The Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline is a
natural gas
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transmission
pipeline
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that runs from the
Sable Offshore Energy Project
The Sable Offshore Energy Project (SOEP) is a consortium based in Halifax, Nova Scotia which explores for and produced natural gas near Sable Island on the edge of the Nova Scotian continental shelf in eastern Canada. SOEP produced between 400 a ...
(SOEP) gas plant in
Goldboro,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada to
Dracut,
, United States.
The mainline pipeline runs through the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick
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and the United States states of
Maine
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,
New Hampshire
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, and
where it connects with the North American natural gas grid in Dracut. There are four lateral pipelines located in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to serve population and industrial centres. The system has a capacity to carry 440 million cubic
feet
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per
day
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. It is operated by Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Limited of
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...
.
The pipeline came into operation in 2000. Prior to this, natural gas was selling for US$2.31 per million BTU in the New England market (February 2000). By December, the price was US$8.45 per million BTU. The abrupt rise in price was attributed to an increase in demand in New England. In contrast, the price of competing heating oil rose from 45 cents to just 58 cents per litre over the same period.
[''Daily News'' (Halifax, NS), "Oil still the way to go", December 10, 2000]
Laterals
The pipeline has four Canadian laterals and five U.S. laterals:
Canadian Laterals:
*
Point Tupper Lateral to the Sable Offshore Energy Project gas liquids separation plant - 60 km
*
Halifax Lateral to
Dartmouth at the
Tuft's Cove Generating Station - 124 km
*
Moncton
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Lateral - 12 km
*
Saint John Lateral - 111 km
United States Laterals:
*
Veazie
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Lateral
*
Bucksport Lateral
*
Westbrook Lateral
*
Newington Lateral
*
Haverhill Lateral
Owners
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Enbridge
Enbridge Inc. is a multinational pipeline and energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Enbridge owns and operates pipelines throughout Canada and the United States, transporting crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. ...
(77.53%)
*
Emera
Emera Incorporated is a publicly traded Canadian multinational energy holding company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Created in 1998 during the privatization of Nova Scotia Power, a provincial Crown corporation, Emera now invests in regulated ele ...
Inc. (12.92%)
*
ExxonMobil
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Canada (9.55%)
Possible connection to Golboro LNG
The Canadian firm
Pieridae Energy
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is developing a $10 Billion investment plan to build an LNG terminal in
Goldboro, Nova Scotia
Goldboro is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
Located on the Eastern Shore along Route 316, Goldboro is approximately 16 kilometres west of the shire town of Guysborough.
Mining and energy developments
In 18 ...
which would be connected to the M&NP pipeline. The project aims to export liquefied gas - LNG - overseas, especially to Germany as the project is backed by the German company
Uniper
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.
References
External links
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline official websiteMaritimes & Northeast Pipeline
Spectra Energy Profile
Operator Report and Incidents Report
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Buildings and structures in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Transport buildings and structures in Nova Scotia
Transport buildings and structures in New Brunswick
Energy in New England
Natural gas pipelines in Maine
Transportation buildings and structures in New Hampshire
Transportation buildings and structures in Massachusetts
Natural gas pipelines in Canada
Natural gas pipelines in the United States
Canada–United States relations
Enbridge pipelines
Emera
ExxonMobil