Alliance Pipeline
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Alliance Pipeline is a natural gas
transmission system that transports high-energy, rich natural gas from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta through Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa to its terminus in Illinois.
Approximately 1.6 Bcf/d of rich natural gas is safely delivered to Chicago each day, supplying approximately 5% of the residential natural gas needs for this market. The system, including lateral and delivery segment lines, is more than 3719 km (2,310.9 mi) long with 14 mainline compressor stations—seven in Canada and seven in the United States. The compressors are driven by 31,000 to 40,000 horsepower (23 to 29 MW) gas turbines—similar to the turbines that power large airplanes.
Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership is owned by the Enbridge
Income Fund (50%) and by Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (50%). Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership is an issuer of public debt in Canada
Alliance Pipeline L. P. is owned by Enbridge
Inc. (50%) and by Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (50%). Alliance Pipeline L.P. is not an issuer of public debt in the United States.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
transmission system that transports high-energy, rich natural gas from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta through Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa to its terminus in Illinois.
Approximately 1.6 Bcf/d of rich natural gas is safely delivered to Chicago each day, supplying approximately 5% of the residential natural gas needs for this market. The system, including lateral and delivery segment lines, is more than 3719 km (2,310.9 mi) long with 14 mainline compressor stations—seven in Canada and seven in the United States. The compressors are driven by 31,000 to 40,000 horsepower (23 to 29 MW) gas turbines—similar to the turbines that power large airplanes.
Canadian portion of the system
of 1067 mm (42-inch) and 1221.73 km (759.1 mi) of 914 mm (36-inch) diameter steel pipe- 51 receipt points connecting with lateral pipelines totaling about 731.36 km (454.4 mi), ranging in length from about 0.3 to 142 km (0.2 to 96 miles) and in diameter from 114 to 610 mm (4 to 24 inch)
- 7 mainline compressor stations of about 23 to 34 MW (31,000 to 46,000 hp) each, spaced about 193 km (119.9 mi) apart
- mainline block valves spaced about every 32 km (19.9 mi) apart
The United States portion of the system
of 36-inch (914 mm) diameter steel pipe- 7 compressor stations of about 31,000 hp (23 MW) each, spaced about 120 miles (193.1 km) apart
- 9 delivery stations, including Aux Sable and Hankinson (scheduled to be online in April 2008)
- mainline block valves spaced about every 20 miles (32.2 km) apart
Ownership
Alliance Pipeline is composed of a Canadian limited partnership (Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership) and a United States limited partnership (Alliance Pipeline L.P.). The equity interests of both partnerships are privately held.Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership is owned by the Enbridge
Enbridge
Enbridge Inc. is a Calgary, Alberta based company focused on three core businesses: crude oil and liquids pipelines, natural gas transportation and distribution, and green energy. The company has approximately 6,000 employees, mostly in Canada and the United States...
Income Fund (50%) and by Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (50%). Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership is an issuer of public debt in Canada
Alliance Pipeline L. P. is owned by Enbridge
Enbridge
Enbridge Inc. is a Calgary, Alberta based company focused on three core businesses: crude oil and liquids pipelines, natural gas transportation and distribution, and green energy. The company has approximately 6,000 employees, mostly in Canada and the United States...
Inc. (50%) and by Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. (50%). Alliance Pipeline L.P. is not an issuer of public debt in the United States.