The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) on Friday said it would issue a decision on a variance request from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project "in due course," following a one-day oral hearing in Calgary. Trans Mountain has asked to be allowed to install smaller-diameter pipe in a 1.4-mile (2.3-km) section of the oil pipeline's route after encountering "very challenging" drilling conditions due to the hardness of the rock in a mountainous area between Hope and Chilliwack. The CER denied that request on Dec. 5, prompting Trans Mountain to then ask the regulator to reverse the decision on the grounds it could cause a "catastrophic" two-year delay and billions of dollars in losses.
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