alliance update note alliance announced october 30 official service date tariff services however selling test gas ramp period right first deliveries going anr system interconnect ready alliance delayed deliveries begin ramping months speculation industry alliance pipeline confirmed yesterday full commercial service delayed nearly month oct 30 construction system scheduled nearly three years ago oct 2 target date commercial service however delay mean market getting canadian gas alliance end october pipeline opened one chicago delivery valves last thursday started selling 50 100 mmcf gas market intends increase sales week eventually reaching full 1 325 bcf load prior switching commercial service oct 30 said spokesman jack crawford got commission approval actually sell test gas right think dealing three four different marketers initial deliveries right anr system basically connection ready next weeks expect ready go test surprised ends regular volume increases 100 mmcf week kind game plan said crawford oct 29 alliance selling 1 325 bcf test gas oct 30 shippers nominating one end delivering market may see much difference obviously want start charging shippers confidence systems checked pipeline system designed deliver gas producing regions northeastern british columbia northwestern alberta chicago area line interconnects north american pipeline grid currently 99 total pipeline system installed including 14 mainline compressor stations 37 receipt points british columbia alberta 7 delivery points illinois commissioning activities commenced march including flowing gas completed sections line purge air pipe present approximately 95 alliance purged air includes mainline portion system 1 857 miles near gordondale alberta delivery section near joliet illinois 306 434 mile laterals receipt portion system additionally 25 receipt point meter stations commissioned final commissioning activities also completed 14 mainline compressor stations date 6 bcf gas commissioned mainline lateral portions system ultimate line pack targeted 8 bcf crawford said variety factors contributed delayed start rain saskatchewan delayed us bit back july managed catch construction august meant commissioning get going little bit later farther west alberta bc fact couple rain problems particular one relatively small fairly long lateral even able get right way yet rain bc trouble directional drill creek one laterals said likely get approval open cut creek take us probably better part month downstream end hoped get downstream connections right testing one others quite ready yet ready course fairly complex interaction pipeline aux sable liquids plant chance work yet look things question could establish date stuff would done would operational spent fair amount time shippers mentioned one pipeline delayed one day time drove distraction agreed would pick one three dates mondays oct 2 oct 16 oct 30 pick one felt confident besides timing service another important question minds many market observers gas alliance ships come oct 30 incremental gas gas would flowing transcanada think going purely either way said crawford lots guys targeting nov 1 bring new gas start gas year depends much shows big secret wet weather drilling completion work gotten done likely affect well delay though long people going pay 6 gas boy people going lot money drilling projects