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Attachment Ending the LPG Export Monopoly: Restoring Competitive Market Access for Western Canadian Producers

  • Trigon Pacific LPG Project
  • Author: Comment on Behalf of North American Oil and Gas Producers Seeking Open Market Access for NGL/LPG Export
  • Reference number: 11
  • Submitted: 2026-07-26 - 5:12 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • North American crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL) producers depend on efficient, competitive access to export infrastructure to realize the full value of their production. On the West Coast, that access is currently constrained by a de facto monopoly: AltaGas controls every VLGC capable LPG export terminal serving the Pacific Northwest, spanning Ridley Island and REEF in British Columbia and Ferndale in Washington State, along with significant upstream infrastructure, including pipelines, gas plants, and fractionation assets, that feeds them. As a result, both Canadian and US producers and shippers seeking to reach Asian LPG markets are effectively required to route supply through AltaGas controlled infrastructure end to end, with no meaningful alternative path to tidewater for NGLs produced in Western Canada or the US Pacific Northwest. This concentration has real, measurable consequences for producers across the region, not just for individual companies. As one illustrative example, a midstream developer planned to invest approximately $450 million in a pipeline, fractionator, and rail terminal near Chetwynd, British Columbia, to bring additional LPG supply to export markets. The developer was unable to secure third party access to AltaGas's terminal for supply not processed through AltaGas owned infrastructure in B.C. Without a credible, competitive egress path off the West Coast, the project could not demonstrate bankable market access to lenders and lost its financing in Q4 2024. This is not an isolated setback; it reflects a structural barrier that discourages capital formation and limits export optionality for producers throughout the basin, regardless of which side of the ...

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Attachment REEF LP Comments - Trigon Pacific LPG Project

  • Trigon Pacific LPG Project
  • Author: Ridley Island Energy Export Facility Limited Partnership
  • Reference number: 7
  • Submitted: 2026-07-23 - 1:17 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and participant funding available
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  • 1300, 707 5th Street SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 1V8 reefproject.ca July 23, 2026 Executive Summary Ridley Island Energy Export Facility Limited Partnership submits these comments in response to the initial project description for the Trigon Pacific LPG Project filed on June 16, 2026. Three core points underpin REEF LP's position:  Trigon has no right to export LPG. Trigon's lease with PRPA does not permit LPG handling or export. PRPA has twice denied Trigon's requests to modify its lease. REEF LP holds exclusive rights to export LPG in the Port of Prince Rupert, which PRPA has publicly affirmed.  Trigon's approach is inefficient and futile. Trigon has initiated both a s. 82 review (for a non- designated project) and now an impact assessment (for a designated project) for mutually exclusive LPG facilities on the same lands. Only one project could ever be constructed — and neither can without LPG rights.  The Trigon Project is not needed. Existing and approved West Coast LPG infrastructure — including RIPET, Ferndale, the REEF Project, and the Pembina Terminal — already meets current and reasonably foreseeable demand. Adding Trigon's proposed capacity would overbuild egress by a minimum of 1.5 times, negatively impacting the export economy and Canadian consumers. REEF LP also identifies significant technical deficiencies in the 2026 IPD, including: unduly narrow study area boundaries; failure to address site contamination; projected ground flare emissions six times the total facility emissions limit for the REEF Project with no reduction strategy; and internal inconsistencies regarding environmental effects. I. Introduction These comments are submitted by Ridley Island ...
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