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Energy East pipeline (TransCanada)

Proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline to carry 1.1 million barrels of crude a day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada, with marine facilities giving access to other markets by ship (Canada Energy Regulator archive). TransCanada put its estimated cost at C$15.7 billion, excluding the transfer of Canadian Mainline gas assets (TransCanada, third-quarter 2016 results). Quebec sought an injunction on Mar. 1, 2016 to make TransCanada submit the Quebec portion to its environmental assessment procedure, and TransCanada filed under that procedure in April 2016. TransCanada terminated the project on Oct. 5, 2017, withdrawing its applications to the National Energy Board and Quebec's review (TransCanada release).

Status

Cancelled

Direction

Mixed: Can go more than one way.

Capacity

1,100 kb/d

Where

Alberta / Saskatchewan / Manitoba / Ontario / Quebec / New Brunswick

Owners

• TC Energy as of 5 October 2017

  TransCanada (TC Energy), “TransCanada Announces Termination of Energy East Pipeline and Eastern Mainline Projects” (external site), 5 October 2017. source record

Events

• 6 July 2026Energy East revival: premiers drive it, but no private company is proposing to build itStatementStatementCanada1 source
• 5 October 2017TransCanada terminates the Energy East pipeline to Quebec and New BrunswickActionInvestment decisionCanada2 sources
• 22 April 2016TransCanada files Energy East under Quebec's environmental assessment procedureActionRegulationCanada / Quebec2 sources
• 1 March 2016Quebec seeks an injunction to make TransCanada submit Energy East to Quebec's environmental assessmentActionCourt rulingCanada / Quebec2 sources

Corrections to this record

• 6 October 2026Review pass

  Length and capacity now sourced to the Canada Energy Regulator's archived project page (4,500 km, 1.1 million barrels a day, from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada) and cost to TransCanada's third-quarter 2016 results (C$15.7 billion, excluding the transfer of Canadian Mainline gas assets); destinations reworded to match the regulator's description

  Summary

  wasProposed 4,500-kilometre, C$15.7 billion pipeline to carry 1.1 million barrels a day of western crude to refineries in Quebec and Saint John, New Brunswick, and to an export terminal in New Brunswick. Quebec sought an injunction on Mar. 1, 2016 to make TransCanada submit the Quebec portion to its environmental assessment procedure, and TransCanada filed under that procedure in April 2016. TransCanada terminated the project on Oct. 5, 2017, withdrawing its applications to the National Energy Board and Quebec's review (TransCanada release). nowProposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline to carry 1.1 million barrels of crude a day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada, with marine facilities giving access to other markets by ship (Canada Energy Regulator archive). TransCanada put its estimated cost at C$15.7 billion, excluding the transfer of Canadian Mainline gas assets (TransCanada, third-quarter 2016 results). Quebec sought an injunction on Mar. 1, 2016 to make TransCanada submit the Quebec portion to its environmental assessment procedure, and TransCanada filed under that procedure in April 2016. TransCanada terminated the project on Oct. 5, 2017, withdrawing its applications to the National Energy Board and Quebec's review (TransCanada release).

  Summary fr

  wasProjet d'oléoduc de 4 500 kilomètres et de 15,7 milliards de dollars destiné à transporter 1,1 million de barils de brut de l'Ouest par jour vers des raffineries au Québec et à Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick), ainsi que vers un terminal d'exportation au Nouveau-Brunswick. Le 1er mars 2016, le Québec a demandé une injonction pour obliger TransCanada à soumettre le tronçon québécois à sa procédure d'évaluation environnementale, et TransCanada s'y est soumise en avril 2016. TransCanada a mis fin au projet le 5 octobre 2017 en retirant ses demandes auprès de l'Office national de l'énergie et de l'examen québécois (communiqué de TransCanada). nowProjet d'oléoduc de 4 500 kilomètres destiné à transporter 1,1 million de barils de brut par jour de l'Alberta et de la Saskatchewan vers des raffineries de l'Est du Canada, avec des installations maritimes donnant accès à d'autres marchés par navire (archives de la Régie de l'énergie du Canada). TransCanada en estimait le coût à 15,7 milliards de dollars, sans compter le transfert d'actifs gaziers du réseau principal au Canada (TransCanada, résultats du troisième trimestre 2016). Le 1er mars 2016, le Québec a demandé une injonction pour obliger TransCanada à soumettre le tronçon québécois à sa procédure d'évaluation environnementale, et TransCanada s'y est soumise en avril 2016. TransCanada a mis fin au projet le 5 octobre 2017 en retirant ses demandes auprès de l'Office national de l'énergie et de l'examen québécois (communiqué de TransCanada).