Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion to Enter Commercial Service May 1

Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Abbotsford, B.C., on May 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion will go into commercial service on May 1.

The Crown corporation behind the project, which will increase the existing pipeline’s capacity by 590,000 barrels per day to a total of 890,000 barrels per day, provided the start date in an update Wednesday.