How long is FortisBC Pipeline?

FortisBC Pipeline is 47 km long.

How much gas can FortisBC Pipeline carry?

FortisBC Pipeline has a design capacity of 2.33 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.

Is FortisBC Pipeline operating?

FortisBC Pipeline is under construction, with a reported start year of 2027.

Who owns FortisBC Pipeline?

FortisBC Pipeline is owned by Fortis BC, as recorded in the current tracker release.

Does FortisBC Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?

FortisBC Pipeline passes within 25 km of 1 tracked LNG terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

FortisBC Pipeline: Coquitlam–Woodfibre facility, Canada

Route

FortisBC Pipeline runs from Coquitlam to Woodfibre facility, Squamish. The map draws the tracked route and any LNG terminal within 25 km of it.

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From: Coquitlam
To: Woodfibre facility, Squamish
Start country: Canada
End country: Canada
Countries crossed: Canada
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Americas
Route drawn on map: 41 km
GEM pipeline ID: P0178
Start year: 2027
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Segments

Each row is one row of GEM's pipeline file. Project-level figures repeated on every segment are counted once in the totals above.

Segment	Status	From → to	Length	Capacity	Diameter	Start	Route from
Eagle Mountain-Woodfibre Gas Pipeline	Under construction	Coquitlam → Woodfibre facility, Squamish	47	2.33	610 mm	2027	GEM's route file

Connected LNG terminals

Terminals whose coordinates fall within 25 km of this route, or whose name matches the pipeline. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Terminal	Country	Import / export	Status	Distance	Matched by
Woodfibre LNG Terminal	Canada	Export	Under construction	9 km	route proximity

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.

Owners

Fortis BC100%

Parent companies

Fortis Inc100%

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where does FortisBC Pipeline run?: FortisBC Pipeline runs from Coquitlam to Woodfibre facility, Squamish, crossing Canada.
How long is FortisBC Pipeline?: FortisBC Pipeline is 47 km long.
How much gas can FortisBC Pipeline carry?: FortisBC Pipeline has a design capacity of 2.33 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
Is FortisBC Pipeline operating?: FortisBC Pipeline is under construction, with a reported start year of 2027.
Who owns FortisBC Pipeline?: FortisBC Pipeline is owned by Fortis BC, as recorded in the current tracker release.
Does FortisBC Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?: FortisBC Pipeline passes within 25 km of 1 tracked LNG terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG against pipeline gas
A pipeline delivers gas at lower cost than LNG over land up to roughly two to four thousand kilometres, beyond which liquefaction wins, and across any significant body of deep water LNG usually wins at any distance.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.