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

• 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 will be 225,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the [[[Enbridge Clearbrook Oil Terminal]]], Minnesota and 375,000 bpd to Superior.
• The new line will serve as a twin to the existing 210,000 bpd North Dakota System mainline, which now terminates at the Clearbrook Terminal
• The pipeline will interconnect with [[[High Plains Crude Oil Pipeline]]]

+++ Pipeline Status

• Planned
• Completion expected 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

+++ 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