The Inuvialuit Petroleum Corporation (IPC) is proposing to develop the M-18 well with the construction of a gas plant that will produce natural gas and synthetic diesel, which can then be transported to customers for power and heating applications.
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For documentation related to the Project regulatory approval process with the Canada Energy Regulator, please follow the link below:
Why the Inuvialuit Energy Security Project?:
This project is needed in order to:
- Provide a replacement to the diminished Ikhil gas well.
- Reduce our reliance on expensive southern fuel and exposure to intermittent road outages.
- Create opportunities for our local businesses.
- Mitigate the high cost of living and doing business in the region.
How will the Project help the region?
ENERGY SECURITY The project will result in a secure supply of local natural gas for our region for decades to come.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS The project will result in good quality permanent jobs for residents and cost savings in heating and fuel.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS The project will reduce GHGs by thousands of tonnes each year, while imposing no significant impacts on the environment.
Documents:
The Inuvialuit Energy Security Project Timeline:
FRONT END ENGINEERING & DESIGN (FEED) The original FEED was completed in 2021, and the various engineering vendors have created preliminary design drawings, plans, and developed a cost estimate to begin plant construction in 2025.
REGULATORY APPROVALS By early 2021, IESPL had completed a first round of consultations with stakeholders and received approval from the Environmental Impact Screening Committee on January 25, 2021. In March 2021, IESPL initiated major applications to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). On March 8, 2022 the CER approved the IESP Development Plan. On June 28, 2023 the CER approved the Early Site Works and Well Workover Operations Authorizations, and on March 7, 2024, the CER final Operations Authorization for the Installation and Operation of the Energy Centre was approved.
WORKER TRAINING Offering training programs for project-related work opportunities.
CIVIL WORKS AND REMEDIATION During Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, work was completed on a winter access trail to M-18 such that the M-18 sump remediation was able to be completed. Road and bridge construction was completed in the first half of 2024.
PLANT CONSTRUCTION Major gas processing equipment and modules will start to be constructed in 2024-25. Major onsite construction and commissioning will take place in late 2025 and throughout 2026.
PRODUCTION At the end of 2026, gas will be produced and trucked to consumers.
IPC is committed to ensuring residents are informed about and supportive of the project. Formal consultations with co-management boards, community corporations, hunters and trappers committees, ILA and local communities were initiated in Spring 2020 and will continue through the development of the project.
Please contact us with your ideas, questions and concerns!
Contact:
Email: jobs@iesp.ca