The outage could worsen an already constrained oil distribution system
between Canada and the U.S. and send the prices for Canadian oil lower. Canada's
access to buyers in the US has been limited as storage and refining space in the
Midwest has been filled by surging production in Canada and the western
US.
The downed Enbridge Line 14/64 pipeline normally transports 317,000
bpd of oil along Enbridge's Lakehead System, which is the largest crude oil
pipeline to the US from the US's largest supplier, Canada.
Line 14/64
connects oil storage in Superior, Wis., to refiners near Griffith, Ind.
Enbridge's Line 6A, which transports 670,000 bpd of oil, also runs between
Superior and Griffith, and will be operational. Line 14 will be restarted
Wednesday evening and Line 14 Thursday morning, the Enbridge spokeswoman
said.
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