TransCanada Pipeline

The methane warms to 10°C. It then passes through the booster compressors on the expansion turbine shaft, increasing in pressure from 325 psi to 375 psi before being introduced into other gas compressors tliat boost the pressure back up to 600 psi. This is the pressure needed for reintroduction of the natural gas back into the TransCanada pipeline. This 50 psi boost, which makes use of available energy from the expansion turbines, provides a significant savings in electrical power. 

In addition to the FRP pipeline technology, TransCanada Pipelines Limited (TCPL) is developing the composite reinforced line pipe (CRLP ) under the license from NCF industries [4]. The CRLP consists of mainly a high-performance composite material and a... 

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A combination of composite materials in conjunction with steel was introduced into the pipeline industry in the 1980s, when the application of composites overlaying steel sleeve became a standard for pipeline repairs. One of the most notable applications is that resulting from the collaborative efforts of Emon and the Gas Researeh Institute (GRl) in 1991, which resulted in installation of SSLP in their system. After eight years in service, the SSLP was inspected, and was verified to be in the same condition as in its initial state. Later on, TransCanada Pipelines Inc. also ventured into the use of SSLP pipes in several projects in 1998, 2001 and 2002 (Stephen, 2005). 

TransCanada Pipeline Limited (TCPL) is a leader in natural gas and crude oil transportation and storage in North America. It started its first task in the mid-1950s, when systems of pipes, with diameters as large as 48" (1219 mm), spanned thousands of kilometers through Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada. Currently, it maintains the longest pipeline array in Canada (nearly 57,000 kilometers). 

Probably the largest natural gas proeessing straddle plant in North Ameriea is BP-Amoeo s Empress, Alberta faeility. Here, EPBC (ethane, propane, butanes, and eondensate) are extraeted as liquids from natural gas before the gas is delivered to the TransCanada and Foothills (Saskatehewan) pipelines (Figure 8-5). The term straddle plant refers to the faet that the plant straddles the natural gas pipeline and extraets liquid eomponents before passing the natural gas further along the pipeline. 

In the first years of Prohibition, Ekiel s four boys ran all bootlegging from the prairie states of Canada to major distribution sites south like Chicago. To secure the shipment lines, Harry set up a dummy firm, Transcanada Transport Company. Trans-canada was a protective cover for the Canadian Pacific Railway owned by respectable gentlemen back in London, which ran the whiskey across the border. (6) The Bronfmans also bought up stretches of barren farmland along the border and even built an underground pipeline to pump their "chickencock" into the United States. 

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