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'''Enbridge Inc.''' is a Canadian multinational [[pipeline transport|pipeline]] and energy company headquartered in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada. Enbridge owns and operates pipelines throughout Canada and the United States, transporting crude oil, natural gas, and [[natural gas liquids]], and also generates [[renewable energy]]. [[Enbridge Pipeline System|Enbridge's pipeline system]] is the longest in North America and the largest oil export pipeline network in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-21 |title=Enbridge rations Canada pipeline space, adding to oil headwinds - BNN Bloomberg |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/enbridge-rations-canada-pipeline-space-adding-to-oil-headwinds-1.1849354 |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=BNN Bloomberg}}</ref> Its crude oil system consists of 28,661 kilometres (17,809 miles) of pipelines.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enbridge|title=Crude oil and liquids pipelines|url=https://www.enbridge.com/about-us/liquids-pipelines|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-29|website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Enbridge's liquids pipelines network |url=https://www.enbridge.com/About-Us/Liquids-Pipelines |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.enbridge.com |language=en}}</ref> Its 38,300 kilometre (23,800 mile) natural gas pipeline system connects multiple Canadian provinces, several US states, and the Gulf of Mexico.<ref name=":9" /> The company was formed by [[Imperial Oil]] in 1949 as the Interprovincial Pipe Line Company Limited to transport Alberta oil to refineries. Over time, it has grown through acquisition of other existing pipeline companies and the expansion of their projects. Between 2012 and 2021, Enbridge transported over 32 billion barrels of crude oil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enbridge Quick Facts |url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/enbridge-quick-facts |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.enbridge.com |language=en}}</ref>

Enbridge has built several [[renewable energy]] projects in North America and Europe including [[Wind power|wind]], [[Solar power|solar]], [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]], and [[Geothermal power|geothermal]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renewable energy |url=https://www.enbridge.com/about-us/renewable-energy |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=www.enbridge.com |language=en}}</ref> and has proposed a net zero greenhouse gas emission target for 2050.<ref name=":11" /> Enbridge is ranked 144th on the 2022 [[Forbes Global 2000]], and 418th on the 2022 [[Fortune Global 500]] List.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enbridge {{!}} 2021 Global 500 |url=https://fortune.com/company/enbridge/global500/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=CONTRERAS" |first="ANDREA MURPHY"," ISABEL |title=The Global 2000 2022 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Enbridge has been responsible for several oil spills, including a spill on [[Line 3 pipeline|lineLine 3]], which was the [[Line 3 oil spill|largest inland oil spill in the US]]. Opposition to Enbridge projects has resulted in several popular uprisings, most notably the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests]], and the [[Stop Line 3 protests|Stop line 3 protests]].

In 1992, Interprovincial Pipe Line Inc. was acquired by Interprovincial Pipe Line System Inc., which changed its name to IPL Energy Inc. in 1994, after the acquisition of [[Consumers' Gas Company|Consumers' Gas]] (now Enbridge Gas Inc.) and diversification into the gas distribution business.<ref name="reference" /><ref name="digital" /> In addition, it acquired stakes in AltaGas Services and the electric utility of [[Cornwall, Ontario]].<ref name="reference" /> Through the 1990s, the company expanded its gas pipeline network and acquired a stake in the Chicap oil pipeline. It also built the Athabasca Pipeline from northeastern Alberta to the main pipeline system.<ref name="reference" /> In 1995, the company expanded its activities outside of North America by taking a stake in the [[Ocensa pipeline]]. This stake was sold in 2009.<ref name="pipelinejournal">{{cite news

In the 2000s, Enbridge introduced several large projects. Enbridge made their first investment into renewable energy in 2002 with the purchase of a [[wind farm]], and since then has been consistently making efforts to become a leader in renewable energy in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Institute|first=Pembina|date=28 June 2002|title=Milestone in Renewable Energy Applauded: Sunbridge Wind Farm|url=https://www.pembina.org/media-release/1047|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Pembina Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Geoffrey|date=8 June 2020|title=North America's largest pipeline company aims to pivot to natural gas and renewable energy|url=https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/north-americas-largest-pipeline-company-aims-to-pivot-to-natural-gas-and-renewable-energy|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Financial Post|language=en-CA}}</ref> In 2006, it announced the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project from Athabasca to [[Kitimat, British Columbia]].<ref name="reuters210208">

