Canada's natural gas mainly comes from British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan most of the gas is located along the western edge of the province (Beacon Hill, Kindersley and Hatton areas).

• The natural gas is carried from the gas fields by buried pipeline to a processing plant where it is cleaned.
  
• Then it travels through the pipeline to a distributor or company that delivers the gas through smaller pipes to your home.
  
• The TransCanada Pipeline delivers the natural gas from Empress, Alberta to eastern Canada. The pipeline operates every day for 24 hours a day. It takes over 4 days for the gas to travel from Alberta to Toronto, Ontario which is a distance of 4200 km.
• The gas is pushed through the pipeline by special engines that are placed every hundred kilometres.
• Throughout the province there are "compressor stations" that move the gas to communities and factories.
• The natural gas can be stored underground or in huge storage tanks to be used later. During cold weather more natural gas is needed to heat homes and buildings.

gas stove and gas dryer

• Natural gas has many uses. We use natural gas for:
  - heating a home (furnace)
  - cooking a meal (stove)
  - lighting a fireplace (gas fireplace)
  - heating water (hot water heaters and pool heaters)
  - fuel for vehicles (some cars, trucks and buses run on natural gas)
  - drying clothes (gas clothes dryer)
  - barbecues (propane for barbecues)
  
  
• Many Saskatchewan industries and businesses use natural gas
  - for the production of steel, pulp and paper, potash and fertilizer.
  - for heating buildings and factories.
  - for heating water needed to produce goods.
  
  
• Farmers used natural gas on the farms
  - to heat water, homes and barns
  - to fuel pumps, grain dryers and outdoor lighting.
  
  
• Saskatchewan sells the natural gas to markets in the United States and eastern Canada.