Eagle Spirit Pipeline

<h2 id="background">Background</h2>
<p>The Eagle Spirit Pipeline was a proposed alternative to the previous <a href="/facts/Northern_Gateway_Pipeline/D7hxczRy">Northern Gateway Pipeline</a> and <a href="/facts/Trans_Mountain_Pipeline/PyX5EscC">Trans Mountain Pipeline</a>. Helin claimed the project had 100% backing from <a href="/facts/First_Nations_in_Canada/ccqhx22M">First Nations</a> groups and carried a low risk in comparison to previous pipeline proposals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="benefits">Benefits</h2>
<p>The project had the support of 35 <a href="/facts/First_Nations_in_Canada/ccqhx22M">First Nations</a> groups, could have reduced emissions by 100 megatons and potentially have been safer than previous pipeline proposals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The pipeline was estimated to carry 4 million barrels per day (640,000 m3/d) of oil and 10 billion cubic feet per day (280,000,000 m3/d) of natural gas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="challenges">Challenges</h2>
<p>Barriers facing the project were <a href="/facts/National_Energy_Board/4eASmzJ0">National Energy Board</a> approval, and the tanker ban implemented by the <a href="/facts/Justin_Trudeau/fmCWle6G">Justin Trudeau</a> government and Bill C48.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Trans_Mountain_Pipeline/PyX5EscC">Trans Mountain Pipeline</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Northern_Gateway_Pipeline/D7hxczRy">Northern Gateway Pipeline</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Eagle Spirit Pipeline could win regulatory approval, project president says | The Star". thestar.com. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/25/eagle-spirit-pipeline-could-win-regulatory-approval-project-president-says.html" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/25/eagle-spirit-pipeline-could-win-regulatory-approval-project-president-says.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Eagle Spirit president says pipeline from northern Alberta to Prince Rupert, B.C. could win NEB approval". Global News. <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/4486622/eagle-spirit-oil-pipeline-prince-rupert-neb/" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/4486622/eagle-spirit-oil-pipeline-prince-rupert-neb/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"The pipeline you've never heard of would be owned by Indigenous communities". CTVNews. 21 September 2018. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/the-pipeline-you-ve-never-heard-of-would-be-owned-by-indigenous-communities-1.4104201" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/the-pipeline-you-ve-never-heard-of-would-be-owned-by-indigenous-communities-1.4104201</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"First Nations chiefs behind Eagle Spirit pipeline project to make first regulatory application | Financial Post". 8 July 2019. <a href="https://business.financialpost.com/news/first-nations-chiefs-behind-eagle-spirit-pipeline-project-to-make-first-regulatory-application" target="_blank">https://business.financialpost.com/news/first-nations-chiefs-behind-eagle-spirit-pipeline-project-to-make-first-regulatory-application</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Pro-pipeline First Nations spar with environmental activists over 'devastating' tanker ban bill | CBC News". CBC. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-pro-pipeline-first-nations-c-48-1.4941165" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-pro-pipeline-first-nations-c-48-1.4941165</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Eagle Spirit Pipeline