After extensive testing in the lab, TransCanada is teaming up with Enbridge and the Government of Alberta for a pilot project that will see both companies install a new fiber optic-based monitoring system on short sections of their oil transmission networks to see how the product, developed by a small hi-tech company in Alberta, performs in the field.

The fact sheet describes key points about safety around TransCanada pipelines.

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Pump stations are built at strategic points along a pipeline to maintain a constant flow of oil at a walking-pace speed. Learn more about them here.