The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) has released a schedule regarding the next steps of the C$7.4bn (US$5.5bn) Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, which was rejected by the Canadian Federal court of appeal in September 2018 on ground that government had failed to consider the concerns of some First Nations.
The NEB will reconsider the project in time to meet the federal government deadline in February 2019. Besides, the NEB has also laid out steps for a review of the expansion project's effects on the marine environment.
The 1,150-km long pipeline expansion project would twin the existing Trans Mountain line, which transports approximately 300,000 bbl/d of crude oil and refined petroleum products from the oil sands deposits in Alberta to Vancouver (British Columbia) and to the Washington State (United States). The proposed expansion project would raise transport capacity to 890,000 bbl/d and would significantly increase crude tanker traffic off the Canadian west coast.