Canada Energy Regulator says injury halts work on Trans Mountain expansion project (updated)

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26/04/2023 24:59

(Adds details on pipeline)
       April 25 (Reuters) - 
    The Canada Energy Regulator said it was notified on Tuesday
of a serious injury at a work site on the government-owned Trans
Mountain oil pipeline expansion project near Chilliwack, British
Columbia.
    The regulator said work has been stopped at the job site,
and inspection officers and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
are attending.
        "Safety is always our top priority, including all
workers and contractors on job sites," the CER said in a
statement posted to its website.
  
    The Trans Mountain expansion will nearly triple the flow of
crude from Alberta's oil sands to the Pacific coast, but the
project has been beset by years of delay and massive cost
overruns.
        Last month Trans Mountain Corp 
    said
     the cost had jumped 44% from last year's estimate to C$30.9
billion ($22.69 billion). The pipeline is expected to be in
service by the first quarter of 2024.


($1 = 1.3619 Canadian dollars)

 (Reporting by Harshit Verma in Bengaluru and Nia Williams in
British Columbia; Editing by Leslie Adler)
 ((Harshit.Verma@thomsonreuters.com;))