Who owns the gas pipeline?

Nearly 82\% of large-diameter pipeline miles and 62\% of all pipeline miles in the United States are owned by 10 companies. Kinder Morgan Inc., with 32,000 miles of large-diameter pipeline, has more than double the mileage of TransCanada Corp., which acquired Columbia Pipeline Group in July 2015.

What is the Line 5 pipeline?

Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline transports 22 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids across 645 miles of countryside every, single day — from Superior, Wisconsin through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, under the Straits of Mackinac, and down to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.

How does Michigan benefit from line 5?

Line 5 transports natural gas liquids to a facility in the Upper Peninsula town of Rapid River, where propane is extracted and distributed by truck to roughly 22,000 U.P. homes. About 65\% of the propane demand in the U.P. is met through Line 5 and 55\% of the state’s overall propane demand.

How many miles of gas pipelines are there in the US?

The nation’s more than 2.6 million miles of pipelines safely deliver trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of billions of ton/miles of liquid petroleum products each year.

How much propane does Michigan get from line 5?

Overall, Line 5 transports up to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light crude oil, light synthetic crude, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), which are refined into propane. Line 5 delivers 65\% of the propane that heats Upper Peninsula homes, and 55\% of Michigan’s propane needs.

Where does Michigan get its gasoline?

Natural gas enters Michigan from Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. While a small amount of natural gas also arrives by pipeline from Canada, the bulk of the natural gas flowing across the border goes into Canada, most of it at St. Clair, located northeast of Detroit.

Who Uses Line 5 oil?

Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline was built in 1953 and extends for 645 miles across the state of Michigan. Line 5, which is part of Enbridge’s Lakehead System, begins in Superior, Wisconsin, and ends in Sarnia, Canada.

What are the dangers of Enbridge Line 5?

Enbridge pipelines that travel through the Straits of Mackinac, known as Line 5, pose the dangerous risk of a potential oil spill in our Great Lakes (Enbridge is responsible for the broken pipe that dumped 1 million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River).

How many oil spills has Enbridge had?

Seven reportable spills in 2020 We had a total of 7 reportable spills on our crude oil and liquids systems in 2020—all 7 on Enbridge property, with 2 of those spills resulting in some product migrating offsite—with a total release volume of 943 barrels.