Enbridge has completed and commissioned the Bakken Pipeline Expansion Project, which reversed and expanded an existing pipeline, running from Berthold, North Dakota, to Steelman, Saskatchewan. Enbridge also constructed a new pipeline from a new terminal near Steelman to the Enbridge Pipelines mainline terminal near Cromer, Manitoba (Canada).
The Project provides 145,000 bbl/d of capacity for growing production from the Bakken and Three Forks formations located in Montana, North Dakota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, of which 25,000 bbl/d was placed in service during the first quarter of 2012. Firm commitments totalling 100,000 bbl/d have been received from anchor shippers.
Production from the Bakken formation in the Williston Basin has grown from 200,000 bbl/d to over 700,000 bbl/d in the last five years with potential to expand to 1,200,000 bbl/d or more in the next six years.