http://www.interpipeline.com/news/ne...&releaseId=343
QUOTE=DiabeticKripple;3692006]Nah these companies see that Notley is done with Kenney being elected.[/QUOTE]
As you can see the original concept was probably conjured up in 2010 or so with engineering starting for construction starting in 2013. Planned finished date of late 2021 which is probably more like a 2022/2023 commission and running by date.
Kenney, if he were to be elected will be up for an election by the time it starts up and stelmach was premier when this idea was conjured up which is what three premiers ago? Lol
At the rate alberta burns through premiers this plant will probably see 20 premiers before a compressor auxillary lube oil pump needs a rebuild, and people think a calagary by election has anything to do with interpipelines investment decisions?
Politicians are like logs floating down a river for petrochemical plants and refineries.... some logs float by nice and easy, others kinda bounce around and get lodged in awkward places that arent ideal, other logs dislodge jammed logs, some logs have welcome or unwelcome guests but generally not matter what the river keeps flowing.
Bottom line is this thing means billions in new investments, high paying jobs and a customer for alberta propane that sells a finished product that can be shipped anywhere, no didling with pipeline weenies, no provinces to deal with other than good old alberta.
The way drillers go after oil and condensate in the shale formations all the associated natural gas and gas liquids will needs a home vs being dumped as a byproduct of condensate/oil production. That dumping hurts all your traditional dry gas producers and associated down stream plants, kills refiners light ends sales.