Cold Lake Pipeline System
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Cold Lake Pipeline is an oil pipeline in Alberta, 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 kilometres (145 miles) from Cold Lake to Edmonton and the south leg running about 415 kilometres (260 miles) from Cold Lake to Hardisty.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: Inter Pipeline (100%)[1]
- Current capacity: 590,000 barrels per day[2]
- Length: 869.92 mi / 1,400 km[3]
- Status: Operating
- Start year:
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,[4] making Inter Pipeline the sole owner of the pipeline system.[5]
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.[6] Inter Pipeline Ltd. said that it had contained the leak.[6] Approximately 141,000 liters of bitumen blend was released into the unnamed creek, which feeds into the North Saskatchewan River.[7]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cold Lake Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
- ↑ Oil Sands Transportation, Interpipe, accessed February 2019
- ↑ Asset Data, IJGlobal, accessed Aug. 27, 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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