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...increase the El Paso system deliveries by 455,175,000 cu. ft. of natural gas a day to serve more customers in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico. Part of the gas will come indirectly from Canada, through a deal (also authorized by FPC last week) in which Westcoast Transmission Co. of Canada will pipe 300 million cu. ft. a day into the lines of Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp., at the Canadian border, to supply the booming Northwest with natural gas (TIME, Dec. 27). Pacific Northwest will, in turn, sell 50 million cu. ft. to El Paso, delivering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: The Watch Spring | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...McMahon's Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. will build a 670-mile, $120 million pipeline from the Peace River Basin to the U.S. border, sell Pacific 300 million cu. ft. of gas a day at 22? per thousand cu. ft., pipe an additional 50 million cu. ft. a day to Vancouver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: The Big Poker Game | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

Loser was the Westcoast Transmission Co., Ltd., of Calgary, Ont., headed by Canadian Oilman Frank McMahon. He wanted to bring gas to the Northwest through a 930-mile pipeline from Canada's Peace River section in northern Alberta and British Columbia, where his Pacific Petroleums has sunk millions into a huge, new gas field. Losers also were the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Colum bia, which had hoped for big, new indus trial developments along the gas line. Cried one provincial cabinet minister: "This is disastrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: Decision for the Northwest | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

...supply Canada for the next 50 years, decided that Alberta gas should first be piped to eastern Canadian markets. Not until the big Peace River Field was proved did Canada decide that it had more than enough for its own needs, and give an export permit to Westcoast. By then. Pacific Northwest was well along with its plans for an all-U.S. pipeline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: Decision for the Northwest | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

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