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(Bloomberg) — Trans Mountain Corp. has reached a deal with oil shippers after a prolonged dispute over fees to use its crude pipeline that feeds Asia, helping pave the way for a potential equity sale and a proposed new line to be built.
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The settlement was filed with the Canada Energy Regulator and covers tolling, tariffs and service-related matters, the government-owned company said in a news release on Tuesday. It operates the sole crude pipeline system that carries oil from the Canadian oil sands to a domestic port on the Pacific coast near Vancouver.
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The capacity of Trans Mountain pipeline, a 1950s era conduit, tripled two years ago to 890,000 barrels a day through the addition of a second line. Oil companies including Cenovus Energy Inc., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and BP Plc. have complained the tolls Trans Mountain charged were too expensive after the expansion’s final price tag rose almost six-fold to about C$34 billion ($24 billion).
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Last week, the Canada’s federal government and the province of Alberta announced Trans Mountain will lead efforts to build a third line with 1 million barrels a day of capacity largely running along its existing route.
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The agreement on fees, which is subject to CER approval, was reached after 18 months of negotiations with shippers and it “establishes a comprehensive long-term framework” moving forward. The agreement also increases the level of firm contracted capacity on the system to 90% from 80% following an open season earlier this year. Trans Mountain is requesting CER approval of the settlement by Oct. 1, with the deal potentially going into force by Jan. 1, 2027, the company said.
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Since starting operation, the expanded Trans Mountain has opened up significant exports of Canadian crude to Asia for the first time, improved the price that oil producers receive for their crude and reduced Canada’s near total dependence on the US as a customer for oil.
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A second open season for shippers to secure contracted capacity is planned for July 13 to Aug. 10 for an additional 90,000 barrels a day of capacity that will be added by year end. The capacity will be added by using chemicals to speed the flow of oil through the system. The company is planning to add 300,000 barrels a day of additional capacity by the end of 2028.
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Resolution of the final tolls could facilitate at least a partial sale of Trans Mountain to private investors, including Indigenous communities. The government under previous Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bought the pipeline from Kinder Morgan Inc. in 2018 to ensure the expansion went ahead, while pledging to not be a long-term owner of the system. But earlier this year Elizabeth Wademan, chief executive of Canada Development Investment Corp., the Crown corporation that manages Trans Mountain, said the government should hold onto ownership long term because of the asset’s strategic nature.
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