Cedar Link project update
To support Cedar LNG – the world’s first Indigenous-majority-owned LNG project – Coastal GasLink is implementing the Cedar Link Project: a 0.4 km lateral pipeline which will deliver natural gas from Coastal GasLink to a connection to Cedar LNG. Cedar Link will enable delivery of up to 0.4 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of natural gas from Coastal GasLink to Cedar LNGs proposed floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Kitimat, BC, brought together by the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation.
To support this incremental volume on the Coastal GasLink system, as well as LNG Canada’s current and future operational needs once delivery to the Cedar LNG Plant begins, Coastal GasLink will also add a new meter station and a new compressor station to CGL as part of this Project.
The role of compressor stations
As natural gas flows along a pipeline, it slows due to friction with the pipe, resulting in a drop in pressure. To keep the gas flowing at a required rate, it is re-pressurized at locations along the pipeline. This is done by mechanically compressing the gas at sites connected to the pipeline, known as compressor stations. The Mount Bracey Compressor Station is located about 198 kilometres northeast of Prince George. It will power the transportation of an additional 0.4 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of natural gas to Cedar LNG.