Mackenzie Gas Project still has long way to go before projected start-up

摘要

Canada has concluded the final regulatory hearings into proposals for a ground-breaking gas pipelineout of its Arctic region, but what was once seen as a milestone in a decade-long process is now littlemore than a signpost, indicating how far the Mackenzie Gas Project has yet to travel. Hearings by theJoint Review Panel into the potential social and environmental impacts of the MGP and by Canada'sNational Energy Board into economic and engineering issues took more than double the expected time— enough for shale gas to emerge and overtake Arctic gas as North America's next major supplysource.