The first tranche of an additional 100,000 barrels per day of new pipeline capacity will be available to embattled domestic oil producers as the Canadian portion of the Line 3 replacement project is placed into service.
Enbridge Inc. has been filling the $5.3-billion Canadian portion of its Line 3 replacement project over the course of November and will place the line into service on Sunday, according to the Financial Post.
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That segment will add 10,000 bpd of pipeline capacity out of Western Canada at a time when every little bit helps alleviate strains on a chock-full export system. In addition, Enbridge expects to open up another 90,000 bpd of capacity by the end of December through optimization projects throughout its oil export network.
(Financial Post)
