Enbridge Pipeline System: Difference between revisions

| type = [[crude oil]], [[Dilbitdilbit]]

| owner = [[Enbridge Energy Partners|Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.]]

=== Largest ever inland oil spill In U.S. history===

In 1991, Enbridge's [[Enbridge Line 3|Line 3 pipeline]] spilled 1.7 million gallons of oil in [[Grand Rapids, MNMinnesota]] and the [[Prairie River (Mississippi River tributary)|Prairie River]], a tributary of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/04/23/timeline-line-3-enbridge-oil-pipeline|title=Line 3 timeline: From construction to present day battles|last=Nelson|first=Cody|date=April 23, 2018|website=MPRNews|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627231941/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/04/23/timeline-line-3-enbridge-oil-pipeline|url-status=live}}</ref> ThisIt was the largest inland spill of oil ever in U.S. history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/20/rivers-of-oil-podcast-line3-pipeline-ep2-spill|title=Rivers of Oil, Episode 2: The largest inland spill|last=Kraker|first=Dan|date=June 20, 2018|website=MPRNews|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627231158/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/20/rivers-of-oil-podcast-line3-pipeline-ep2-spill|url-status=live}}</ref> Deliberations over construction of a new Line 3 pipeline have drawn [[Enbridge Line 3#Line 3 Controversy in Minnesota|resistance]] from [[climate justice]] organizers and Native communities in Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/25/mn-regulators-decide-this-week-enbridge-line3|title=Minnesota regulators to decide this week on Enbridge Line 3|date=June 25, 2018|website=MPRNews|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625162049/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/25/mn-regulators-decide-this-week-enbridge-line3|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 4th4, 2002, 252,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into a marsh near [[Cohasset, Minnesota]] due to a rupture of Line 4 running from [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada]], and [[Superior, Wisconsin]].<ref name=":2">National Transportation Safety Board. (2002). ''[https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR0401.pdf Rupture of Enbridge Pipeline and Release of Crude Oil near Cohasset, Minnesota] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017165518/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR0401.pdf |date=2020-10-17 }}''. Pipeline Accident Report NTSB/PAR-04/01. Washington, DC: Author.</ref> Emergency responders enacted a controlled burn at 4:45pm the next day to prevent the oil from penetrating into any waterways. The cost of remediating the accident was reported around $5.6 million.<ref name=":2" />