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ORGANIZATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
ORGANIZATION  
Schedule of ownership interests in natural gas pipeline systems

Pipeline

 

Length

 

Description

 

Ownership

 


Gas Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN)

 

1,353 miles

 

Extends between an interconnection near Kingsgate, British Columbia, Canada at the Canadian border to a point near Malin, Oregon at the California border and delivers natural gas to the Pacific Northwest and to California. TransCanada owns the remaining 30 percent of GTN (See Note 22 – Subsequent Events).

 

70 percent

 


Northern Border Pipeline Company (Northern Border)


 


1,408 miles


 


Extends between the Canadian border near Port of Morgan, Montana to a terminus near North Hayden, Indiana, south of Chicago. Northern Border is capable of receiving natural gas from Canada, the Williston Basin and Rocky Mountain Basin. ONEOK Partners, L.P. owns the remaining 50 percent of Northern Border.


 


50 percent


 


Bison Pipeline LLC (Bison)


 


303 miles


 


Extends from a location near Gillette, Wyoming to Northern Border's pipeline system in North Dakota. Bison transports natural gas from the Powder River Basin to Midwest markets.


 


100 percent


 


Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes)


 


2,115 miles


 


Connects with the TransCanada Mainline at the Canadian border near Emerson, Manitoba, Canada and St. Clair, Michigan, near Detroit. Great Lakes is a bi-directional pipeline that can receive and deliver natural gas at multiple points along its system. TransCanada owns the remaining 53.55 percent of Great Lakes.


 


46.45 percent


 


North Baja Pipeline, LLC (North Baja)


 


86 miles


 


Extends between an interconnection with the El Paso Natural Gas Company pipeline near Ehrenberg, Arizona and an interconnection with a natural gas pipeline near Ogilby, California on the Mexican border. North Baja is a bi-directional pipeline.


 


100 percent


 


Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company (Tuscarora)


 


305 miles


 


Extends between the GTN pipeline near Malin, Oregon to its terminus near Reno, Nevada and delivers natural gas in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.


 


100 percent