New safety orders for Enbridge pipeline explosion site

PRINCE GEORGE — The National Energy Board has issued new safety orders for a pipeline explosion site in north-central B.C.

It has ordered Calgary-based Enbridge to limit gas flows at 80 per cent pressure levels along the length of the pipeline — from the blast site near Prince George down to the U.S border.

The October 9th explosion ruptured a 91-centimetre natural pipeline, but did not damage an adjacent 76-centimetre line, which is now sending natural gas on a reduced basis to about one million customers in B.C.

Fortis B.C, the province’s natural gas supplier, says its customers can expect reduced supplies as winter approaches.