Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) has filed a plan with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to increase capacity at its Alberta Clipper pipeline. The company will spend $40 million to upgrade three pumping stations at Viking, Clearbrook and Deer River to increase its overall capacity by 27%.
In May, the company announced its plans to spend $600 million in pipeline upgrades in the United States and Canada. The project was undertaken to carry more oil from Hardisty, Alberta to terminals in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Following the upgrade, the capacity of the pipeline will increase to 570,000 barrels per day from 450,000 barrels per day. The increased capacity will serve to meet North America’s need for a transportation pipeline to supply crude oil from the production regions in North Dakota and Western Canada.
Through this high capacity pipeline, refineries in Chicago, Detroit and Toledo, and Ohio will get more oil shipments. The upgrade will not require the replacement of an existing buried line.
Increased pipe line capacity from n.dakota
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Re: Increased pipe line capacity from n.dakota
More takaway capacity should improve oil prices in the Bakken.
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group