The premiers of Ontario and Alberta have released details of the route for a proposed new pipeline dubbed the “Northern Shield Energy Corridor.”
Speaking at a news conference in Calgary on Monday morning, the two provinces announced that the proposed pipeline, which is currently the subject of a feasibility study, would start in Hardisty, Alta and continue east through Regina and Winnipeg, before ending the route in Sarnia, Ont.
“Our plan to build the Northern Shield Energy Corridor is a plan to protect workers in Ontario, Alberta and every part of the country,” Premier Doug Ford said in a written statement.
The contract for the feasibility study was awarded last fall and is being undertaken by an advisory team consisting of GHD Limited, Ernst & Young LLP (EY Canada), Mokwateh, AtkinsRéalis Group Inc., Wood PLC, and Turner & Townsend Limited.
The province says Infrastructure Ontario is acting as “commercial advisor.”
According to the Ford government, the study will explore the “benefits of building new pipelines with Canadian steel to carry Western Canadian oil and gas from Alberta and Saskatchewan to new and established refineries in southern Ontario and new ports on James Bay, Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes.”
The study is expected to be completed this year and will provide a cost analysis of the proposed project.