The company is the largest transporter of crude oil in Canada with 3 million barrels per day of oil and liquids.<ref name="pi2011" /> The [[Enbridge Pipeline System]] is the world's longest crude oil and liquids pipeline system, with 27,564&nbsp;km (17,127&nbsp;mi) of active crude pipeline in both Canada and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enbridge Quick Facts|url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/enbridge-quick-facts|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.enbridge.com|language=en}}</ref> This pipeline network delivers 3 million barrels of oil per day.<ref>{{Cite web|lastagency=Reuters|first=Thomson|date=2020-05-04|title=Enbridge makes deal to store oil in Mainline pipeline as oil glut grows|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/enbridge-mainline-1.5555509|access-date=2020-07-08|website=CBC News}}</ref>

Enbridge's natural gas network currently covers 38,375&nbsp;km (23,850&nbsp;mi) across five Canadian provinces, 30 U.S. states, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, transporting roughly 16.2 Bcf (billions of cubic feet per day) of natural gas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada Energy Regulator|date=2021-06-09|title=Pipeline Profiles: Enbridge Mainline|url=https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/facilities-we-regulate/pipeline-profiles/oil-and-liquids/pipeline-profiles-enbridge-mainline.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Canada Energy Regulator}}</ref>

* B.C. Pipeline (2.9 Bcf/d): this pipeline system runs from Fort Nelson in northeastern British Columbia to the U.S. border at Huntington-Sumas stretching 2,858&nbsp;km (1,776&nbsp;mi). It transports 60 percent of all natural gas produced in B.C., and provides natural gas service to the province as well as US states including Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Canada Energy Regulator|date=2021-06-09|title=Pipeline Profile: Westcoast or BC Pipeline|url=https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/facilities-we-regulate/pipeline-profiles/natural-gas/pipeline-profiles-westcoast-bc-pipeline.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Canada Energy Regulator}}</ref>

* Alliance Pipeline (1.6bcf/d): running 3,848&nbsp;km (2,391&nbsp;mi) from northern British Columbia across the U.S.-Canada border to Aux Sable gas processing plant in ChicagoChannahon, Illinois. Enbridge owns 50 percent of the Alliance Pipeline and 42% of the Aux Sable processing facility.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada Energy Regulator|date=2021-06-09|title=Pipeline Profiles: Alliance|url=https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/facilities-we-regulate/pipeline-profiles/natural-gas/pipeline-profiles-alliance.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Canada Energy Regulator}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Aux Sable|url=https://www.williams.com/pipeline/aux-sable/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Williams Companies|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-28|title=Pipeline Sending Natural Gas from Western Canada to Chicago Considers Expanding Capacity|url=https://pgjonline.com/news/2017/04/pipeline-sending-natural-gas-from-western-canada-to-chicago-considers-expanding-capacity|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Pipeline and Gas Journal}}</ref>

* Algonquin Gas Transmission (3.12 Bcf/d): this pipeline is 1,129 miles long, and transports natural gas to markets in New York, New Jersey, and New England.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enbridge|title=Algonquin Gas Transmission|url=https://www.enbridge.com/map|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.enbridge.com|language=en}}</ref>

* East Tennessee (1.86 Bcf/d): a natural gas pipeline 1,526 miles long, extending from Tennessee to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states, ending in Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enbridge|title=East Tennessee Natural Gas|url=https://www.enbridge.com/map|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.enbridge.com|language=en}}</ref>

* [[Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline]]: this pipeline was constructed to bring natural gas produced in Atlantic Canada through to other Canadian provinces (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), and into U.S. states (Main, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada Energy Regulator|date=2021-06-09|title=Pipeline Profiles: Maritimes & Northeast|url=https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/facilities-we-regulate/pipeline-profiles/natural-gas/pipeline-profiles-maritimes-northeast.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Canada Energy Regulator}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Enbridge|title=Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline|url=https://www.enbridge.com/map|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.enbridge.com|language=en}}</ref>

* NEXUS Gas Transmission: measuring 257 miles long, this pipeline supplies natural gas markets in the U.S. Midwest and the Dawn Hub in Ontario. This is a 50/50 joint partnership between Enbridge and DTE Energy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LINK Systems Informational Postings|title=NEXUS Gas Transmission|url=https://infopost.enbridge.com/infopost/NXUSHome.asp?Pipe=NXUS|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=infopost.enbridge.com}}</ref>

