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ADN editorial - Our view: Tale of two gas lines
January 16, 2010
Anchorage Daily News
Editor
Some recent gas pipeline news from Canada has Alaskans wondering whether our big North Slope project faces renewed competition from elsewhere in the Arctic. Canada's Mackenzie Valley project has now cleared a half-decade-long review of its environmental and social impacts. The $16 billion project had been stalled by the intensive review. At 1.2 billion cubic feet a day, Mackenzie would be a little more than a quarter the size of Alaska's project, and its gas is scheduled to hit North American markets sooner. Some key companies in Alaska's natural gas scene -- Exxon, Conoco Phillips and TransCanada -- are also involved in the Mackenzie project.
So is Mackenzie's progress bad news for an Alaska project that aims for the same market?
Not necessarily.
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