Mainline

A second round opened Thursday in a Canadian regulatory duel over proposed conversion of Enbridge Inc.’s oil mainline into a contract transporter after 69 years as an open access common carrier providing service with monthly bookings.

FERC has approved El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC’s (EPNG) application to construct and operate the South Mainline Expansion Project, which would increase capacity on the company’s Line Nos. 1100 and 1103 in Hudspeth and El Paso counties in Texas [CP18-332].

Protesting shippers have won the opening round of their fight against converting Enbridge Inc.’s oil Mainline into a contract transporter after 69 years as an open access common carrier providing service with monthly bookings.

Canada’s second largest oil producer has called for a halt to conversion of the Enbridge Inc. Mainline to long-term delivery contracts from monthly bookings, saying the plan takes unfair advantage of limited pipeline capacity.

From a small start in July, a market test of Canadian demand for long-term oil pipeline delivery contracts expanded Friday across the largest network for cross-country and export flows, the Enbridge Mainline.

Medallion Delaware Express LLC and Medallion Pipeline Co. LLC on Friday launched a binding open season for long-term commitments to support expanded joint tariff service of their pipeline systems in West Texas, where oil production is booming in the Permian Basin.

Natural gas shippers have won a C$1.14 billion ($910 million) toll cut on TransCanada Corp.’s cross-country Mainline after a 10-month dispute over pipeline finance before the National Energy Board (NEB).

After nearly a year of depressed natural gas prices, producers in Alberta and British Columbia (BC) are demanding a C$1.14 billion ($910 million) toll cut on TransCanada Corp.’s Mainline.

FERC on Wednesday gave Rover Pipeline LLC the green light to ramp up part of its second and final phase, bringing the 3.25 Bcf/d Appalachian natural gas takeaway project a step closer to full service, although the authorization was not expected to increase throughput capacity on the pipe.