ABSTRACT

After over six years and $50 million worth of environmental and engineering studies, officials from Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Company and Canadian Arctic Gas Pipeline Limited submitted simultaneous applications to the United States and Canadian federal governments last March, for permission to build a 2600 mile pipeline from the Arctic to the United States.

Some 100 pounds of filing materials represent the most thorough environmental study ever undertaked for a project such as this, in addition to engineering studies which have been massive.

The 48-inch Arctic Gas pipeline will transport to United States markets all of the Alaskan gas from Prudhoe Bay as well as that Canadian gas from the Mackenzie Delta which is surplus to Canada's needs.

While the Arctic Gas pipeline will end at the northern United States border, three companion pipeline facilities will be constructed to transport the gas directly to markets throughout the country in what will be the most economical way of distributing Arctic gas directly to United States consumers.

Northern Border Pipeline, a consortium of six Arctic Gas members, will construct a 1600-mile, 48-inch telescoping line from midwestern to eastern states.

On the west coast, Pacific Gas Transmission Company, a Pacific Gas & Electric subsidiary, will upgrade existing lines from the United States/Canadian border to northern California. Interstate Transmission Assoicates (Artic) will construct a pipeline extending from the United States/Canadian border near Kingsgate, British Columbia, to the Nevada/California border which will transport Arctic natural gas to various markets in the western United States, including the Pacific Northwest and Southwest. Southern California Gas Company will transport gas from the California border to serve markets in central and southern California.

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