RE:RE:Enbridge could add 200kbpd to Mainline oil pipeline capacity
- ADDING CHEMICAL SLIPPING AGENTS to the crude oil MIXTURE
* INCREASED COSTS as the agents are CONSUMABLES and NEED to BE REPLACED on a TIMELY BASIS
* TRP already did this on the Keystone pipelines
- COMPRESSOR OPTIMIZATION (could include INCREASING POWER RATING of the the GAS TURBINES and ELECTRIC MOTORS) and DEBOTTLENECKING (improving SMOOTHER FLOW due to BETTER GEOMETRY of pipe CONNECTIONS and PLACEMENT)
* MANY TIMES the PATH of the pipeline is AWKWARD due to RIGHT-OF-WAY RESTRICTIONS
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