NEW YORK - Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP.N) said on Sunday it had shut down one leg of the main pipeline delivering Canadian crude to the United States after discovering a leak, but was rerouting supplies to other lines.
Enbridge, which operates crude oil and natural gas transportation systems in the United States, said it had shut down Line 2b after of the Enbridge Lakehead Pipeline System, which has a capacity of 440,000 barrels per day (bpd).
It said it was cleaning up a leak it had discovered late on Friday in North Dakota. An initial spill estimate of about 3,000 barrels, or 126,000 gallons, of light crude oil was reported to federal and state regulatory authorities, it said.
The leak was located in Pembina County, North Dakota on Friday night, and the pipeline was immediately shut down, it said, adding that water and wildlife had not been affected.
The cause of the leak is under investigation, it said.
Line 2b runs from Cromer, Manitoba, to Superior, Wisconsin. The segment of Line 2b between Cromer and Clearbrook, Minn. likely will remain out of service through Monday, it said.
Oil that was designated for transportation on Line 2b is being moved on other Enbridge pipelines that parallel Line 2b until service is restored on that pipeline.
Line 2b, from Clearbrook to Superior, Wisc., is continuing to move volumes sourced from Enbridge's North Dakota System as well as re-routed volumes from upstream of Cromer on Line 2b, it said.
Enbridge, which operates crude oil and natural gas transportation systems in the United States, said it had shut down Line 2b after of the Enbridge Lakehead Pipeline System, which has a capacity of 440,000 barrels per day (bpd).
It said it was cleaning up a leak it had discovered late on Friday in North Dakota. An initial spill estimate of about 3,000 barrels, or 126,000 gallons, of light crude oil was reported to federal and state regulatory authorities, it said.
The leak was located in Pembina County, North Dakota on Friday night, and the pipeline was immediately shut down, it said, adding that water and wildlife had not been affected.
The cause of the leak is under investigation, it said.
Line 2b runs from Cromer, Manitoba, to Superior, Wisconsin. The segment of Line 2b between Cromer and Clearbrook, Minn. likely will remain out of service through Monday, it said.
Oil that was designated for transportation on Line 2b is being moved on other Enbridge pipelines that parallel Line 2b until service is restored on that pipeline.
Line 2b, from Clearbrook to Superior, Wisc., is continuing to move volumes sourced from Enbridge's North Dakota System as well as re-routed volumes from upstream of Cromer on Line 2b, it said.
