The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion could be delayed by up to nine months if regulators do not approve a route change request, the Canadian government corporation building the project said Monday (9/11) in a regulatory filing.
The $22.76 billion pipeline, which will ship an incremental 590 Mb/d oil sands crude to Canada's Pacific Coast, planned to start operating in 1Q 2024 but is facing delays and extra costs due to a last-minute route dispute.
Trans Mountain Corp (TMC) has asked the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) to change the approved route on a 0.8 mile section just south of Kamloops, British Columbia, to avoid micro-tunneling construction that TMC says is not feasible technically or economically.
