Southern Lights Project
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Project Update Jan 2009
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Project Update Nov 2009
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The Southern Lights Project is designed to transport diluent supply from various sources through the U.S. Midwest to Western Canada's heavy oil production regions. Southern Lights Project is comprised of two distinct components, namely, the Capacity Replacement Project and the Line 13 Reversal/New Diluent Pipeline Build as described below:
- The Capacity Replacement Project involves the construction of 504 kilometers (313 miles) of new 20-inch crude oil pipeline between Cromer, MB and Clearbrook, MN (the Light Sour Pipeline) plus certain capacity enhancements to Enbridge's Line 2.
- The Line 13 Reversal/New Diluent Pipeline Build consists of reversing the existing Line 13 pipeline from Edmonton, AB to Clearbrook, MN and the construction of a new 20-inch Diluent pipeline from Clearbrook, MN to Manhattan, IL. The reversal of approximately 1465 kilometers (910 miles) of existing pipeline coupled with construction of 1091 kilometers (678 miles) of new diluents pipeline will create a new dedicated diluents delivery system originating in the U.S. Midwest just outside Chicago and terminating in Edmonton, AB.
Southern Lights is designed with an initial annual capacity of 180,000 barrels per day (bpd) with incremental expansion capability up to 330,000 bpd annual capacity.