Enbridge is proceeding with the construction of the Woodland Pipeline Extension Project. The project will extend the Woodland Pipeline from Enbridge’s Cheecham Terminal to its Edmonton Terminal to connect with refineries and export pipelines in the Edmonton area. The project has an estimated cost of USD 1.3B – of which 50% is Enbridge’s capital contribution – and a planned in service date in the third quarter of 2015.
The Woodland pipeline extension will serve the Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Kearl oil sands project and its recently announced expansion. The 385km, 36in Woodland Pipeline Extension will have an initial capacity of 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), with the ability to be expanded to approximately 800,000bpd, depending upon the crude viscosity. The majority of the proposed route of the Woodland pipeline extension will follow the existing Enbridge right-of-way and will be in a shared corridor with the Waupisoo Pipeline. The project will include new pump stations at the existing Roundhill Station location and at the Cheecham Terminal. Enbridge received regulatory approval for the project from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in August 2012.
Including the Woodland pipeline extension project, Enbridge’s constructing infrastructure projects to service the increasing requirements of the Alberta oil sands producers are valued at more than USD 4.3B. These projects are forecasted to come into service between 2013 and 2015.