* Sabal Trail: carries natural gas via a 287 -mile pipeline to the U.S. Southeast. This is a joint partnership between Enbridge, NextEra Energy and Duke Energy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hydrocarbons Technology|title=Sabal Trail Transmission Project|url=https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/sabal-trail-transmission-project/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.hydrocarbons-technology.com}}</ref>

*Southeast Supply Header (SESH) (1.09 Bcf/d): a natural gas pipeline 287 miles in length, connecting gas supply in Texas and Louisiana to other natural gas markets in the Southeast US.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LINK System Informational Postings|title=Southeast Supply Header|url=https://infopost.enbridge.com/InfoPost/SESHHome.asp?Pipe=SESH|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-16|website=infopost.enbridge.com}}</ref>

*Texas Eastern (11.69 Bcf/d): delivers natural gas from Texas and the Gulf Coast through 8.83 miles of pipeline to markets in the Northeastern UW including New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LINK Systems Informational Postings|title=Texas Eastern Transmission|url=https://infopost.enbridge.com/InfoPost/TEHome.asp?Pipe=TE|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-16|website=infopost.enbridge.com}}</ref>

*Valley Crossing Pipeline (2.6 Bcf/d): placed into service in November 2018, this pipeline moves Texas sourced natural gas to a Mexico State-owned power utility, the [[Comisión Federal de Electricidad|Comision Federal de Electricidad]] (CFE).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-22|title=Enbridge-Annova LNG Deal to Expand Valley Crossing Pipeline|url=https://pgjonline.com/news/2020/01-january/enbridge-annova-lng-deal-to-expand-valley-crossing-pipeline|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Pipeline and Gas Journal}}</ref>

*Vector Pipeline: this pipeline acts as a connector for other pipelines including the Alliance pipeline and NEXUS Gas Transmission to the Union Gas Dawn Hub.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Canada Energy Regulator|date=2021-06-09|title=Pipeline Profiles: Vector|url=https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/facilities-we-regulate/pipeline-profiles/natural-gas/pipeline-profiles-vector.html|url-status=live|website=Canada Energy Regulator}}</ref>

[[DCP Midstream Partners|DCP Midstream]] is a joint venture between Enbridge and [[Phillips 66]]. Phillips 66 is one of the largest petroleum services companies in the US, owning and operating 39 natural gas plants and 51,000 miles of gathering pipe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phillips 66 Announces Quarterly Dividend|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/phillips-66-announces-quarterly-dividend-203000433.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, DCP operates a portfolio of natural gas gathering, logistics, marketing and processing services across nine states.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloomberg|title=DCP Midstream LLC|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/26788Z:US|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>

Enbridge has a growing interest in European offshore wind energy, and its renewable assets are part of the company's plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bloomberg News|date=2016-05-10|title=Enbridge Inc bulks up EU offshore wind investment with $282-million purchase from Dong Energy|url=https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/enbridge-inc-bulks-up-eu-offshore-wind-investment-with-282-million-purchase-from-dong-energy|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Financial Post|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Holbrook|first=Emily|date=2020-11-09|title=Enbridge Steps Up Climate Pledge with Net Zero Emission Target|url=https://www.environmentalleader.com/2020/11/enbridge-outlines-detailed-plan-to-achieve-net-zero-emissions-by-2050/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Environment + Energy Leader|language=en-US}}</ref>

| colspan="67" |'''Offshore Wind Assets'''

| colspan="67" |'''Onshore Wind Assets'''

| colspan="67" |'''Solar Assets'''

| colspan="67" |'''Hydroelectric Assets'''

| colspan="67" |'''Geothermal Assets'''

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Enbridge Gas Inc. was formed on January 1, 2019, with the combination of Enbridge Gas Distribution and Union Gas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-10-15|title=Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited to Amalgamate|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/enbridge-gas-distribution-inc-and-union-gas-limited-to-amalgamate-697565251.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=NewsWire|language=en}}</ref> Its network consists of 5,471&nbsp;km of gas transmission lines, 66,787&nbsp;km of gas distribution service lines, and 78,214&nbsp;km of gas distribution main lines.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enbridge|title=Map|url=https://www.enbridge.com/Map.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.enbridge.com|language=en}}</ref>

