Kinder Morgan

[skegpro]

Kinder Morgan construction layoffs.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...line-layoffs-trans-mountain-burnaby-1.4642999

 

[imdoo'n]

finally someone in the senate who may earn his money

 

[skegpro]

finally someone in the senate who may earn his money

Or loose his job over it.

 

[imdoo'n]

Or loose his job over it.

those guys don't loose there job(as far as i know), i'm thinking it is a lifetime job, until you give it up or death, not as if they do anything, other than collect a paycheck.

 

[imdoo'n]

so i could be wrong, skinny in he hood is that KM is heading north to Yukon and through Alaska. BC is so yesterday, heard some contracts have been signed.

 

[LID]

KM heading north or another group?
There’s been a few ideas up that way

 

[imdoo'n]

i heard big inch pipe! other than that i have no other info. could be BS.

 

[skegpro]

.........

 

[snochuk]

so i could be wrong, skinny in he hood is that KM is heading north to Yukon and through Alaska. BC is so yesterday, heard some contracts have been signed.

That would be awesome.
US would benefit instead of BC, what a joke on BC.
Only thing they would get is high gas prices......IF the tap even stays on!

 

[imdoo'n]

just too quiet on the bc alberta ndp battlefront .

 

[snopro]

Wouldn't it make sense to ship south instead of going to Alaska? By the look of the map its all downhill to the US border. Lol

 

[broke'n'nuts]

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/ucp-leadership-hopeful-proposes-buying-port-of-churchill

Wonder why this never went anywhere. Seemed like a good idea.

 

[52weekbreak]

Dig a big ditch and let 'er roll. Haha. That is funny.

Wouldn't it make sense to ship south instead of going to Alaska? By the look of the map its all downhill to the US border. Lol

 

[Cat401]

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/ucp-leadership-hopeful-proposes-buying-port-of-churchill

Wonder why this never went anywhere. Seemed like a good idea.

maybe cuz it's only open 4 months of the year????/

 

[Stompin Tom]

maybe cuz it's only open 4 months of the year????/

I was wondering the same thing, thought I heard Hudson Bay was only open 4 months of the year for shipping, I wonder how much shorter the window would be for supertankers, or if they would allow them through that passage considering its the worst area in the world for icebergs.

Not unlike the idea of rail to Alaska, some pretty extreme weather and swampy ground in the summer. When you get to the brass tacks, can it be done feasibly?

 

[ferniesnow]

I was wondering the same thing, thought I heard Hudson Bay was only open 4 months of the year for shipping, I wonder how much shorter the window would be for supertankers, or if they would allow them through that passage considering its the worst area in the world for icebergs.

Not unlike the idea of rail to Alaska, some pretty extreme weather and swampy ground in the summer. When you get to the brass tacks, can it be done feasibly?

There are already tracks to Hay River, NWT. Possibly follow the AK highway from Dawson Creek. The cold would be a problem but would it be worse than the avalanche debris through BC?

 

[Got boost want snow]

Less chance of a spill with pipelines plus it ships more continuously. Trains derail and can only transport so much at once very uneconomical and unenviromental as trains burn diesel.

 

[ferniesnow]

Less chance of a spill with pipelines plus it ships more continuously. Trains derail and can only transport so much at once very uneconomical and unenviromental as trains burn diesel.

A question here; what fuel do they use to push the product through the pipelines? Is it a combination of electricity, LNG, or what that gets the required pressure in the pipe? Never actually thought about it before.

 

[imdoo'n]

from the sites i have been on it is NG. KM no idea, guess NG

 

[sirkdev]

A question here; what fuel do they use to push the product through the pipelines? Is it a combination of electricity, LNG, or what that gets the required pressure in the pipe? Never actually thought about it before.

If it is gas you use gas compression, if is liquids they will be using pumps and boost stations along the way to maintain line pressure. Likely all the gas compression will run off large gas turbines, smaller apps will have reciprocating compression. If the gas is very sour or noise is an issue they often use an electric driver for compression. For the pumps anywhere that has access to electricity it is the most logical driver of the pumps.