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Enbridge Line 3 Replacement & “Alberta Clipper”
Enbridge announced its plans on March 3, 2014 to replace its existing Line 3 pipeline, part of Enbridge’s extensive Mainline system, with a 91cm/36-inch pipe. The current 86cm/34-inch pipe was installed in 1968 and carries light oil 1,660km (390,000 bbls/day) from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin. The new line will be 2 inches wider and built “using the latest available high-strength steel and coating technology”. By the time the progressive upgrade is completed in 2019 (pushed back from 2017) Line 3 will ship 760,000 bbls of oil across the border every day, double what it currently moves.
According to a Globe and Mail (article): “By using existing lines, Enbridge doesn’t need a new permit and avoids the extensive environmental review by the U.S. State Department. Enbridge intends to build a short link three kilometres north of the Canada-U.S. border between the Alberta Clipper pipeline and Line 3, originally built in 1968. Once across the border, the oil sands crude would be funneled back into the Alberta Clipper line which is being upgraded to cope with higher pressure pumps.”
Unlike the Keystone XL pipeline or its predecessor Line 67 (also known by its more jovial name “Alberta Clipper“), this project is classified as “replacement” or “maintenance,” meaning it operates under an existing presidential permit and does not require a new one.
Alberta Clipper is an already existing pipeline with 450,000 bbl a day capacity. In November 2012, Enbridge applied for the permit to ramp up capacity to 800,000 bbl for the pipeline which runs from Alberta to Wisconsin to Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast where the oil will be refined and exported.
Enbridge “Alberta Clipper” News
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2019-11-29 |
Financial Post |
Oilpatch gets much-needed relief as 150,000 bpd of new pipeline capacity comes on stream |
Geoffrey Morgan |
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2019-10-01 |
Kare11.com |
John Croman |
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2019-03-06 |
CBC News |
Enbridge Line 3 delay 'throws turmoil' into marketplace: expert |
Sarah Rieger |
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2016-11-29 |
CBC News |
Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 pipelines, rejects Northern Gateway |
John Paul Tasker |
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2016-04-25 |
CBC News |
Kyle Bakx - 89 conditions |
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2015-12-18 |
Desmogblog.com |
Federal Court Gives Blessing to Covertly Approved Enbridge Cross-Border Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion |
Steve Horn - Line 67 |
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2014-11-11 |
EcoWatch / Anastasia Pantsios |
‘Keystone XL Clone’ to Pump Tar Sands Oil Starting Next Year |
Anastasia Pantsios |
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2014-09-13 |
Globe and Mail |
Opponents slam Enbridge’s plans to expand flow of oil sands crude into U.S. |
Paul Koring |
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2014-03-04 |
EcoWatch / DeSmog Canada |
Enbridge to Double Carrying Capacity of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline |
- direct competitor to Keystone XL
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Enbridge Line 5
Enbridge Line 5
Enbridge’s Line 5 is 645 miles long stretching from Wisconsin across Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas, terminating in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The 30” pipeline splits into two 20” pipelines for 4 ½ miles under the Straits of Mackinac (where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron). It also crosses under the St. Clair River. Environmentalists are particularly concerned about the possibility of a spill in the Great Lakes.
See also: Straits of Mackinac
Enbridge Line 5 News
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2021-10-05 |
CBC News |
Canada invokes decades-old treaty with U.S., requests talks on fate of Line 5 pipeline
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Darren Major |
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2020-02-03 |
Lambtonshield.com |
Enbridge to begin work to replace Line 5 pipeline St. Clair River crossing
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2015-09-10 |
Ecowatch / Cole Mellino |
Enbridge’s Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes Are ‘A Ticking Time Bomb’
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Cole Mellino |
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2015-08-11 |
OilandWaterDontMix.org / Motherboard (USA) |
New Documentary Exposes Enbridge Line 5 (17 mins)
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- 62 year old pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac |
Enbridge Line 9
In Ontario a pipeline built in 1975 called “line 9” owned by Enbridge carries light crude oil across southern Ontario, the most populated part of the province, from Sarnia to Montreal. Enbridge has proposed to reverse the direction of the flow, and it is expected that they want to change the pipeline contents from light crude oil to Alberta bitumen. Bitumen is thicker than light crude oil and requires greater pressure to transport. People are worried that the old pipeline infrastructure will be subject to leaks.
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Enbridge “Northern Gateway”
The Northern Gateway is an Enbridge proposal to carry oil sands crude from the Edmonton, Alberta area to a new marine terminal in Kitimat, B.C. to facilitate export to China. The twin pipelines would carry Alberta oil in a westerly flow and condensate, used to thin petroleum products for pipeline transport, in an easterly flow (website). British Columbians and Albertans are divided on the project’s potential benefits and problems, and whether it should even go ahead (article).
Learn more about Enbridge's Northern Gateway proposal
Enbridge News - General
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2020-10-23 |
Flamborough Review |
Enbridge drops plan to build controversial pipeline through Flamborough — for now |
Matthew Van Dongen |
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2019-12-12 |
Welland Tribune |
Tom Beckett - Beverly Swamp |
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2015-08-08 |
Huffington Post |
Georgianne Nienaber |
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2015-01-16 |
NY Times |
Dan Kaufman - Line 61, fed by Alberta Clipper |
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2014-03-31 |
EcoWatch / Sierra Club |
Report Reveals High Risk, No Reward of Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion |
Sierra Club |
For more information, see:
“Enbridge is all about whether or not Canada is prepared to drain the tar sands and export the oil to China.” Wade Davis (article)
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