They deliver to over 15 million people in Ontario and Quebec through 3.8 million residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional meter connections and distribute roughly 2.3 bcf/d of natural gas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Enbridge Gas|url=https://www.enbridgegas.com/about-enbridge-gas|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.enbridgegas.com}}</ref> Additionally, in southwestern Ontario they have the largest integrated underground storage facility in Canada, and one of North America's top natural gas trading hubs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morden|first=Paul|date=2021-06-15|title=Enbridge Gas spending more than $500 million in Lambton County|url=https://theobserver.ca/news/local-news/enbridge-gas-spending-more-than-500-million-in-lambton-county|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=The Observer|language=en-CA}}</ref>

Enbridge's natural gas distribution also includes interest ownership in two additional natural gas distributors. This includes Gazfiére, serving people in [[Outaouais|Outaouais region]] of Quebec,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-06|title=Enbridge to Begin "Greening" of Pipeline Operations in Canada {{!}} Pipeline Technology Journal|url=https://www.pipeline-journal.net/news/enbridge-begin-greening-pipeline-operations-canada|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.pipeline-journal.net}}</ref> and Ènergir LP, a company that operates gas transmission, gas distribution, and power distribution throughout Quebec and Vermont.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=Natural gas distribution {{!}} Our energies {{!}} Énergir|url=https://www.energir.com/en/about/our-energies/natural-gas/natural-gas-distribution/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.energir.com|language=en}}</ref>

Enbridge's pipeline was responsible for the [[Line 3 oil spill|largest inland oil spill in the United States]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/04/23/timeline-line-3-enbridge-oil-pipeline|title=Line 3 timeline: From construction to present day battles|last=Nelson|first=Cody|date=April 23, 2018|website=MPRNews}}</ref> in 1991, when 1{{Convert|1700000|U.7 million gallonsS.gal|m3|abbr=on}} of oil ruptured from a buried pipeline in [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota]], spilling crude into a wetland and a tributary of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=":0" />

On January 1, 2007, an Enbridge pipeline that runs from [[Superior, Wisconsin]] to near [[Whitewater, Wisconsin]] cracked open and spilled ~{{convert|50,000|USgal|m3}} of crude oil onto farmland and into a drainage ditch.<ref>{{cite web |last=Content |first=Thomas |url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/29254864.html |title=Oil group cleans spill in Clark County |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=January 4, 2007 |access-date=2012-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520082146/http://www.jsonline.com/business/29254864.html |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }}</ref> The same pipeline was struck by construction crews on February 2, 2007, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, spilling ~{{convert|201,000|USgal|m3}} of crude, of which about 87,000 gallons{{Convert|87000|U.S.gal|m3|abbr=on}} were recovered. Some of the oil filled a hole more than {{convert|20|ft|m}} deep and contaminated the local water table.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bergquist |first=Lee |url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29343664.html |title=Oil spill tainted water table |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=2007-02-16 |access-date=2012-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520084215/http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29343664.html |archive-date=2013-05-20 }}</ref><ref name="phmsa-dot-gov">{{cite web |url= http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/operator/OperatorIM_opid_11169.html?nocache=5280#_Incidents_tab_3 |title=PHMSA: Stakeholder Communications |publisher=Primis.phmsa.dot.gov |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

On January 2, 2010, Enbridge's Line&nbsp;2 ruptured near [[Neche, North Dakota]], releasing about 3,784 barrels of crude oil, of which 2,237{{Convert|2237|oilbbl|m3|abbr=out}} barrels werewas recovered.<ref name="phmsa-dot-gov" /><ref>[http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/enforce/documents/320105001H/320105001H_CAO_01192010.pdf "Correction Action Order: Neche, ND"], [[PHMSA]], January 19, 2010.</ref> In April 2010, an Enbridge pipeline ruptured spilling more than {{convert|9.5|oilbbl|m3}} of oil in [[Virden, Manitoba]]. This oil leaked into the Boghill Creek, which eventually connects to the Assiniboine River.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/oil-spills-into-manitoba-creek-1.876037 |title=CBC News: Oil Spill Into Manitoba Creek |website=CBC.ca |date=2010-04-07 |access-date=2012-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411064309/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/oil-spills-into-manitoba-creek-1.876037 |archive-date=April 11, 2010 }}</ref>

