The Enbridge pipeline designed to transport more than 4 million barrels of crude oil a week from Flanagan, Ill., to Cushing, Okla., will be completed sometime next summer.
Zach Stephan, an Enbridge engineer, said construction was on schedule and even rocky terrain in eastern Kansas hadn’t slowed U.S. Pipeline crews. U.S. Pipeline is the project’s contractor, with Enbridge engineers overseeing the work.
The pipeline is 36 inches in diameter and every effort is being made to lay it in a safe manner conducive to local concerns, said A. J.…
