MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE SIGNS TWO AGREEMENTS.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (Maritimes) has executed precedent transportation agreements with two major international energy companies proposing to construct liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in Atlantic Canada. Maritimes has signed agreements with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to transport 813,000 MMBtu/day of natural gas from the proposed Bear Head LNG terminal near Point Tupper, Nova Scotia; and with Repsol YPF to transport 750,000 MMBtu/day of natural gas from the proposed Canaport LNG terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick.

The agreements are for transportation service to markets in Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States. Pipeline …