TC Energy Begins Pipeline Removal in Montana

In June, 2021, TC Energy cancelled its Keystone XL Pipeline project. A decision that was ultimately made in January, once President Joe Biden removed the permit it needed to cross into the U.S. from Canada.

TC Energy provided details of its plan in an August 14 document filed in Montana federal court. It stated that work to remove the 1.2-mile segment of the pipeline in northern Phillips County, will start September 22. TC Energy will relinquish the last part of its right-of-way over land at the border when the work is complete in November.

It is estimated a total cost of $84 million to decomm...