[R-G] Indian blockades slow work on crude pipeline

[Anthony Fenton]

Indian blockades slow work on crude pipeline  TheStar.com - Business -  
Indian blockades slow work on crude pipeline
October 02, 2008
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/509984

Enbridge Inc. says Indian blockades in Saskatchewan have forced the  
company to halt most construction on its $3 billion Alberta Clipper  
pipeline project.

The pipeline will carry 450,000 barrels of oil-sands crude from  
Hardisty, Alta, to Superior, Wis., in two locations: just outside the  
provincial capital of Regina and near Kerrobert, in western  
Saskatchewan.

"These demonstrations have restricted access to our heavy equipment  
coming and going from staging sites," said Glenn Herchak, a  
spokesperson for Enbridge.

The blockade near Regina has been in place since Sunday, while  
Kerrobert was blocked a day later.

Herchak said the First Nations groups are looking for greater access  
to contracts to provide goods and services for the line's  
construction. Construction on the Alberta Clipper line began in August  
and it is slated to be in service by the middle of 2010.