Review of Previous Pipeline Abandonment Program – TransCanada Peace River Mainline

CH2M HILL Energy Canada, Ltd.

February 2018

 

Executive Summary

The objectives of the Project were to undertake a surface-level assessment for the potential environmental effects of pipelines abandoned in-place along three previously abandoned segments of the NGTL PRML Pipeline, and to identify areas where further subsurface assessment could be performed to provide additional information pertaining to a pipeline abandoned in-place. The surface level assessment did not reveal any evidence of the potential environmental effects of abandoning a pipeline in-place. Areas where additional assessment may be considered were determined using the most recent pipeline abandonment research and applying it to the locations identified during the literature review and field assessment.

 

Final Report