Waupisoo Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source: Cheecham Terminal
• Destination: Edmonton
• Ownership: Enbridge
• Website: http://www.enbridge.com/
• Length: 385-kilometre (237-mile)
• Capacity: 600,000 barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type:

+++ Brief Description

• 385-kilometre (237-mile) pipeline system in operation since June 2008
• Annual capacity of up to 600,000 bpd of crude oil (depending on crude viscosity) from Enbridge's Cheecham Terminal to Edmonton
• The Waupisoo Project's scope also includes a 16-inch diluent return line

+++ Pipeline Status

• In operation

+++ History

• 2005 - ConocoPhillips, Petro-Canada, Suncor and Total sign agreements to use the pipeline
• 2005 - Enbridge Files Regulatory Application
• 2008 - Waupisoo Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline entered service
• 2010 - Pipeline expansion project launched

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

1. Enbridge Finalizes Agreements for Development of CDN$400 Million Waupisoo Pipeline Project
2. Enbridge Files Regulatory Application for Waupisoo Project
3. Enbridge to Undertake $400 Million Waupisoo Pipeline Expansion