The Bakken Expansion Program will increase takeaway capacity from the Bakken play by 145,000 barrels per day (bpd), which can be readily expanded to 325,000bpd at low cost.
Enbridge’s Bakken Expansion Program will involve US projects which will be undertaken by EEP at a cost of approximately $370m and Canadian projects which will be undertaken by ENF at a cost of approximately C$190m (approximately 179.47m).
The expansion program will originate at Beaver Lodge Station near Tioga, North Dakota, in the heart of the Bakken, and will follow existing EEP and ENF rights of way to terminate at and deliver to the Enbridge mainline terminal at Cromer, Manitoba.
In addition, EEP has proposed a separate project to expand its pipeline system south of the Missouri River, connecting to Beaver Lodge Station and providing increased access to the expanded North Dakota System.
Once on the Enbridge mainline, Bakken production will have access to the multiple markets accessible from the mainline and connected pipeline systems.
The program is a series of pipeline expansion projects that will provide approximately 145,000 bpd of incremental capacity from North Dakota into the Enbridge Mainline at Cromer, Manitoba by Q1 2013.
EEP’s North Dakota System completed a 51,000bpd expansion to reach a total annual capacity of 161,500bpd on January 1, 2010.
