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FortisBC agrees to sell a large underground natural gas storage facility for $400 million

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Client

FortisBC Holdings Inc.

Acted for FortisBC Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc., in connection with the proposed sale to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. of a large underground natural gas storage facility in British Columbia for C$400 million. Fortis holds a 93.8 per cent interest in the Aitken Creek Gas Storage facility and a 100 per cent interest in the Aitken Creek North Gas Storage facility. The facilities connect to all three major long-haul natural gas transportation lines in Western Canada, including Enbridge’s Westcoast and Alliance pipelines.

Fasken advised FortisBC with a team comprised of Georald Ingborg, Ron Ezekiel, Sarah Gingrich, Perry Feldman, Zach Romano, Marco Maduri, Blaine Bowman, Samuel Kalmakoff (Mergers & Acquisitions), Michael Coburn and Christopher Ross (Tax), Carmine Boskovich (Real Estate), Michael Wolpert and Allyson Marta (Pensions) and Huy Do (Competition).

Jurisdiction

  • British Columbia

Team

  • Georald Ingborg, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 3225, gingborg@fasken.com
  • Ron Ezekiel, Partner | Co-leader, Energy and Climate, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4708, rezekiel@fasken.com
  • Sarah Gingrich, Partner | CO-LEADER, CAPITAL MARKETS AND MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (CM AND M&A), Calgary, AB, +1 587 233 4103, sgingrich@fasken.com
  • Perry Feldman, Partner, Calgary, AB, +1 403 261 5396, pfeldman@fasken.com
  • Zach Romano, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4861, zromano@fasken.com
  • Marco Maduri, Associate, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4853, mmaduri@fasken.com
  • Samuel Kalmakoff, Associate, Calgary, AB, +1 403 261 9454, skalmakoff@fasken.com
  • Michael Coburn, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4832, mcoburn@fasken.com
  • Christopher Ross, Partner, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 3156, cross@fasken.com
  • Carmine Boskovich, Partner | Co-Leader, Real Estate Law, Vancouver, BC, +1 604 631 4831, cboskovich@fasken.com
  • Michael Wolpert, Partner, Calgary, AB | Toronto, ON | Vancouver, BC, +1 403 261 8490, mwolpert@fasken.com
  • Huy Do, Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3505, hdo@fasken.com