CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Dec. 7, 2016) - News Release - TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), will move forward with an expansion of its NGTL System, the Saddle West Proj...

TC Energy Corporation announced today that it has approved two new expansion projects totaling $1.3 billion on its wholly-owned natural gas pipeline systems. The $0.9 billion 2023 NGTL Intra-Basin System Expansion will deliver natural gas from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) to markets within Alberta on the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) System, while the US$0.3 billion Alberta XPress project will see the expansion of the ANR Pipeline (ANR) to provide a seamless path for Canadian production to access growing LNG export and other markets along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

TC Energy’s NGTL System delivers energy to millions of North Americans every day as an essential part of the TC Energy pipeline network.

The TQM Pipeline System is a 573 km natural gas pipeline network in the Province of Quebec between Saint-Lazare, located west of Montreal, and Saint-Nicolas, located on the South Shore of Quebec City, and between Lachenaie, located East of Montreal, and East Hereford on the New Hampshire border.

The Guadalajara Pipeline connects to an LNG facility located near Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. It has capacity to transport 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to a nearby power plant and transport 320 million cubic feet per day to a pipeline system near Guadalajara.

TC Energy announced an expansion to our extensive NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) System will deliver more natural gas from the prolific WCSB to markets within Alberta, while an expansion to our ANR Pipeline (ANR) will provide a seamless path for Canadian production to access growing Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export and other markets along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Edson Mainline Expansion Project – Commitment Tracking Table No. 23