Indian blockades slow work on crude pipeline
October 02, 2008
Enbridge Inc. says Indian blockades in Saskatchewan have forced the
company to halt most construction on its $3 billion Alberta Clipper
pipeline project.
The pipeline will carry 450,000 barrels of oil-sands crude from
Hardisty, Alta, to Superior, Wis., in two locations: just outside the
provincial capital of Regina and near Kerrobert, in western
Saskatchewan.
"These demonstrations have restricted access to our heavy equipment
coming and going from staging sites," said Glenn Herchak, a
spokesperson for Enbridge.
The blockade near Regina has been in place since Sunday, while
Kerrobert was blocked a day later.
Herchak said the First Nations groups are looking for greater access
to contracts to provide goods and services for the line's
construction. Construction on the Alberta Clipper line began in August
and it is slated to be in service by the middle of 2010.