In the July 2010 [[Kalamazoo River oil spill]], a leaking pipeline spilled more than {{convert|1,000,000|USgal|m3}} of [[Oil sands|oil sands crude oil]] into Talmadge Creek leading to the [[Kalamazoo River]] in southwest Michigan on July 26, near [[Marshall, Michigan]].<ref name="epa.gov"/><ref>[http://cbs2chicago.com/national/michigan.oil.spill.2.1831124.html EPA Raises Oil Spill Estimate In Michigan River] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004180612/http://cbs2chicago.com/national/michigan.oil.spill.2.1831124.html |date=October 4, 2010 }}</ref> A United States Environmental Protection Agency update of the Kalamazoo River spill concluded the pipeline rupture "caused the largest inland oil spill in Midwest history" and reported the cost of the cleanup at $36.7 million (US) as of November 14, 2011.<ref name="epa.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/enbridgespill/ |title=EPA Response to Enbridge Spill in Michigan &#124; US EPA |publisher=Epa.gov |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref> PHMSA raised concerns in a Corrective Action Order (CAO) about numerous anomalies that had been detected on this pipeline by internal line inspection tools, yet Enbridge had failed to check a number of those anomalies in the field.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/enforce/documents/320105008H/320105008H_CAO%20Amendment_09222010_text.pdf |title=Link }}</ref> The Michigan spill affected more than {{convert|50|km|order=flip}} of waterways and wetlands and about 320 people reported symptoms from crude oil exposure.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/business/story.html?id=6966122 Enbridge proposes changes to Northern Gateway pipeline] July 20, 2012 Canadian Press {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192257/https://montrealgazette.com/business/story.html/?id=6966122 |date=April 6, 2020 }}</ref> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] said at $800&nbsp;million, it was the costliest onshore spill cleanup in U.S.&nbsp;history.<ref>[http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/07/20/enbridge-to-spend-up-to-c500-million-more-on-northern-gateway-safety/ Enbridge to Spend Up to C$500 Million More on Northern Gateway Safety] July 20, 2012, foxbusiness.com {{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref> The NTSB found Enbridge knew of a defect in the pipeline five years before it burst.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/07/19/Michigan-lawmaker-wary-of-Enbridge-plans/UPI-61071342697865/ Michigan lawmaker wary of Enbridge plans] July 19, 2012</ref> In June 2013, a Kalamazoo man lodged himself into an Enbridge pipeline in Marshall, MI to protest Enbridge's lack of accountability for the 2010 spill and to encourage landowners along Enbridge's Line 6B expansion to offer increased resistance to construction in 2013.<ref name="AP Photo/EPA">{{cite web|author=AP Photo/EPA |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/06/man_climbs_into_pipeline_in_pr.html |title=Man climbs into pipeline in protest of Enbridge Inc. in Marshall |website=MLive.com |date=2013-06-24 |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ryan|last=Felton|url=http://detroit.jalopnik.com/man-skateboards-inside-pipeline-to-protest-2010-michiga-559148393 |title=Man Skateboards Inside Pipeline To Protest 2010 Michigan Oil Spill |website=Detroit.jalopnik.com |date=2013-06-24 |access-date=2014-02-13}}</ref> In 2014, Enbridge completed cleanup of the river per the EPA's order.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US EPA|first=REG 05|date=2016-02-12|title=Enbridge Spill Response Timeline|url=https://www.epa.gov/enbridge-spill-michigan/enbridge-spill-response-timeline|access-date=2021-03-23|website=US EPA|language=en}}</ref>

