Kinder Morgan in Canada
Pipeline Protection
Pipelines are safe and efficient ways of transporting crude oil and petroleum products. However, if a pipeline is damaged the consequences could be very serious. Unauthorized third party ground disturbance activity is the most common cause of serious pipeline damage.
All landowners, tenants, and excavators or contractors acting on behalf of a landowner play an important role to ensure pipeline safety. Approval is required from Kinder Morgan Canada for any ground disturbance activities occurring across, along, or upon our right-of-way (ROW) as well as any activities outside the ROW that could impact the safety of the pipeline. These activities include, but are not limited to construction, excavation, blasting and unusual ground disturbances such as vehicle access, deep plowing or ripping, contouring, terracing, stockpiling fill, and leveling.
CALL TO PLAN: (888) 767-0304
If you believe you are planning to work on or near a Kinder Morgan ROW, contact our Pipeline Protection Department at (888) 767-0304. We will provide you with information and guidelines to help you plan your activities safely. Also, please review our safety checklist for working around our pipelines.
CALL TO LOCATE: Alberta – (800) 242-3447
British Columbia – (800) 474-6886
Saskatchewan – (866) 828-4888
At least three days before planning to begin any kind of ground disturbance, call your provincial one call centre and request a locate of the buried facilities in the area. If the project is near our pipeline, we will be notified by the one call centre and will initiate an internal review of the project to ensure public safety and our pipeline’s integrity.
Depending on the scope of work near our pipeline, this process might include an in-depth review that could result in a crossing agreement, or we may dispatch a KMC Pipeline Protection Inspector to meet you on site, locate and mark our pipeline, free of charge; and provide you with further instructions to work safely near our pipeline.
