Enbridge Preps Pipeline Buildout For Trump-Driven Drilling Boom

By Kevin Orland

Jan 11, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Enbridge Inc. is devising plans to rapidly boost capacity on its US oil pipeline system if the incoming Trump administration succeeds in kicking off a drilling boom. 

The company sees an opportunity to move “several hundred thousand” more barrels of oil a day within the US in the next two to three years, largely through optimizing its existing system with techniques like looped sections and drag-reducing agents, Chief Executive Officer Greg Ebel said in an interview Friday.

Enbridge, which delivers about 5.8 mi