concentrated in oil and gas extraction and finance and insurance, which more than offset declines in 12 of 20 industrial sectors.
Tolko Industries Ltd. will build a new energy plant at its lumber mill in High Level, AB. Construction of the energy plant has commenced, and the plant is to be operational by June 2019, as the company says.Read More
Methanex Corp. of Vancouver and Calgary-based Painted Pony Energy Ltd. have announced a 14-year agreement to supply the majority of the natural gas required for Methanex’s existing 600,000 tonne methanol plant in Medicine Hat, AB.Read More
