VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 5, 2012) - TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Shell Canada Limited (Shell) and its partners to design, build, own and operate the proposed Coastal GasLink proje...

At a length of 86 miles (138 km), the North Baja Pipeline System delivers West Texan and Rocky Mountain natural gas from Arizona to California and Mexico.

The map depicts route of Coastal Gaslink west of Dawson Creek to Kitimat, BC.

The Line 8000 Replacement Project, part of TransCanada’s Columbia Gas Transmission Modernization Program, will replace approximately 13 miles (21 km) of existing 12-inch-diameter bare steel pipeline with new coated steel pipeline.

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With this project, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) will be built along with two compressor stations and replacement of 26 miles (41.8) of existing pipeline. The changes will increase capacity by 1.3 billion cubic feet per day.

The Leach XPress Pipeline is unique because of the terrain and the sheer amount of work that up to 3,000 employees and contractors will carry out to complete this project for a planned in-service date in November.