Operational safety and reliability
Safety is not just a core value at Enbridge—it’s the foundation of everything we do. Proactively advancing the safety of communities, protecting the environment and ensuring the health and fitness of our systems will always be our top priority.
Safe and efficient integrity management
Pipeline integrity and reliability are at the core of our operations, allowing us to safely and consistently deliver your products to market.
To achieve this, we direct efforts where they make the greatest impact. That means smart inspection intervals, targeted integrity digs and investing strategically to maintain our system. This disciplined approach helps us maintain our industry-leading safe delivery record of better than 99.999%.
Every decision we make—whether planning inspections, prioritizing maintenance or deploying new technologies—is guided by a risk-informed approach that protects people and the environment while driving operational efficiency and sustainability.
By focusing on asset-specific risks and leveraging advanced data assessments, we strengthen the health and longevity of our infrastructure while supporting the effectiveness of our maintenance and treatment plans. And while many of our integrity tools and analytics are highly mature, our Pipeline Integrity team continues to push industry-leading standards through innovation, collaboration and data-driven decision-making. Recent initiatives include:
- Industry leadership through PRCI: Enbridge is an active and key industry-leading contributor to the Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI), partnering alongside peers to advance global integrity management.
- Machine learning for defect assessment: We’ve leveraged machine learning models to incorporate predictive analysis into our more complex defect assessment processes. This approach rapidly prioritizes defects for detailed evaluation, improving repair decisions and optimizing resource allocation.
- Geohazard program advancements: Enbridge’s Geohazard Management Program is among the industry’s most advanced, combining technologies such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), in-line inspections (ILI), field-based strain measurements and other real time monitoring slope techniques with thousands of targeted field inspections for early detection and assessment of terrain-related threats. Using this rich data, our engineers apply structured assessment and integrity planning processes to prioritize risks and implement the right mitigation measures—ensuring resources are focused where they deliver the greatest safety and reliability benefit.
Ensuring safety across our Liquids Pipelines assets
Enbridge's Liquids Pipelines network consists of 18,085 miles (29,104 kilometers) of active pipe across North America.
‘Cool technology’ that examines our pipes from the inside out
At Enbridge, we focus heavily on prevention to keep our pipeline networks safe, and ILI tools are a key component of our aggressive prevention program. These complex robots use advanced imaging or ultrasound technology to inspect our pipes inch by inch, and offer pinpoint accuracy for features that may require follow-up maintenance. Enbridge regularly hosts safety open houses for the public, with items like a 36-foot-long ultrasonic crack detection tool on display. Learn more.
