North America—and beyond

Building a premier Gulf Coast, Permian and export franchise

For Enbridge and its Liquids Pipelines customers, these challenges present opportunities to export North American crude oil.

And we’re already delivering, through a U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) and export strategy that positions Enbridge to safely and cost-effectively store and export barrels to international markets.

Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center: Size and location matter

Enbridge operates North America’s largest crude oil storage and export terminal by volume, providing our customers with access to a highly efficient and cost-effective gateway to the world.

Strategically located in Ingleside, Texas—with proximity to open water—the Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC) provides direct connectivity to next-generation, long-haul pipelines bringing crude from the Permian and Eagle Ford basins to tidewater for export.

Potential future expansions

Enbridge brought on two million barrels of storage capacity in 2024. Enbridge recently announced an expansion project at Ingleside (Phase VII), involving the addition of approximately 2.5 million barrels of additional storage capacity, with the tanks anticipated to enter service in 2026.

The storage will help Enbridge to meet the growing demand for crude exports in the decades to come.

Construction of the Enbridge Houston Oil Terminal (EHOT) is anticipated to be completed in early 2026. It is envisioned to be the premier Canadian heavy crude terminal in the USGC and, when completed, will be fully integrated into the Seaway system—with access to both dock loading facilities and all existing delivery points.

The initial capacity of EHOT is expected to be ~2.5 million barrels of storage. It will also have potential for future connectivity to Gray Oak.

Increased capacity in key Permian pipelines

With Permian oil supply expected to grow by an estimated two million barrels per day through 2030, we believe integrating Gray Oak into EIEC will further enable our customers to boost oil exports off the Gulf Coast.

Enbridge is expanding the Gray Oak pipeline by 120,000 barrels a day. Much of the capacity (80 kbpd) is expected to be online in April 2025, with the remaining capacity available in early 2026.

The expansion is timed to meet our customers’ needs for incremental takeaway capacity out of the basin starting in mid-2025 and, combined with EIEC, enables Enbridge to provide a unique solution to our customers for pipeline and export capacity.

A further modest capacity expansion of Gray Oak is achievable and can be brought to market when customer demand for incremental capacity out of the basin is needed.