2026 Kimball-Colinville Well Drilling Project

Project updates

Enbridge Gas has retained Stantec Consulting to undertake an environmental study for the project.

The study is being conducted in accordance with the Ontario Energy Board’s Environmental Guidelines for the Location, Construction, and Operation of Hydrocarbon Projects and Facilities in Ontario, 8th edition (2023).

The study will review the need and justification for the project, describe the existing natural, cultural, and socio-economic environment, evaluate the project from a natural, cultural, and social environmental perspective, outline safety measures, and provide appropriate measures for impact mitigation and monitoring.

As part of this study, a virtual public information session will take place between July 23 – August 8, 2025 to provide more information about the project.

A Leave to Construct application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is not required for this project. Pending a positive recommendation from the OEB to the Minister of Natural Resources for the issuance of well drilling licenses under section 40 of the OEB Act, construction may begin in early 2026.

Project consultation

Indigenous and community engagement

For new construction projects, the collective input from Indigenous communities, government agencies, municipalities, stakeholders, the public and landowners play an integral role.

As part of a successful consultation program, a mailing list of government agencies (federal, provincial, and municipal), Indigenous communities, and potential interest groups that may have an interest in the project’s environmental study has been developed.

As part of the initial phase of the environmental study, information on cultural, socio-economic, and the natural environment was collected at the proposed well sites. Examples of this data include information on archaeological and heritage resources, terrestrial and aquatic vegetation and wildlife, groundwater, surface water, soils, geology, existing infrastructure, and human occupancy and resource use in the area.

Public notification

Virtual public information session

Members of the public, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders are invited to attend the project’s virtual information session to review the project and to provide comments. The information session will be available from July 23 – August July 23 – August 8, 2025. 

The presentation from the information session will be available here upon the conclusion of the session.

Project commencement letters

Notice of Upcoming Project letters were sent to the Ontario Pipeline Coordinating Committee, agencies, local municipalities, impacted landowners, and Indigenous communities in June 2025. The Notice of Study Commencement and Virtual Public Information Session letters were mailed to the same groups in July 2025.

View the Notice of Study Commencement.

Regulatory information

Enbridge Gas is seeking a favourable report from the Ontario Energy Board to the Ministry of Natural Resources to support the application to drill the natural gas storage wells pursuant to section 40 of the OEB Act.

The application and evidence package will be found here once complete.

Pending a positive recommendation from the OEB to the Minister of Natural Resources for the issuance of a well drilling licence under section 40 of the OEB Act, construction may begin in early 2026.

Environmental study

In accordance with the OEB's “Environmental Guidelines for the Location, Construction, and Operation of Hydrocarbon Projects and Facilities in Ontario, 8th edition (2023)”, Enbridge Gas retained the services of independent environmental consultant Stantec Consulting to complete an environmental study for the proposed project.

The purpose of the environmental study is to:

• Identify any potential impacts of the proposed project on the social, economic and natural environments.
• Identify local or provincial concerns regarding the proposed project.
• Determine preferred routing of the pipeline segments.
• Gather input from agencies, stakeholders, Indigenous communities, impacted landowners, and the public.

The study may also recommend mitigation measures to limit impacts on the social, economic and natural environments.

A link to the study will be available here once it is complete.

We want to hear from you!

For matters related to environmental study, please contact:
Shelby Gibson
Environmental Planner
Stantec Consulting
(613) 804-6362
Email: 2026KimballColinvilleWellDrilling@stantec.com

Other contact:
Ryan Park
Senior Advisor, Environment
Enbridge Gas
Ryan.Park@enbridge.com