Trans Mountain Warns Regulator of ‘Catastrophic’ Two-Year De

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Trans Mountain Warns Regulator of ‘Catastrophic’ Two-Year Delay

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December 18, 2023

EXCERPT: "The newest challenges are related to hard rock conditions. In October, the Crown corporation asked the regulator to allow it to use a different diameter, wall thickness, and coating for a 2.3-kilometre stretch of pipeline to make construction easier, but the regulator denied that request earlier this month.

Now, Trans Mountain says it has reason to believe that proceeding with the current construction plan through complex hard rock conditions could compromise a borehole and result in the failure of drilling equipment.

It is once again requesting that it be allowed to alter the type of pipe used, saying the risks of continuing are “more serious and acute than previously understood.”

In an email Friday, Canada Energy Regulator spokeswoman Ruth Anne Beck said a decision-making process and timeline for Trans Mountain’s latest request is still being determined.

Trans Mountain has asked the regulator to make a decision before January 9 in order to prevent unnecessary delays. . . . ."

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