On September 9, 2010, a broken water line caused a rupture on Enbridge's Line 6A pipeline near [[Romeoville, Illinois]], releasedreleasing an estimateestimated {{convert|7,500|oilbbl|m3}} of oil into the surrounding area.<ref name="epa.gov" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://romeoville.enbridgeus.com/line6a/main.aspx?id=13255 |title=Enbridge US |publisher=Romeoville.enbridgeus.com |access-date=2012-07-23 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On June 22, 2013, Enbridge subsidiary Athabasca pipelines reported a pipeline leak of approximately 750 barrels of light [[synthetic crude]] oil from Line 37 near Enbridge's Cheecham, Alberta, terminal about {{convert|70|km|mi}} southeast of [[Fort McMurray]]. The 17-kilometre-long, 12-inch diameter pipe was constructed in 2006 and links the [[Long Lake (oil sands)|Long Lake oilsands upgrader]] to the Cheetham terminal as part of Enbridge's Athabasca system.<ref name=edjournal25june2013 /> Unusually heavy rainfall in the region, also responsible for the [[2013 Alberta floods]], may have caused "ground movement on the right-of way that may have impacted the pipeline."<ref name=Enbridge25jun2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.enbridge.com/MediaCentre/News/Line-37.aspx|publisher=Enbridge Media Centre|date=25 June 2013|access-date=25 June 2013|title=Line 37 Release|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627094717/http://www.enbridge.com/MediaCentre/News/Line-37.aspx|archive-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> Enbridge's Athabasca (Line 19) shares a portion of right of way with Line 37 and Enbridge's Wood Buffalo/Waupisoo (Line 75/18) which also shares a portion of right of way with Line 37, a major part of the network that serves Alberta's oilsands,.<ref name="edjournal25june2013">{{cite news|title=Enbridge Says Spill from Line 37 Near Fort McMurray, Alta., is Being Cleaned Up |publisher=Canadian Press |date=25 June 2013 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/business/Enbridge+says+spill+from+Line+near+Fort+McMurray+Alta+being/8576990/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828081104/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Enbridge+says+spill+from+Line+near+Fort+McMurray+Alta+being/8576990/story.html |archive-date=August 28, 2013 }}</ref> All three lines were closed down as a precautionary measure. Operations between [[Hardisty, Alberta|Hardisty]] and [[Cheecham, Alberta|Cheecham]] were restored on June 23 when Enbridge's Athabasca pipeline (Line 19) was restored to service.<ref name="Enbridge25jun2013" />{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2014}}

On July 1, 2013, [[WWMT#News operation|WWMT News]] in Michigan reported that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality had issued a citation against Enbridge for contamination of North Ore Creek by an Enbridge pipeline maintenance activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/state/stories/wwmt_deq-issues-violation-notice-enbridge-over-livingston-co-facility-2452.shtml|title=deq-issues-violation-notice-enbridge|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.07.03-19345520130703193455/http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/state/stories/wwmt_deq-issues-violation-notice-enbridge-over-livingston-co-facility-2452.shtml|archive-date=2013-07-03}}</ref>

On November 12, 2012, the Lansing State Journal reported that the head of the Line 6B Pipeline project stated that he had never seen as much organized landowner resistance despite 30 years in the pipeline industry. They noted that this was probably because of the 2010 Kalamazoo River spill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20121128/NEWS01/311280034/Enbridge-executives-address-local-homeowner-opposition|title=Enbridge executives address local homeowner opposition|work=Lansing State Journal|access-date=16 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.07.01-17272320130701172723/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20121128/NEWS01/311280034/Enbridge-executives-address-local-homeowner-opposition|archive-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>

In June 2021, Enbridge resumed construction on the Line 3 replacement project in Northern Minnesota after taking a brief planned break.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karnowski|first=Steve|date=2021-06-14|title=Minnesota court affirms approval of Enbridge's Line 3 oil pipeline|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/minnesota-court-affirms-approval-of-enbridge-s-line-3-oil-pipeline-1.5469498|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Calgary|language=en}}</ref> Enbridge's plans to expand its [[Line 3 pipeline]] in [[Minnesota]] along a new route have been met with [[Stop Line 3 protests|prolonged resistance]] from Native communities and activists calling themselves [[water protectors]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Partlow |first1=Joshua |title=Pipeline protesters seize Minnesota construction site in bid to stop $4 billion project |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/07/pipeline-protest-line-3-minnesota/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610025355/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/07/pipeline-protest-line-3-minnesota/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tabuchi |first1=Hiroko |author-link=Hiroko Tabuchi |last2=Furber |first2=Matt |last3=Davenport |first3=Coral |title=Police Make Mass Arrests at Protest Against Oil Pipeline |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/climate/line-3-pipeline-protest-native-americans.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612030311/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/climate/line-3-pipeline-protest-native-americans.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2022, a group of about 400 met in front of a [[Bank of America]] location in Austin to protest Enbridge's plans to expand the Moda Ingleside Energy Center onto historic [[Karankawa]] land in Corpus Christi, Texas. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Falcon |first1=Jennifer K. |title=Karankawa Kadla and Allies Protest Enbridge Terminal Expansion at Project's Major Funder Bank of America's Austin Location |url=https://www.ienearth.org/ma-karankawa-kadla-and-allies-protest-enbridge-terminal-expansion-at-projects-major-funder-bank-of-americas-austin-location/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Press Pool |title=Over 400 join Karankawa Kadla youth protesting Enbridge's terminal expansion outside Bank of America's Austin location |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/over-400-join-karankawa-kadla-youth-protesting-enbridges-terminal-expansion-outside-bank-of-americas-austin-location |url-status=live }}</ref>

