Enbridge, North America’s largest energy pipeline company, reported its Q3 2025 earnings on November 7 in which it announced the sanctioning of its Southern Illinois Connector Project. One week later, the company announced additional projects that will expand and enhance flows on its Mainline that ships crude oil from Western Canada to the U.S. Midwest.
- Southern Illinois Connector (orange lines in map below): a new pipeline that will connect the terminus of the Platte Pipeline at Wood River, IL to Patoka, IL and the origin of the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline (jointly owned with Energy Transfer) that ships crude to Nederland, TX. With 100 Mb/d of firm contract capacity in place, it is expected to enter service in 2028. It will also involve a 30 Mb/d expansion of the Express/Platte Pipeline system and utilize 70 Mb/d of existing capacity on the Spearhead Pipeline.
