West coast pipeline, private partner, oilsands production and pathways

The article reports that the federal and Alberta governments, along with five Oil Sands Alliance companies, signed an agreement to proceed with the Pathways carbon capture project, aiming to transport and store about six million tonnes of CO2 per year by the mid-2030s, and to open a new pipeline to the B.C. coast as early as Sept. 1, 2027, with Alberta’s…

Alberta has proposed a southern Alberta-to-Roberts Bank pipeline route that would largely follow the existing Trans Mountain corridor but would deviate from Hope through the Fraser Valley to a Roberts Bank terminal in Delta, B.C. The plan faces seismic, environmental, land-use constraints and potential opposition from First Nations, with timing dependent…

The Alberta government, Ottawa, and five major oil producers reached a memorandum of understanding to advance the Pathways carbon capture and storage project, a condition for a new West Coast pipeline. The agreement outlines staged development with infrastructure in service by Jan. 1, 2032 and completion by 2035, and includes expanded government…

The article reports that Ottawa and Alberta, along with Canada’s largest oilsands producers, announced a plan linking a new West Coast pipeline to a scaled-back Pathways carbon capture project, with a trilateral memorandum of understanding outlining broad financing but not a final cost-sharing agreement. It notes industry participation was secured as a…

The article reports that Prime Minister Mark Carney's government shifted from opposing taxpayer funding to backing a government-led oil export pipeline, with Trans Mountain planning and constructing the route from Bruderheim, Alberta, to a proposed tanker port at Roberts Bank, B.C., and Pembina Pipeline taking a 10% private stake. It notes the plan…

The Alberta government, Ottawa, and five oil majors (Canadian Natural Resources, Imperial Oil, Suncor, Cenovus Energy, and ConocoPhillips) agreed to advance the Pathways Project, a carbon capture, transport, and storage initiative to support a new West Coast oilsands pipeline. The plan aims to have infrastructure in service by January 1, 2032, with…

The Alberta government says it will provide “financial supports” to oilsands companies to increase production in order to fill a proposed pipeline carrying up to one million barrels per day to the Pacific Coast. The backgrounder describes terms for five oilsands producers to build a carbon capture project (Pathways) and for the governments to finance…

The Alberta government unveiled a proposed route for a new bitumen pipeline to the British Columbia coast, outlining a project from Bruderheim, Alberta to a Delta, BC terminal with an estimated cost of $35.2 billion to $43.7 billion. Alberta partners include Trans Mountain Corporation and Pembina Pipeline, with plans to designate the project as a major…