User talk:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline

Trans Mountain Pipeline System (TMPL) is a pipeline system operated by Kinder Morgan Canada that transports both crude oil and refined products between Edmonton, Alberta and Burnaby, East of Vancouver, BC. Trans Mountain Pipeline is 1,147 km long and has a capacity of 300,000 oilbbl a day. It has been in operation since 1953 Kinder Morgan Canada (KMP) is a business segment owned by Texas-based, Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) the largest energy infrastructure company in North America. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) owns an interest in or operates approximately 84,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. In 2010 Kinder Morgan subsidiary Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC), headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, transported "approximately 20 per cent of all liquid petroleum products produced in Alberta to markets in western North America through its 4000-km (2,500-mile) network of pipelines." There are 23 active pump stations located along the pipeline route that maintain a flow at a speed of approximately 8 km per hour. Terminals, "located in Edmonton, Kamloops, Abbotsford and Burnaby house "storage tanks and serve as locations for incoming feeder pipelines, and tanker loading facilities." TMPL is regulated by the NEB. The pipeline diameter is 24 inches for 827 km, 150 km of 36 inch and 170 km 30 inch. The TMPL has a capacity of 300,330 bbl a day