Cold Lake Pipeline System
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Cold Lake Pipeline System is an operating oil pipeline system in Canada.[1]
Location
The pipeline originates in Cold Lake, Alberta and terminates in Hardisty and Edmonton. More specifically, the Cold Lake Pipeline System mostly consists of two major section: the west leg running about 240 kilometers (145 miles) from Cold Lake to Edmonton and the south leg running about 415 kilometers (260 miles) from Cold Lake to Hardisty.[1]
Project details
- Operator:
- Owner: Cold Lake Pipeline LP[2]
- Parent company: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners[3]
- Capacity: 1.9 million barrels per day[4][5]
- Length: 1,400 km[6]
- Diameter: 12 inches, 24 inches[7]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year:
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
In December 2016, Canadian Natural Resources sold its 15% stake in the Cold Lake pipeline system to Inter Pipeline Ltd. for $527.5 million,[8] making Inter Pipeline the sole owner of the pipeline system.[9]
The parent company of Cold Lake Pipeline LP is Inter Pipeline Ltd[10], which was acquired by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in 2021.[3]
Spills
On 21 April 2017, a leak in the Cold Lake pipeline system resulted in crude oil spilling into a creek near 17th Street and Baseline Road east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[11] Inter Pipeline Ltd. said that it had contained the leak.[11] Approximately 141,000 liters of bitumen blend was released into the unnamed creek, which feeds into the North Saskatchewan River.[12]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cold Lake Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
- ↑ "Cold Lake Pipeline LP - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Brookfield Infrastructure Closes Strategic Acquisition of Inter Pipeline". interpipeline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ↑ Oil Sands Transportation, Interpipe, accessed February 2019
- ↑ "Transportation". interpipeline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ltd, Inter Pipeline (2016-12-12). "Inter Pipeline to Acquire Remaining Interest in the Cold Lake Pipeline System and Announces New Oil Sands Transportation Agreement". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ↑ "Cold Lake Pipeline System expansion planned". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Inter Pipeline to buy Canadian Natural's stake in Cold Lake pipeline system, CBC News, 12 Dec. 2016
- ↑ 2016 Annual Report, Inter Pipeline Ltd., accessed October 2017
- ↑ Ltd, Inter Pipeline (2015-01-29). "Inter Pipeline Announces Completion of Cold Lake and Polaris Pipeline Expansion Projects". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Inter Pipeline system responsible for crude leak east of Edmonton, CBC News, 24 Apr. 2017
- ↑ Inter Pipeline says crude leak east of Edmonton came from its system, The Canadian Press, 27 Apr. 2017