Enbridge has two Technology +and Innovation labs. In January 2019, the first lab opened in Calgary, Alberta.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Chapa |first=Sergio |date=2019-12-05 |title=Digital roughnecks: Oil and gas workforce changing as tech's role grows |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Digital-Roughnecks-Oil-and-gas-workforce-14882912.php |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2019, the second lab opened in Houston, Texas.<ref name=":4" /> The labs use industrial predictive algorithms, machine learning, and sentiment analysis to find efficiencies within the company and help improve safety and reliability of their pipeline infrastructure.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Stastny |first=Paul |date=2020-02-04 |title=Climate change, oil and gas innovation, and a Q&A with Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. discussing how its new "Lab" harnesses data for better operational, safety and environmental performance |url=https://www.ictc-ctic.ca/climate-change-qna-endbridge/ |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=Information and Communications Technology Council |language=en-US}}</ref>

The labs have developed ways to get sensor data from pipelines, helping to improve flows of natural gas and crude oil terminals.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Mistretta |first=A.J |date=2019-12-06 |title=Tech A Growing Focus in Energy Sector |url=https://www.houston.org/news/tech-growing-focus-energy-sector |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=Greater Houston Partnership}}</ref> Additionally, the labs have helped enhance pipeline leak detection, and ensure better maintenance schedules.<ref name=":5" /> For renewable energy projects, the labs have developed different ways to reposition wind turbine blades to help maximize wind power generation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2018-02-18 |title=Harnessing big data, analytics and AI for a green energy game-changer |url=https://www.enbridge.com/Stories/2018/February/Big-data-analytics-transforming-economics-of-wind-power.aspx |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=www.enbridge.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2020-11-18 |title=Helping birds of a feather to stay together at new refuge |url=https://www.enbridge.com/stories/2020/november/michigan-avian-conservation-and-rehabilitation-organizations |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-29 |website=Enbridge |language=en}}</ref>

!2014<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2015 |title=2014 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/reports-and-sec-filings/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2015/2014_ENB-AnnualReport.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2014-12-31 |title=Consolidated Financial Statements |url=https://www.enbridge.com/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2015/2014_YE_ENB_%20FS.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref>

!2015<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2016 |title=2015 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/reports-and-sec-filings/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2016/2015_ENB_AnnualReport.PDF |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2016-02-19 |title=Release Details - Enbridge Inc. |url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/news/details?id=122547 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge |language=en}}</ref>

!2016<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2017 |title=2016 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2017/2016_ENB_EI_AnnualReport_Web.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2017-02-17 |title=Release Details - Enbridge Inc. |url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/news/details?id=122514&lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge |language=en}}</ref>

!2017<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2018 |title=2017 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2018/2017_ENB_AnnualReport_Full_optimized.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2018-02-16 |title=Release Details - Enbridge Inc. |url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/news/details?id=123496&lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=www.enbridge.com |language=en}}</ref>

!2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2019 |title=2018 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/reports-and-sec-filings/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2019/ENB-AR-2019-English.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2019-02-15 |title=Release Details - Enbridge Inc. |url=https://www.enbridge.com/media-center/news/details?id=123560&lang=en |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge |language=en}}</ref>

!2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2020 |title=2019 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/reports-and-sec-filings/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2020/ENB_2019_Annual_Report.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref>

!2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2021 |title=2020 Annual Report |url=https://www.enbridge.com/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2021/ENB_2020_Annual_Report.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref>

!2021 Q1<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enbridge |date=2021-03-31 |title=First Quarter: Interim Report to Shareholders |url=https://www.enbridge.com/investment-center/reports-and-sec-filings/~/media/Enb/Documents/Investor%20Relations/2021/2021_Q1_ENB_Financial_Statements_and_MDandA.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=Enbridge}}</ref>