The Enbridge Offshore Pipelines—which include the UTOS, Stingray, Garden Banks, Nautilus, Manta Ray, Mississippi Canyon and Destin systems—provide joint venture interests in 12 transmission and gathering pipelines in six major pipeline corridors in Louisiana and Mississippi offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The system moves on average 3 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas—about 40 percent of all deepwater Gulf of Mexico natural gas production.
The Enbridge Offshore Pipelines include the following:
System
|
Length
(mi)
|
Capacity
(MMcf/d)
|
Regulating
Agency*
|
Ownership
|
Commercial
Manager and
Field Operator
|
Stingray Corridor
|
Stingray Pipeline |
325 |
650 |
FERC |
Enbridge 50%
MarkWest 50%
|
Enbridge |
Triton (Gunnison
Gathering Lateral) |
55 |
275 |
MMS |
Enbridge 50%
MarkWest 50%
|
Enbridge |
Garden Banks Corridor
|
Garden Banks
Pipeline |
50 |
1000 |
FERC |
Enbridge 100% |
Enbridge |
Magnolia Gathering Lateral
|
50 |
250 |
MMS |
Enbridge 100% |
Enbridge |
Green Canyon Corridor
|
Nautilus Pipeline |
103 |
600 |
FERC |
Enbridge 74.33%
Enterprise 25.67% |
Enbridge |
Manta Ray Pipeline |
250 |
800 |
MMS |
Enbridge 74.33%
Enterprise 25.67% |
Enbridge |
Cleopatra Pipeline |
111 |
500 |
MMS |
Enbridge 22%
BP 54%
BHP 22%
Unocal 2%
|
BP |
Mississippi Canyon Corridor
|
Mississippi Canyon Pipeline |
45 |
800 |
FERC |
Enbridge 100% |
Enbridge |
Destin Corridor
|
Destin Pipeline |
385 |
1200 |
FERC |
Enbridge 33%
BP 67% |
BP |
Okeanos Pipeline |
100 |
1000 |
MMS |
Enbridge 33%
BP 67% |
BP |
Spirit Pipeline |
8 |
50 |
MMS |
Enbridge 100% |
Enbridge |
UTOS Corridor
|
UTOS Pipeline |
30 |
1200 |
FERC |
Enbridge Energy
Partners 100% |
Enbridge/Enterprise |
|
*The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) or Mineral Management Service (MMS) regulates the commercial aspects of these systems as noted. Other federal agencies oversee certain siting, safety and environmental aspects of Gulf pipelines.
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