The Trans Mountain Pipeline has been owned and operated by Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. since 2005. This pipeline is 1156 km long, travelling from Edmonton to Greater Vancouver and the Puget Sound. Construction on it began in February 1952, with its first shipment of crude oil arriving in Burnaby in October 1953. Its capacity has increased from 225,000 (bpd) in July 2005 to the current level of 300,000 bpd. The Trans Mountain pipeline has been twinned in some sections, but if fully expanded would be able to carry 700,000 bpd. Kinder Morgan has recently issued a notice of Open Season – starting October 20, 2011 and ending February 16, 2012 – to secure binding 15 and 20 year transportation agreements with domestic and foreign oil refining companies. If Kinder Morgan receives a sufficient amount of commercial interest in its Open Season, it will submit its plan to fully twin the Trans Mountain pipeline.
I have continued to consult with the community on this issue – including through provincial surveys and constituency-wide phone polling, and by going door to door to talk with people – and to engage with a variety of stakeholders. I’ve also called for more scrutiny on the expansion, and with the recent developments concerning the Keystone XL pipeline, the spotlight on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is only going to increase. I’ve compiled a list of links below where you can learn more about this issue facing Burnaby, who some of the stakeholders involved are, and what I’ve been doing on it.
- Kennedy
Background:
Kinder Morgan:
“Trans Mountain Pipeline Proposed Expansion: Notice of Open Season Procedure for Firm Service Capacity”: http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/canada/TMX_Documentation/OSPOct20.pdf
“Trans Mountain Pipeline Open Season”: http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/canada/tmx_openseason.cfm
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers:
“Crude Oil Forecast, Markets & Pipelines: June 2011”:
http://www.capp.ca/getdoc.aspx?DocId=190838
Tsleil-Waututh Nation:
“Kinder Morgan Expansion Plans: A RISK TOO GREAT TO ACCEPT: Tsleil-Waututh Nation to Oppose Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion to Pacific”, October 31, 2011: http://www.twnation.ca/~/media/Files/Press%20Releases/TWN_PressRelease_KinderMorgan_31Oct2011.ashx
Wilderness Committee:
“Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion must be stopped”, February 3, 2011:
http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/press_release/kinder_morgan_pipeline_expansion_must_be_stopped
Georgia Strait Alliance:
“Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) Firm Service Application: Georgia Strait Alliance’s Letter of Comment”, June 16, 2011:
http://www.ecojustice.ca/letter-of-comment-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-firm-service-application/at_download/file
Mayors want more consultation for increased Metro Vancouver oil tanker traffic
Evan Duggan, Vancouver Sun, December 2, 2011
First nations claim alliance is barrier that pipelines won’t break
Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, December 2, 2011
B.C. natives form front to fight oil pipelines
David Ljunggren and Jeffrey Jones, The Globe and Mail, December 1, 2011
Battle brewing over pipeline plans in B.C.
Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2011
Momentum builds for Northern Gateway, TMPL expansion
Alberta Oil Magazine, November 1, 2011
Kinder Morgan looks at expanding pipeline
Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby NOW, October 21, 2011
In the media:
72 per cent of Burnaby-Douglas opposes Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
Wanda Chow, Burnaby NewsLeader, January 19, 2012
MP wants oversight on pipeline expansion
Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby NOW, October 26, 2011
Kinder Morgan aims to expand Trans Mountain pipeline
Nathan Vanderklippe, The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2011
More public info needed before oil pipeline expansion: MP
Andrea Macpherson, News 1130, October 21, 2011
Pipeline prompts survey
Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby NOW, October 14, 2011
Only 31% of B.C. residents want Trans Mountain pipeline twinned, poll finds
Doug Ward, Vancouver Sun, October 11, 2011
Press releases:
Survey Shows 72% of Burnaby Residents Oppose Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Expansion
January 19, 2012
MP Kennedy Stewart calls for Government-to-Government Talks with First Nations on Pipeline
Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion crosses 15 First Nation Reserves
December 1, 2011
Murky process prompts First Nation to reject pipeline, MP calls for clarity:
Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Opposes Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Expansion, Ends Talks with Kinder Morgan
November 1, 2011
Minister of Natural Resources promises Trans Mountain Pipeline Review:
Responds to questions from MP Kennedy Stewart
October 25, 2011
Kennedy Stewart, MP calls for scrutiny on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion:
Yesterday’s call for Open Season could double pipeline capacity to 600,000 bpd
October 21, 2011
Little Public Support for TMX Oil Pipeline, MP Stewart finds
October 11, 2011
