The National Energy Board (NEB) has issued a Safety Order to Plains Midstream Canada ULC (Plains). The Safety Order directs the company to retain the NEB-directed operating pressure reduction within the Windsor to Sarnia pipeline, and to file a depth of cover survey and engineering assessment within 90 days for NEB approval along the length of the … Read more
The National Energy Board (NEB) posted information online that allows Canadians to track company compliance with pipeline approval conditions. The new web page addresses the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development’s (CESD) recommendation that the NEB improve public access to information about company compliance with approval conditions. More information is available online.
The National Energy Board released Canadian Energy Dynamics: Highlights of 2015, providing insight, statistics and regional descriptions that frame the key developments in Canada’s energy markets in 2015. Dynamic changes in supply, demand, and infrastructure continually shape Canada’s energy sector. 2015 saw a six-year low in crude oil prices, with West Texas Intermediate ending the … Read more
The National Energy Board will post future emergency response exercise evaluations online beginning with the evaluation of the recently conducted full-scale exercise at Kinder Morgan Canada’s Westridge Terminal. The Westridge Terminal exercise took place in Burnaby and Coquitlam, B.C. on Oct. 29, 2015. The NEB’s evaluation concludes that the company is in compliance with NEB regulatory requirements … Read more
The National Energy Board has issued Board Order MO-01-2016 that directs NEB-regulated companies to identify and report on the potentially substandard materials being used during pipeline construction and operation. Issuance of the Order is not indicative of an imminent risk to pipeline safety, but rather a proactive measure to enhance pipeline safety. The NEB is … Read more
The National Energy Board welcomed the Fall 2015 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. The findings and recommendations of the audit reflected areas that the NEB had recognized as needing improvement and will help improve the NEB to better serve Canadians. The NEB has completed work on many of the recommendations and … Read more
The National Energy Board (NEB) has released Engaging Canadians on Pipeline Safety. The report follows a 34 city national engagement tour that the NEB chair and CEO Peter Watson started in January 2015 in Atlantic Canada, and concluded June 3 in Calgary with the NEB Pipeline Safety Forum. The report summarizes what the NEB heard during the engagement tour. … Read more
Beginning immediately, Canadians will be able to access National Energy Board pipeline company field inspection reports online from Nov. 26 forward. This initiative reflects the NEB’s mandate of openness and accountability to Canadians. NEB Inspection reports will be available online within six weeks of the inspection taking place to ensure that information is accurate, informative … Read more
The National Energy Board (NEB) and the Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT) Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations will coordinate their review of the requests from Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL) to extend to December 31, 2022 the sunset clauses included in the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) approvals. The full release is available online.
The National Energy Board has released its investigation into 16 allegations of regulatory non-compliance made through the NEB’s whistleblower process against TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. The investigation concluded that six of the 16 third-party allegations were partially substantiated and TransCanada has taken all appropriate corrective and preventative actions. Ten allegations could not be verified. Public safety … Read more
