Southern Lights Diluents Pipeline
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Southern Lights Diluents Pipeline is a pipeline project in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It runs 188 miles of 20" pipe.
| Southern Lights Diluents Pipeline | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Kind | Pipeline project[1] |
| Project type | New build[1] |
| Owner | |
| States | Minnesota, Wisconsin[1] |
| Contractors | |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 188 mi[1] |
| Pipe size | 20"[1] |
| On ProvenHand | |
| Hands listed | 0 |
Southern Lights Diluents Pipeline is a pipeline project in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It runs 188 miles of 20" pipe.
Contractorsedit
| Contractor | Work | Scope | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Pipeline, LLC[3] | Prime | Member of the Global Pipeline Partners LLC joint venture (with Michels Corporation, Welded Construction and U.S. Pipeline) that built 321 miles of 20-inch pipe in Wisconsin for the Southern Lights Project; construction began January 2007 | from 1 January 2007 |
| Michels[3] | Prime | Member of the Global Pipeline Partners joint venture (with Welded Construction, Precision Pipeline and U.S. Pipeline) that built 321 miles of 20-inch for Southern Lights in Wisconsin, January 2007 to 2008 | 1 January 2007 – 1 January 2008 |
| Northern Clearing, Inc.[1] | Clearing and reclamation | Clearing and matting for the entire Alberta Clipper and Southern Lights project | 1 July 2009 – 1 March 2010 |
| Precision Pipeline, LLC[4] | Prime | Southern Lights LSR: 136 miles of 20-inch, Minnesota and North Dakota | until 1 January 2008 |
| Mears Group[5] | HDD and bore | Three 20-inch HDD crossings (Fox River, Illinois River, Turtle Creek) for Enbridge's Southern Lights diluent line, Manhattan, IL to Clearbrook, MN; listed under Southern Access Pipeline, Stage II | until 1 February 2009 |
| Michels Pipeline, Inc.[6] | Pipeline construction (role not stated) | Listed on the firm's 2014 pipeline page (as Michels Pipeline Construction) among five of the largest pipeline projects it had recently worked on; role and years not stated | |
| Michels Directional Crossings[7] | HDD and bore | HDD crossings for the 20-inch Southern Lights line in Minnesota: 30,837 ft of 20-inch pipe in crossings of 1,000 to 5,200 ft, starting at crossing No. 11 near Leonard, MN (33 crossings together with Alberta Clipper) |
Crossings
| Feature | Method | Contractor | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River[5] | HDD | Mears Group | until 1 February 2009 |
| Illinois River[5] | HDD | Mears Group | until 1 February 2009 |
| Turtle Creek[5] | HDD | Mears Group | until 1 February 2009 |
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Referencesedit
- “Alberta Clipper | Right of Way Clearing for Petroleum Pipeline in Minnesota and WisconsinNorthern Clearing Inc.”. Northern Clearing, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. annual report on Form 10-K for 2010”. Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (filed with the SEC). 18 February 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Global Pipeline Partners Complete Two Wisconsin Pipelines”. Underground Construction. November 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- “All Projects - Precision Pipeline, LLC | Infrastructure and Utility Pipeline Contractor”. Precision Pipeline, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Southern Access Pipeline, Stage II - Several Crossings in Illinois and Wisconsin”. Mears Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Pipeline: Mainline (Michels Pipeline Construction)”. Michels Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “20 Large-Diameter Crossings”. Trenchless Technology. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
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