Warum Trans Mountain ausdehnen will, wenn die Ölpipeline nicht einmal voll ist | CBC News

The title of the article (why) doesn’t match the content of the article (how) which talks about how they’re going to increase capacity. At no point do they really get into why they want to expand which is the title. Looks like writer started with the idea/title and then forgot about it.

I would infer from the article that what’s driving the expansion, even though the pipeline is not at full capacity are:

* you don’t run a pipeline at full capacity, you always leave some leeway, so that it’s current 80% capacity is getting close to their operating limit (a guess on my part)
* that their are very long lead times to expansion (that was clear). Drag reducing agents are fast and almost immediate. New pumps take more time and more money. Additional pipelines are much longer term.

Ignoring the title, an interesting article. The fact that drag reducing agents can increase capacity by 5% – 10% or 50,000-85,000 extra barrels of oil per day was fascinating.