The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the first completed, in-service pipeline project under the provincial Oil Infrastructure Investment Program.
Husky Midstream’s Saskatchewan Gathering System Expansion project will accommodate new shipping capacity of up to 48,000 barrels per day of crude oil production, with 62 kilometres of new pipeline and 12 kilometres of replacement pipe.  The $82 million investment is near Spruce Lake.  The project also created about 450 construction-related jobs at peak.

Premier Scott Moe says, “This project is a step toward meeting our Growth Plan targets to increase oil production by 25 per cent to 600,000 barrels per day by 2030.”

The province says, this project, as well as other anticipated new and expanded pipeline infrastructure, will help alleviate record level demand for rail and truck transportation for oil and, at the same time, reduce emissions and transportation costs for the energy sector.