Enbridge Inc. is plowing ahead with construction work on the U.S. portion of its Alberta Clipper pipeline after receiving U.S. approvals Wednesday to carry oilsands crude to the U.S. Midwest.
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it has granted a permit to the Calgary-based pipeline company to build the U.S. portion of the line.
When the $3.7-billion pipeline is completed in about a year, it will ship 450,000 barrels of bitumen a day to Superior, Wis., with the potential to reach 800,000 barrels a day.
Construction work will begin immediately on the U.S. leg, expected to cost about $1.2 billion.
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