A pipeline to flow oil from Hess Corp.’s deepwater Stampede development in the US Gulf of Mexico will be built, owned and operated by Enbridge Inc.

The line will connect the field to an existing third-party pipeline system, with the new line expected to cost approx­imately US $130 million and be operational in 2018. Stampede was sanctioned by Hess and its partners late last year (see DI, 24 November 2014, page 7).

Enbridge says the pipeline will be approximately 16 miles long, with a diameter of 18 inches, starting in Green Canyon Block 468 in a water depth of approximately 1,067 m (3,500 ft).

“The Stampede lateral is consistent with Enbridge’s low risk business model and furthers our objective to capture new deepwater Gulf of Mexico crude oil plays,” said Greg Harper, president, gas pipelines & processing at Enbridge.

Enbridge’s offshore pipelines transport approximately 40% of the gas produced in the deepwater GoM and 45% of ultra-deep gas production.