Enbridge Inc. has entered into an agreement with Suncor Energy to construct a new, 95km, 30in diameter crude oil pipeline (the Wood Buffalo Pipeline), connecting the Enbridge Athabasca Terminal, which is adjacent to Suncor’s oil sands plant, to the Cheecham Terminal, which is the origin point of Enbridge’s Waupisoo Pipeline. The Waupisoo Pipeline delivers crude oil from several oil sands projects to the Edmonton mainline hub. The new pipeline will parallel Enbridge’s existing Athabasca Pipeline between the Athabasca and Cheecham terminals. Suncor’s existing commitments on the Athabasca Pipeline will remain in place. An application has been filed with the Alberta Energy Resources and Conservation Board; pending regulatory approval, the new line is expected to be in service by mid 2013.