Enbridge is proposing a number of expansion projects to help address current and future increases in refinery demand as supply from western Canada's vast oil sands increases. They include:
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Southern Access, an expansion and extension of Enbridge’s existing pipeline system, including pump station modifications in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and new pipeline in Wisconsin and Illinois, to increase crude oil capacity to Midwest refineries and beyond.
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Southern Lights, a liquid petroleum pipeline from Chicago through Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota to transport light hydrocarbons, or "diluents" to the Canadian oil sands area of Alberta. The project also involves LSr, which will construct a 20-inch crude oil pipeline from Cromer, Manitoba, to Clearbrook, Minn., replacing the capacity of an existing Enbridge pipeline that will be reversed to transport diluent.
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Alberta Clipper, a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to Superior, Wis. to increase capacity of the Enbridge system by 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) and later be expandable up to 800,000 bpd.
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North Dakota System Expansion Phase 6, an expansion of the North Dakota System, referred to as NDSE6, will increase pipeline capacity from 110,000 bpd to approximately 161,600 bpd of delivery capacity into the Enbridge Clearbrook Terminal Facility in Clearbrook, Minn. NDSE6 is scheduled to be complete in early 2010.
This website provides an overview of Enbridge’s pipeline projects along its mainline corridor between Alberta and southern Illinois. For more information on Enbridge expansion projects in other regions of North America, select “Other Resources” on the menu bar.