A regulatory decision has confirmed a victory for Enbridge Inc. in a pipeline duel with TC Energy Corp. over high-volume traffic to the first Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Pacific coast underway by Royal Dutch Shell plc and its partners.

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The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved a C$25 million ($19 million) flow meter, titled Silverstar, for Enbridge’s Westcoast network in British Columbia (BC) to relay up to 1.2 Bcf/d into the supply artery for Shell-led LNG Canada, Coastal GasLink (CGL). 

The commercial coup had surfaced in July.  

The new meter approved by CER would serve Stella, Enbridge’s 3 kilometer (1.8 mile), 36-inch diameter pipe link ultimately capable of moving 2.3 Bcf/d. 

LNG Canada partner Petroliam Nasional Berhad, aka...