Pathways Alliance CO2 Line
Canada
Greenfield
Overview
Status
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Greenfield
Region
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North America
Geography
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Canada
State
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Alberta
Equity Owner
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Canadian Natural, Cenovus, Imperial, MEG Energy, Suncor, ConocoPhillips Canada
Proponent
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Pathways Alliance
Output
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Carbon pipeline
Type of electricty
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Capacity
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Financing
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Technology
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Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Kendall Dilling, president
Lawyers
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Project Cost
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CAD $16.5 billion
Offtaker
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Commercial Operations Date
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2026
Decommission Date
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FID
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December, 2025
Description
Pathways Alliance’s foundational project is a 400-kilometer CO₂ transportation line that could eventually link over 20 CCS facilities with a carbon storage hub in northeast Alberta.
The alliance was announced in 2021 by Canadian Natural, Cenovus, Imperial, MEG Energy, and Suncor. ConocoPhillips Canada joined a few months later.
The proposed network will connect more than 20 CCS facilities in the Fort McMurray, Christina Lake and Cold Lake regions of northeast Alberta to a carbon storage hub near the Cold Lake region, where liquid CO2 will be stored safely underground.
When complete, the proposed network will have the capacity to transport captured CO2 from more than 20 oil sands facilities to a storage hub in the Cold Lake region of northeast Alberta.
An approximately 400-kilometre pipeline will carry liquid CO2 to the storage hub. The line will primarily follow existing rights-of-way.
FID expected in 2025.