Whos involved in the pipeline project?
Two groups are directly involved in the project: the Producer Group – representing four oil and gas companies – and the Aboriginal Pipeline Group – representing the interests of aboriginal peoples of the Northwest Territories. The groups will be co-owners of the pipeline. The Producer Group consists of Imperial Oil, ConocoPhillips, Shell Canada and ExxonMobil. Imperial owns and operates the Taglu natural gas field and will construct and operate it. Imperial will also construct and operate the Mackenzie gathering system and the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. ConocoPhillips holds a 75 per cent interest in the Parsons Lake natural gas field. It will construct and operate the production facilities there. Shell Canada owns the Niglintgak natural gas field and will build and run the production facilities at there. ExxonMobil holds a 25 per cent stake in the Parsons Lake natural gas field. Members of the Producer Group will also jointly own a smaller system of pipelines that will gather the natur
