Enbridge Files Regulatory Application for Waupisoo Project

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Dec. 22, 2005

Enbridge Pipelines (Athabasca) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB), has filed an application for regulatory approval for the Waupisoo Pipeline Project with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board and other provincial government departments. Subject to regulatory approval in mid-2006, the expected in-service date of the pipeline is mid-2008.

Enbridge will construct the 30-inch diameter, 380-kilometre long Waupisoo Pipeline at an estimated cost of Cdn$400 million (in 2005 dollars) to transport crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Edmonton area refinery hub. The line's initial capacity will be 350,000 barrels per day with a maximum capacity of 600,000 barrels per day.

The Waupisoo Project's scope also includes a 16-inch diluent return line, which would operate from the Edmonton area refinery hub north to the oil sands region, and would be constructed in conjunction with the Waupisoo crude oil pipeline. The estimated cost of the diluent line is approximately Cdn$200 million.

On September 9, 2005, Enbridge announced that it has reached an agreement on long-term crude oil shipping commitments on the Waupisoo Pipeline with a group of founding shippers. Shipping commitments have not been finalized on the diluent line.

The Waupisoo Pipeline will initiate at Enbridge's Cheecham Terminal on the Athabasca Pipeline and terminate adjacent to Enbridge's mainline Edmonton Terminal. The pipeline route, which was defined through the project's public consultation process and field studies, was selected to minimize impact on environmentally sensitive areas, aboriginal traditional territories and agricultural lands.


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