Enbridge Expansion Projects

North Dakota System Expansion Phase 6

Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) LLC ("EPND") owns and operates a 330-mile crude oil gathering and 620-mile interstate pipeline transportation system that gathers crude oil from points near producing wells in 36 oil fields in North Dakota and Montana. This system is commonly referred to as the Enbridge "North Dakota Pipeline System." The interstate portion of the North Dakota System extends in an easterly to southeasterly direction from the EPND Alexander pump station facility in McKenzie County, N.D., and continues to the Enbridge Clearbrook Terminal in Clearwater County, Minn.

Completed and placed into service on Jan. 1, 2010, the North Dakota System Expansion Phase 6 (NDSE6) relieves the bottleneck and apportionment of pipeline capacity that shippers are currently experiencing on the EPND System, delivering Montana- and North Dakota-produced crude oil into the Enbridge Clearbrook Terminal in Clearwater County. The project as proposed by EPND was in order to optimize its existing pipeline system through the installation of certain appropriate upgrades at existing pump station sites. These upgrades are enabling EPND to transport an incremental 51,600 barrels per day (bpd) of crude petroleum from the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana to the Enbridge Clearbrook metering facility. From Clearbrook, such volumes have access to refining centers throughout the Midwest and beyond through connections with the Enbridge Lakehead System and Minnesota Pipeline.

NDSE6 also provides the additional capacity required to meet the forecast nominations for shipments on the EPND System and avoid anticipated capacity constraints that may result in apportionment of crude oil supplies moved on the EPND System. As proposed, NDSE6 was the most reliable, efficient and cost effective alternative to meet the rising demand for additional pipeline capacity from the Williston Basin to reach a wide number of refinery markets through interconnections with EPND affiliates and third-party pipelines at Clearbrook.

Click here for NDSE6 project documents.

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		You are here: Enbridge Expansion North Dakota System Expansion Phase 6 Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) LLC ("EPND") owns and operates a 330-mile crude oil gathering and 620-mile interstate pipeline transportation system that gathers crude oil from points near producing wells in 36 oil fields in North Dakota and Montana. This system is commonly referred to as the Enbridge "North Dakota Pipeline System." The interstate portion of the North Dakota System extends in an easterly to southeasterly direction from the EPND Alexander pump station facility in McKenzie County, N.D., and continues to the Enbridge Clearbrook Terminal in Clearwater County, Minn. Completed and placed into service on Jan. 1, 2010, the North Dakota System Expansion Phase 6 (NDSE6) relieves the bottleneck and apportionment of pipeline capacity that shippers are currently experiencing on the EPND System, delivering Montana- and North Dakota-produced crude oil into the Enbridge Clearbrook Terminal in Clearwater County. The project as proposed by EPND was in order to optimize its existing pipeline system through the installation of certain appropriate upgrades at existing pump station sites. These upgrades are enabling EPND to transport an incremental 51,600 barrels per day (bpd) of crude petroleum from the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana to the Enbridge Clearbrook metering facility. From Clearbrook, such volumes have access to refining centers throughout the Midwest and beyond through connections with the Enbridge Lakehead System and Minnesota Pipeline. NDSE6 also provides the additional capacity required to meet the forecast nominations for shipments on the EPND System and avoid anticipated capacity constraints that may result in apportionment of crude oil supplies moved on the EPND System. As proposed, NDSE6 was the most reliable, efficient and cost effective alternative to meet the rising demand for additional pipeline capacity from the Williston Basin to reach a wide number of refinery markets through interconnections with EPND affiliates and third-party pipelines at Clearbrook. Click here for NDSE6 project documents.