Northern Gateway regulatory decision expected months later than Enbridge target

CALGARY – The regulatory panel weighing the controversial Northern Gateway oil pipeline said Tuesday it will likely make its decision in about two years, several months later than estimated by the builder, Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. The proposed 1,200-kilometre pipeline would ship oilsands crude from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C., where it would be loaded onto tankers [...]

Michigan lawmakers want tougher pipeline rules

Two Michigan lawmakers said they’ve introduced proposals for new measures concerning the integrity of oil and gas pipeline infrastructure. U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the energy and commerce committee, and John Dingell, D-Mich., a former chairman, in an article in the Kalamazoo Gazette said they’ve introduced plans to “make vital, long overdue improvements” [...]

Senate pipeline safety bill includes some measures sought by watchdogs

As the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation takes up pipeline safety legislation today, watchdog groups say that the measure contains good elements to address recent pipeline disasters — such as the San Bruno, Calif., gas explosion and the Marshall, Mich., oil spill –but could still use some improvement. The Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act [...]

Enbridge Gas offers reassurances about pipeline going in

Enbridge Gas Distribution made a presentation to King council Monday about a 16-inch gas pipeline that’s being built along Lloydtown/Aurora Road. Ritch Murray, engineering project manager of Enbridge Gas Distribution was at Monday’s council meeting, trying to set people’s minds at ease. “Enbridge is committed to safety to the public, customers and the environment,” Murray [...]

Enbridge plans ‘accelerated’ pipeline inspection process in 2011

Enbridge Energy Partners LP says itspipeline integrity maintenance workin 2011 will include “an accelerated process of inspections, testing and refurbishment on Line 6B,” according to its 2010 annual report. The work will include replacement of a 3,600-foot section of the pipelineunder the St. Clair River. The cost for the integrity management and maintenance work for 2011 is expected to [...]

Enbridge restarts Line 6B oil pipeline

CALGARY – Repairs along Enbridge Inc.’s Line 6B have been completed, allowing volumes on the oil pipeline from the U.S. Midwest to Ontario to flow at pre-maintenance rates, the company said Friday. The 190,000 barrel per day capacity line, which ruptured last July spilling heavy oil into Michigan waterways, had been taken off-line Monday to [...]

Enbridge expected to face criminal charges over Michigan spill

The former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental crimes section said Friday that the oil and gas company Enbridge will likely face criminal charges over its 2010 Michigan pipeline rupture. On July 26, an Enbridge oil pipeline that runs between Griffith, Indiana and Sarnia, Ontario ruptured in Marshall, Mich., spilling an estimated 819,000 gallons [...]