Facts

  • Project development and construction cost:  $500 million
  • Construction began in November 2007 and was completed in early 2009.
  • First commercial gas flow began July 16, 2009
  • 145-km natural gas pipeline
  • Pipe Diameter: 30-inch (76.2 centimetre) diameter
  • Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP): 1,440 pounds per square inch (psi)
  • Design capacity: 850,000 dekatherms per day (DTH/d)
  • Classification: Group 2 pipeline
  • Customer Base: Repsol (Negotiated rate: 25-year firm service agreement)
  • Open access pipeline
  • Regulated by the National Energy Board (NEB), and other federal and provincial authorities
  • Taxes: $5.8 million/year estimated (including $3.8 million NB taxes)
  • $5.35 million endowment invested in community projects:
    • $2 million endowment to support long-term operation of Rockwood Park;
    • $2.15 million toward renewal of the Rockwood Park entrance at Lily Lake; and
    • $1.2 million used in the renewal of the Canada Games Stadium at UNB Saint John.