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.
Brunswick Pipeline is owned by Emera Inc., an energy company based here in the Maritimes. Find out more about Emera http://www.emera.com/.