We would urge Canadian, U.S. and Alaskan leaders to begin thinking: "If open seasons and economics derail current pipeline plans, what is Plan B?"  -DH

A coloured, illustrated map of the Northwest Territories shows the three anchor fields and the proposed pipeline route which begins north of the town of Inuvik in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Mackenzie River Delta. The proposed route heads south generally following the Mackenzie River through the Gwich'in Settlement Area, near the town of Norman Wells in the Sahtu Settlement Region, close to the community of Fort Simpson in the Dehcho Region where it stops following the Mackenzie River heads south towards the Alberta border. Not all communities along the pipeline route are shown on this map. A small legend on the page identifies the production site and Significant Discovery Licence (SDL) areas: Niglintgak and Taglu are along the coast in the Beaufort Sea, and the Parsons Lake field is further inland in the delta. All these sites are north of Inuvik.Environment Minister’s Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Webpage.  The proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Project (MGP) would involve the development and operation of three natural gas fields in the Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest Territories, and associated infrastructure such as a gathering system, compressor stations and pipelines, to move the natural gas and natural gas liquids southward along the Mackenzie Valley.  

Calgary Herald by Dina O’Meara.  Territorial and federal governments have agreed with fewer than a dozen of almost 200 recommendations made by a panel supporting a proposed Mackenzie Arctic pipeline, according to a new report.

Sierra Club Canada doesn’t like the result.  Of the 115 recommendations aimed towards the federal and Northwest Territories governments, only 10 of the recommendations were fully accepted in an interim report released Monday.  The federally appointed Joint Review Panel (JRP) developed a total of 176 recommendations to mitigate environmental damage and socio-economic effects of building and operating the proposed 1,200 kilometre natural gas pipeline.

Pipeline and Gas Journal.  In January, TransCanada and ExxonMobil applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to build two potential Alaska gas pipelines.  The primary project would be a $32-41 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Alberta, Canada that would connect with TransCanada’s existing pipeline system that carries natural gas into the U.S. The other project would be an 800-mile pipeline that would ship natural gas to a port in southern Alaska where it would be liquefied for transport to Asia and other foreign markets. TransCanada and ExxonMobil plan to build one or the other project, based on which one gets the most interest from potential customers.