Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Plans Phase V U.S. Expansion To Deliver New Offshore Natural Gas Supplies To Atlantic Canada and the Northeast Read the news release.
To provide information on the Phase V Project, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline is holding open houses. Dates and locations (PDF).
For the first time, a major energy project has placed the Northeastern United States at the beginning of North America's interstate pipeline network with close proximity to significant new supplies of natural gas. Placed into service in December of 1999, this historic project has introduced natural gas – a cleaner burning, efficient and cost competitive energy source – to areas in Maine and the Northeast U.S. that previously did not have access to natural gas.
Overview
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (Maritimes) is the transportation facility delivering natural gas from developments offshore Nova Scotia to markets in Atlantic Canada and the Northeast United States.
The Maritimes pipeline system consists of an approximately 670-mile underground mainline pipeline running from Goldboro, Nova Scotia through Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to the Canadian - U.S. border near Baileyville, Maine. The pipeline continues through Maine and New Hampshire into Massachusetts where it connects with the existing North American pipeline grid at Dracut, Massachusetts. The pipeline extends from Methuen, Massachusetts to Beverly, Massachusetts, interconnecting with the Algonquin Gas Transmission Company's system.
Currently, Maritimes is expanding its system with the Phase IV Project to transport new supplies of natural gas sourced from the proposed Canaport™ LNG terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick. Canaport™ LNG is a limited partnership of subsidiaries of Repsol YPF and Irving Oil Limited.
Maritimes is owned by affiliates of Spectra Energy Corp, ExxonMobil Corporation and Emera Inc.
Web Site Focus
This Web site provides an overview of the U.S. portion of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, as well as updates on areas of interest for the project.
For information on the Canadian portion of Maritimes, you may go to www.mnpp.com/canada.