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January 8
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Western Pipelines and TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL) ready for merger, solution of gas problems closer
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January 9
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Interprovincal Pipe Line's 645-mile extension is put into operation; the full line is the longest in the world
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March 20
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Details of a publicly-owned gas gathering system in Alberta are released as the provincial government gives first reading to the Alberta Gas Trunk Pipe Line Company Act
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March 23
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TCPL amends Alberta gas export application to include request for a 30-inch line and spur to Minneapolis
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March 25
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Secony-Vacuum Oil Company Inc., parent of Socony-Vacuum Exploration Company, classes the Pembina discovery as probably one of the most significant in North America during all of 1953
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April 3
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TCPL announces construction will begin by late 1954 of early 1955
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Arpil 10
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Pembina Pipe Line Company granted permit for an oil transmission line from the Pembina oil region
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June 19
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Westcoast Transmission's application to serve Pacific Northwest Pipeline corporation with Peace River area gas is rejected by the Federal Commission in Washington, D.C.; the Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners gives approval in principle to an application by TCPL for its pipeline from Alberta through to Eastern Canada
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June 29
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Pacific-West Buick Creek oil discovery might indicate British Columbia's first major oil field
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September 14
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TCPL president urges Canada and the United States to sign a joint treaty ensuring the economical exchange of natural resources
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September 22
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TCPL signs a contract for sale of 100 million cubic feet per day of gas into the Minneapolis-St. Paul region beginning in the 1955 contract year
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October 8
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Socony-Vacuum, a partner in the Pembina discovery well, estimated its share of the field's reserves at some 50 million barrels
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October 14
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C-I-L opens $15 million polyethylene plant at Edmonton
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November 5
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Sundre discovery by Hudson's Bay Oil & Gas flows oil at rates up to 1,824 barrels per day
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December 14
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Westcoast Transmission Company Limited signs an agreement with American pipeline companies for the sale of Peace River gas
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December 20
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Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board and Alberta government clear up details of the diversion clause in TCPL's permit to satisfy producers concerns
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