Fractivists have delayed and killed some pipelines to the Northeast but they’ve failed to stop Marcellus Shale gas from reaching Maine and Nova Scotia.

For years now MDN has kept an eye on several LNG (liquefied natural gas) export plants planned in Nova Scotia, Canada. Why? Because of the potential for Marcellus/Utica gas to feed those hungry beasts, once they are built. How would/could that happen?

The answer is primarily through a plan floated by Spectra Energy (now owned by Enbridge) called the Access Northeast Project. It is a roughly $3 billion project in New England to connect four existing pipeline systems (with enhancements). They include the Texas Eastern, Algonquin Gas Transmission, Iroquois and Maritimes & Northeast pipelines.

That last one, the Maritimes & Northeast (M&NE) pipeline, stretches from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, to bring offshore Canadian gas south into New England. Part of Spectra’s plan is to make M&NE bi-directional, able to flow gas to Nova Scotia.

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