Edmonton to Houston is now one integrated liquids path
Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB, NYSE: ENB) brought the Houston Oil Terminal into service in July 2026. The facility, known as EHOT, is positioned as the Gulf Coast terminus of Enbridge's cross-border liquids network connecting northern Alberta production to Houston-area refineries and marine export infrastructure.
EHOT includes three lateral pipelines and four above-ground storage tanks with an initial shell capacity of 2.5 million barrels. Matt Gagnon, director of business development for Enbridge's liquids pipelines business, said the terminal gives Enbridge a Houston footprint and ties the system from Edmonton to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The terminal connects into Enbridge's broader liquids network and provides access to Houston-area delivery points and dock loading facilities. Chad Herring, manager of Enbridge's USGC liquids projects, said the project was built from the ground up, completed on schedule, within budget, and without safety incidents.
Canada supplied about 20 percent of U.S. Gulf Coast oil imports in 2026 year-to-date, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data cited in industry reporting. EHOT is aimed at giving Canadian heavy producers additional refining and export optionality on the Gulf Coast.
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ENB is on the listed pipeline list. Banks were skipped. 2.5 million barrels of shell capacity and a July in-service date are the facts. Write this as Gulf Coast market access, not as a WCS price forecast. Watch utilization rates through Q3 and whether Canadian barrels actually displace other heavy feeds at Houston-area refineries.