PROJECT UPDATE: Enbridge has refused an interconnection with the High Prairie Pipeline in Clearbrook, Minn. despite having extra capacity in its system, and a legal obligation as a common carrier and interstate pipeline to accept oil for transport in a non-discriminatory fashion.
High Prairie Pipeline, LLC has become the second American company in recent weeks to file a formal complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) alleging that Enbridge is engaged in discriminatory practices that favor Canadian tar sands oil over domestic light, sweet crude. For more information, download a
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Saddle Butte Pipeline, LLC, by and through its wholly-owned subsidiary High Prairie Pipeline, LLC, has capacity commitments from shippers and is ready to increase crude oil pipeline takeaway capacity in the Williston Basin of North Dakota to a key pipeline market hub in Minnesota. The new pipeline will:
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Increase capacity by 150,000 barrels per day (bpd), handing 1/4 of North Dakota’s oil development today. |
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Provide the infrastructure to advance America’s energy independence. |
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Significantly decrease the environmental footprint required to deliver the energy to market. |
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Relieve escalating damage to roads and bridges caused by truck traffic. |
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Provide financial benefits to American land owners, state governments, and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara |
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Nation (MHA Nation). |
High Prairie Pipeline has an anticipated in-service date of fourth quarter 2013, subject to interconnect with Enbridge’s common carrier pipeline, regulatory approvals, and sufficient long-term commitments from shippers.
For specifics on the pipeline, please download the fact sheet and view the project map.
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