State Department approves Enbridge’s Alberta Clipper line

The U.S. State Department Monday approved a long-delayed permit that will allow Canada’s Enbridge to double capacity on its Alberta Clipper crude oil pipeline into the U.S, Kallanish Energy reports. The presidential permit covers a three-mile cross-border section of the Line 67 pipeline near Neche, N.D. The permit will enable the company to increase capacity from 450,000 barrels per day (BPD), to 890,000 BPD on Line 67 as it crosses the border. -- More...