TransCanada to Proceed with Keystone Hardisty Terminal

TransCanada Corporation TRP today announced that it has concluded a successful open season for the Keystone Hardisty Terminal project. Sufficient firm commitments were secured from parties interested in accessing the new terminal at the starting point of TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline System. Binding, long-term commitments in excess of 500,000 barrels per day were received during the open season, leading to the opportunity to expand the proposed two million barrels of crude oil batch accumulation tankage and pipeline infrastructure to a 2.6 million barrel terminal. TransCanada intends to proceed with the necessary regulatory applications for approvals to construct and operate this terminal at Hardisty, Alberta. Subject to regulatory approvals, the project is expected to be in service by late 2014 and cost approximately $275 million. The Keystone Pipeline System is an operational 3,467-kilometre (2,154-mile) pipeline that is delivering over 500,000 barrels per day of crude oil to markets and refineries in the U.S. Midwest and Cushing, Oklahoma.