Ohio.com reports on the proposed Enbridge Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline that would transport fracked-gas from Ohio’s shale fields into Ontario by connecting to the existing Vector Pipeline and then Union Gas’ Dawn Hub facility just south of Sarnia. The Trafalgar pipeline connects Dawn Hub to Toronto. The pipeline would be 250 miles long, 36 inches in diameter or larger, and it would be capable of carrying at least 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.
Ohio.com reports, “A large pipeline proposed for transporting natural gas from eastern Ohio’s Utica shale through Detroit and into southern Ontario would run under several communities in the Akron-Canton area. …Three companies — Detroit-based DTE Energy, Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. and Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. — are advancing the project, called the Nexus Gas Transmission system. The pipeline could be operating as early as November 2016, subject to market demand and regulatory approvals.”
“The pipeline would connect with other pipelines in northern Ohio, southern Michigan and Ontario. That includes a connection to the 42-inch Vector Pipeline that runs from Joliet, Ill., into Michigan and Ontario and has available capacity. That pipeline is a joint project Enbridge and DTE Energy operate.”
“The pipeline is needed, in part, because it will provide a market for Utica and Marcellus shale gas and would help offset a decline in traditional western Canada natural gas to the Detroit-Ontario area, promoters have said. It would run to the Union Gas’ Dawn Hub in southern Ontario.”
The article adds, “The project needs the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission because it would be an interstate pipeline. That application has not been filed. The project also would require wetlands approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. …Any facility expansions for the Canadian portion of the connected Vector Pipeline as well as increased import limits would require regulatory authorizations from Canada’s National Energy Board. Additional permits also might be required from other Canadian agencies.”
The full article can be read here.
