{"id":606889,"date":"2026-04-16T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606889\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:55:15","slug":"trump-signs-several-pipeline-permits-to-facilitate-canada-u-s-oil-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606889\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs several pipeline permits to facilitate Canada-U.S. oil transport"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday issued several pipeline<\/a> permits to facilitate the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada, including a permit for the construction of a new pipeline.<\/p>\n

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Documents released by the White House include a permit allowing the Bakken Pipeline Company to \u201cconstruct, connect, operate and maintain\u201d pipeline facilities in Burke County, N.D.<\/a>, at the Canada-U.S. border.<\/p>\n

The permit says Bakken Pipeline Company is a limited partnership and subsidiary of Enbridge, which operates multiple cross-border oil and gas<\/a> pipeline networks in Canada and the U.S.<\/p>\n

Other permits were issued to Enbridge for the maintenance and operation of existing pipelines at border locations in North Dakota and Michigan.<\/p>\n

Global News has reached out to Enbridge and Natural Resources Canada for comment and more information.<\/p>\n

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Enbridge last year approved a US$1.4-billion plan to send more oilsands crude south of the border despite trade tensions between Canada and the U.S.<\/p>\n

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The first phase of the company\u2019s Mainline Optimization project will see 150,000 barrels per day of capacity added to its vast cross-Canada system, the backbone of the country\u2019s oil transport infrastructure that taps into the U.S. Midwest.<\/p>\n

The plan also adds 100,000 barrels per day of capacity to the Flanagan South system, enabling greater volumes to flow from Illinois to the U.S. Gulf Coast. That\u2019s the site of the world\u2019s largest refining complex where facilities are well equipped to process heavy oilsands crude.<\/p>\n

Enbridge has said a second Mainline Optimization phase could add another 250,000 barrels per day of capacity in 2028, making use of the existing Dakota Access Pipeline, which runs from North Dakota to southern Illinois.<\/p>\n

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At the time of the first phase\u2019s approval, Enbridge said it was prioritizing expansion of existing pipeline capacity rather than building a new pipeline from scratch.<\/p>\n

Last January, ahead of Trump\u2019s inauguration for his second presidential term, the Alberta government announced it was forming a working group with Enbridge to explore expanding pipeline capacity to the U.S.<\/p>\n

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