[Ost-news] Enbridge gets approval to expand oil pipeline

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Enbridge gets approval to expand oil pipeline  
Apr 16, 2008 04:30 AM

Enbridge Inc., Canada's largest pipeline company, has received regulatory approval to expand an existing oil pipeline in Alberta to reduce the chance of a bottleneck as tar-sands output rises.

The expansion's capacity will be 880,000 barrels a day, Canada's National Energy Board said yesterday in a written decision on the agency's website. Attached to the approval were 15 conditions, including a requirement to file an environmental protection plan before starting work.

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