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Operations and Assets
Enbridge’s activities are carried out through six business segments:
Liquids Pipelines includes Enbridge’s petroleum mainline system and feeder pipelines that transport crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other petroleum products in Canada – through Enbridge’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Enbridge Pipelines, Inc., and in the U.S. – through Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP), and other Enbridge Inc. subsidiariesMajor Projects is responsible for designing and constructing pipeline projects that are currently – or will soon be – under way.
Gas Transportation includes the on- and off-shore natural gas transmission, gathering, treating and processing facilities that belong to Enbridge Inc. and EEP. It also includes Enbridge Inc. and EEP’s trucking and rail operations in the U.S., and our large and growing natural gas gathering and processing systems in the Anadarko Basin, Barnett Shale, and Bossier Sands of Texas – which are three of the top four natural gas development areas in the U.S.
Joint Ventures includes Enbridge’s interests in the Alliance and Vector natural gas pipelines, which transport natural gas from western Canada to the U.S. Midwest and southern Ontario. Joint Ventures also includes Enbridge’s interests in the crude oil Frontier Pipeline and the Olympic Pipeline, which transports gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Gas Distribution and Services includes Enbridge’s gas utility operations that serve residential, commercial, industrial and transportation customers. The most significant of these operations is Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD), which serves 1.9 million customers in Ontario. EGD is Canada’s largest gas distribution utility and one of the fastest growing gas distribution utilities in North America. Gas Distribution and Services also includes Enbridge’s natural gas distribution operations in Quebec, New Brunswick and New York state, our investment in Aux Sable (a natural gas fractionation and extraction business), and our commodity marketing business.
International includes Enbridge’s 24.7 per cent equity ownership of the Oleoducto Central S.A. (OCENSA) crude oil pipeline in Colombia, in which we invested in 1994. In 2008, Enbridge sold our 25 per cent interest in Compañia Logistica de Hidrocarburos CLH, S.A. (CLH), Spain’s largest refined products transportation and storage business.