Gas Transmission Northwest LLC
Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) is a 1,353 mile interstate natural gas pipeline system that transports Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and Rocky Mountain-sourced natural gas to third-party natural gas pipelines and markets in Washington, Oregon, and California. GTN has an average design capacity of 2,900 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). GTN is also connected to the Tuscarora pipeline system, which is wholly-owned by TC PipeLines, LP. Some of the GTN pipeline systems' capacity is subject to annual renews, however greater than 50 percent of the capacity is under long-term contracts that mature between 2015 and 2028. GTN is operated by a subsidiary of TransCanada Corporation. TC PipeLines, LP owns 25 percent of GTN. The remaining 75 percent is held by subsidiaries of TransCanada.
Quick Asset Facts:
- Commenced Operations: 1961
- Originates Near: Kingsgate, British Columbia, Canada
- Terminates Near: Malin, OR
- Length (miles): 1,353
- Number of Compressor Stations: 12
- Number of Active Physical Receipt / Delivery Points: 3 / 55
- Installed Horsepower: 515,000
- Design Capacity (MMcf/d): 2,900
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Ownership Structure
TransCanada Corporation
Our general partner, TC PipeLines GP, Inc., is wholly-owned by TransCanada Corporation, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America
