Sandpiper Crude Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source: Tioga, North Dakota
• Destination: Superior, Wisconsin
• Ownership: Enbridge
• Website: http://www.enbridge.com/
• Length: kilometres (610 miles)
• Capacity: 325,000 barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type: Bakken

Brief Description

• The project has been cancelled
• A nearly 610-mile, 24-inch or larger diameter interstate pipeline from the Beaver Lodge Station south of Tioga, North Dakota to an existing terminal owned by an Enbridge affiliate in Superior, Wisconsin.
• The Project’s initial capacity was to be 225,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the Enbridge Clearbrook Oil Terminal, Minnesota and 375,000 bpd to Superior.
• The new line would have served as a twin to the existing 210,000 bpd North Dakota System mainline, which now terminates at the Clearbrook Terminal
• The pipeline was to interconnect with High Plains Crude Oil Pipeline

Pipeline Status

• The project was cancelled in 2016

History

• 2013 - FERC denies Enbridge request for its proposed rate structure
• 2013 - Marathon Petroleum Corporation signed an agreement to become an anchor shipper
• 2016 - The project was cancelled

Other Information

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Links

1. Project Webpage
2. Commissioner Tony Clark Statement on Enbridge Pipelines
3. Enbridge to Invest $6.2 Billion in Light Oil Market Access Program
4. Enbridge's $2.6 Billion Sandpiper Project Secures Anchor Shipper, Reinforcing Light Oil Market Access Program
5. Marathon Petroleum Corporation Commits to Sandpiper Project
6. Enbridge Inc. Announces Deferral of Sandpiper Project and Reaches Tentative Joint Funding Arrangement With Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. on Its Bakken Pipeline Investment