Enbridge Inc. announced today that it has reached a final investment decision on two attractive Gas Transmission projects. The Company signed commercial agreements for the Algonquin Reliable Affordable Resilient Enhancement project (AGT Enhancement) which is expected to increase deliveries on Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline to existing Local Distribution Company (LDC) customers in the U.S. Northeast. In addition, through its Matterhorn joint venture, the Company reached a final investment decision on the Eiger Express Pipeline (Eiger), an up to 2.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) pipeline from the Permian Basin to the Katy area to serve the growing U.S. Gulf Coast LNG market.
“We continue to deliver on the $23 billion of Gas Transmission opportunities we laid out at our Investor Day in March. Today’s project announcements highlight the benefits of Enbridge’s scale and demonstrate our ability to support growing natural gas demand in the U.S. Northeast, and LNG exports from the U.S. Gulf Coast,” said Cynthia Hansen, Executive Vice President and President, Gas Transmission. “These investments add visibility to, and extend, our growth outlook through the end of the decade.”
Once completed, AGT Enhancement will deliver approximately 75 Mmcf/d of incremental natural gas, under long-term contracts, to investment grade counterparties in the U.S. Northeast. Natural gas is a key component of the energy mix in the region. This project is designed to increase reliable supply and improve affordability by reducing winter price volatility for customers. Enbridge expects to invest US$0.3 billion in system upgrades within, or adjacent to, existing rights-of-way. Subject to the timely receipt of the required government and regulatory approvals, Enbridge fully expects to complete AGT Enhancement in 2029.
Eiger is designed to transport up to 2.5 Bcf/d of natural gas through approximately 450 miles of 42-inch pipeline from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Katy area. Upon anticipated completion of Eiger in 2028, Enbridge expects to own a meaningful equity interest in up to 10 Bcf/d of long-haul Permian Basin egress pipeline capacity that is connected to key storage facilities and LNG export hubs along the U.S. Gulf Coast. This project is complementary to the Whistler Parent JV assets and is backed by long-term contracts with predominantly investment grade counterparties.
Enbridge’s forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to the successful execution of our strategic priorities; operating performance; legislative and regulatory parameters; litigation; acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions and the realization of anticipated benefits therefrom; evolving government trade policies, including potential and announced tariffs, duties, fees, economic sanctions or other trade measures; operational dependence on third parties; dividend policy; project approval and support; renewals of rights-of-way; weather; economic and competitive conditions; public opinion; changes in tax laws and tax rates; exchange rates; inflation; interest rates; commodity prices; access to and cost of capital; our ability to maintain adequate insurance in the future at commercially reasonable rates and terms; political decisions; global geopolitical conditions; and the supply of, demand for and prices of commodities and other alternative energy, including but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties discussed in this news release and in our filings with Canadian and US securities regulators. The impact of any one assumption, risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and our future course of action depends on management’s assessment of all information available at the relevant time.
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