ATCO Pipelines has a long history in the province of Alberta, in fact we can be considered the pioneers of our industry in this province.

Natural gas service began in Alberta in 1912. In just one year, the first natural gas delivery company, Canadian Western Natural Gas Company Limited (CWNG), was serving approximately 6,400 customers between Bow Island and Calgary. In 1923, people in the Edmonton area were using natural gas for heating and cooking, courtesy of Northwestern Utilities Limited (NUL). Eventually the service areas of these companies would expand to nearly every corner of the province.

In 1980, ATCO acquired controlling interest in Canadian Utilities. 

In 2012, ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd celebrated our Centenary with various contests, activities, and events throughout the province.

Today, high pressure pipelines belonging to ATCO Pipelines and our partner, Nova Gas Transmission Limited, make up the combined Alberta Integrated System.

ATCO Pipelines provides reliable and efficient delivery of natural gas and is committed to operational excellence and superior customer service while ensuring the safety of our employees and the public. We play an integral role in delivering natural gas in the Alberta marketplace, serving producers throughout the Western Canadian Sedimentary basin, as well as gas distribution companies and major industrial end users via the integrated Alberta natural gas transmission system. With offices in Calgary and Edmonton and facilities throughout the province, we employ about 400 people. ATCO Pipelines is part of the ATCO Group of Companies - an Alberta-based, worldwide organization with nearly 8,000 employees and assets of approximately $19 billion, ATCO is a diversified global corporation delivering service excellence and innovative business solutions in Structures & Logistics (workforce housing, innovative modular facilities, construction, site support services, and logistics and operations management); Electricity (power generation, distributed generation, and electricity distribution, transmission and infrastructure development); Pipelines & Liquids (natural gas transmission, distribution and infrastructure development, natural gas liquids storage, and industrial water solutions); and Retail Energy (electricity and natural gas retail sales).

How We Do Business​

For more than 65 years, ATCO has placed integrity at the heart of how our company does business. Guided by ATCO Founder R.D. Southern’s Excellence Statement, our team of nearly 7,000 employees world-wide make decisions every day that contribute to the success of our company.

Our pursuit of excellence is governed by our core values – integrity, transparency, entrepreneurship, accountability, collaboration, perseverance and caring.

ATCO’s How We Do Business section provides an overview of the company’s key policies and outlines how employees can raise concerns.

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