{"id":282779,"date":"2025-11-14T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/282779\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:08:08","slug":"enbridge-confirms-1-4-billion-pipeline-expansion-to-boost-flows-to-u-s-refiners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/282779\/","title":{"rendered":"Enbridge confirms $1.4-billion pipeline expansion to boost flows to U.S. refiners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An aboveground section of Enbridge’s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station, in 2016.John Flesher\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge ENB-T<\/a> on Friday approved a US$1.4-billion ($1.96-billion) expansion of its Mainline and Flanagan South pipelines, adding new capacity for Canadian heavy crude into the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

The project adds additional takeaway capacity for Canadian crude and broadens access to U.S. refineries, improving the flow of oil sands to major export outlets.<\/p>\n

This comes as Enbridge balances liquids growth with its push into natural gas utilities and low-carbon fuels.<\/p>\n

Canadian companies are making energy-transition plans \u2013 but quietly<\/a><\/p>\n

Enbridge said Mainline Optimization Phase 1 (MLO1) will add 150,000 barrels per day to its Mainline network and 100,000 bpd to the Flanagan South Pipeline (FSP), with the additional capacity expected to come online in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cMLO1 adds capital-efficient and timely egress from Canada, supporting production growth and improving connectivity to the best refining markets in North America,\u201d said Colin Gruending, Enbridge\u2019s president of liquids pipelines.<\/p>\n

Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to remove barriers to building energy infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n

The company\u2019s Mainline pipeline, capable of moving 3 million barrels per day of crude from Western Canada to Eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest, shipped a record 3.1 million bpd on average in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

MLO1 will increase Mainline capacity through upstream optimizations and terminal upgrades, while on FSP, Enbridge will add pump stations and expand terminal capacity.<\/p>\n

The expansion is supported by long-term take-or-pay contracts for the entire route from Edmonton to Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: An aboveground section of Enbridge’s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-282779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}