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## TQM 

T rans Québec & Maritimes Pipeline Inc. (TQM) is a 572 kilome- tre natural gas pipeline system which connects with the Canadian Mainline and transports gas from Montreal to Québec City and to the Portland system. TransCanada holds a 50 per cent interest in TQM. 

## VENTURES LP 

V entures LP, which is 100 per cent owned by T ransCanada, owns a 110 kilometre pipeline which supplies natural gas to the oil sands region of northern Alberta, and a 27 kilo- metre pipeline which supplies natural gas to a petrochemical complex at Joffre, Alberta. 

## Millennium Pipeline 

TransCanada has a 21 per cent interest in the proposed Millennium Pipeline project in the U.S. and 100 per cent of the Canadian portion of the Lake Erie crossing. In August 2001, TransCanada and Westcoast Energy jointly withdrew their respective NEB applications and in December 2001, the Minister of the Environment for Canada terminated the environ- mental assessment of the Canadian Millennium project. 

## Ventures LP 

In 2001, TransCanada Pipeline Ventures Limited Partnership (Ventures LP) was successful in securing incremental contracts for transportation service on its oilsands pipeline in northeast Alberta. To support this new service, planning and construction activities are underway on a lateral pipeline expansion and a compressor station addition. These projects are expected to be placed in service in 2002 and 2003. 

## NATURAL GAS THROUGHPUT VOLUMES 

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*Placed in service in 1999. 

