Operations

Operational excellence

Our pipeline infrastructure, approximately 4,900 km (3,000 m), connects Alberta crude oil supplies to U.S. refining markets in Illinois, Oklahoma and the U.S. Gulf Coast. 

Our largest liquids system plays a key role in delivering Canadian and U.S. crude oil supplies to markets around North America with strategically located storage terminals in Hardisty, AB.; Cushing OK; and Houston, TX. The Canadian portion of the pipeline runs from Hardisty, AB, east through Manitoba where it turns south and crosses the border into North Dakota. From there, it runs south through South Dakota to Steele City, Neb., where it splits – one arm running east through Missouri for deliveries into Wood River and Patoka, Ill., with the other running south through Oklahoma to Cushing and onward to Port Arthur and Houston, TX.

In Alberta, our Grand Rapids Pipeline System (460 km/287 mi) connects producing areas northwest of Fort McMurray, to terminals in the Edmonton/Heartland regions, including the TransMountain Terminal. Our White Spruce Pipeline System (72 km/45 mi) transports crude oil produced at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon Oil Sands Facility to the Grand Rapids Pipeline.

The Blackrod Connection Project, anticipated to be in service in 2025, is designed to provide liquids and natural gas transportation infrastructure to support International Petroleum Corp.’s Blackrod steam-assisted gravity drainage facility to our Grand Rapids Pipeline System.

South Bow’s Port Neches Link transports crude oil from Keystone and other liquids terminals in the Port Arthur, TX area to the Motiva terminal in Port Neches.