Important Details on Oil Pipeline Construction Jobs in October's Issue of Energy Digital

Online, October 5, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (SAN DIEGO, CA) - Energy Digital's October issue uncovers details on major pipeline projects in the works around the globe. As controversy surrounds the oil industry due to recent leaks or spills, major pipelines continue to be developed worldwide.

As Nigeria is known as Africa's largest oil producer, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) is currently constructing an oil pipeline in the Niger Delta as part of a continuous $1.1 billion rehabilitation project.

The first phase of TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline construction has been completed, allowing oil transportation to begin in late-June of this year. The total pipeline is considered to be one of the longest and most costly pipelines ever to be constructed in North America. The pipeline covers a span of 2,151 miles, stretching from the Athabasca tar sands of Alberta to the Wood River refinery, owned by ConocoPhillips and located in Roxana, and then connecting to Patoka, Illinois.

Enbridge Inc, the largest pipeline operator in the oil sands region, is due to construct a pipeline to transport oil from the Sunrise Oil Sands project owned by Husky Energy Inc and BP Plc. The pipeline will cover 112 kilometers, running from the northern Alberta project site to the Cheecham terminal, where several pipelines join together.

Read the full story in Energy Digital.