8/19/2014 - 3:46 PM EST - AltaGas Ltd. : and Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. announced they have signed definitive agreements to enter into a 15-year strategic alliance for the development of processing infrastructure and marketing services for natural gas and natural gas liquids. The Strategic Alliance will provide for the development of essential liquids-rich gas processing infrastructure in northeast British Columbia and will provide preferred access to international energy markets for Painted Pony's Montney production. In the first phase of the Strategic Alliance, AltaGas will construct and operate a 198 Mmcf/d shallow-cut gas processing facility in the Montney resource play, of which Painted Pony will maintain the right to a minimum 150 Mmcf/d of firm capacity. AltaGas Ltd.
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