Athabasca Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline
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Summary Information
- Source: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
- Destination: Hardisty, Alberta, Canada
- Ownership: Enbridge
- Website: http://www.enbridge.com/
- Length: 540 kilometres (335 miles)
- Capacity: 345,000 barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type: Heavy Canadian Crude
Brief Description
- A 762 mm (30 inch) diameter pipeline totaling 540 km in length from Suncor's Oil Sands Plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta to Enbridge's Terminal at Hardisty, Alberta
- The Athabasca Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline operates at 65oC
Pipeline Status
- In operation
- Enbridge plans to increase the capacity to 570,000 barrels per day with the addition of new pumping stations
History
- 1998 - Pipeline project approved by regulators
- 1999 - Pipeline commissioned
- 2011 - Enbridge Announces $1.2 Billion Twinning of Southern Section of Athabasca Pipeline
- 2012 - 230 m3 of heavy crude oil leaked from a pumping station
Other Information
- The pipeline's first committed customer was Suncor for its Mackay River Oil Sands Project
Links
- APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE ATHABASCA PIPELINE PROJECT
- Enbridge Liquid Pipelines
- ERCB Responding To Enbridge Pipeline Pumping Station Release
- Athabasca Pipeline Twinning Project
- Pipeline External Corrosion Management And Construction Methodology For Athabasca Pipeline
- Enbridge Announces $1.2 Billion Twinning of Southern Section of Athabasca Pipeline
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