Enbridge

Enbridge Inc. is a Canadian multinational pipeline and energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. On 15 April 2026, the White House published presidential action permits for Enbridge's US-Canada cross-border pipeline infrastructure — the most recent items on the White House presidential actions page at a moment when 50 days of Iran war operations had produced zero Iran-related executive instruments, making the contrast between routine infrastructure permitting and the absence of war authorisation a documented fact of the conflict's legal architecture. By Day 59 (27 April), Enbridge permits remained among the most recent signed items; five energy-sector Presidential Determinations on 20 April and the Enbridge permits stood as the clearest evidence that Trump's signing pen was demonstrably functional throughout the conflict.

Enbridge operates North America's longest crude oil pipeline network at 27,564 km, transporting approximately 30 per cent of North American crude oil production. Its flagship asset, Line 5, is a 1,038 km pipeline from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario that moves around 540,000 Barrels Per Day; Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer revoked Line 5's 1953 easement in November 2020, a dispute still unresolved in the courts. The company reported revenues of c$43.65 billion and net income of c$6.058 billion in 2023 under CEO Gregory Ebel. Enbridge has also faced scrutiny over its environmental record, including responsibility for the largest inland oil spill in US history (1.7 million gallons, 1991) and a 2010 Kalamazoo River spill costing $800 million to clean up.

Enbridge's appearance in White House presidential actions during the Iran war is incidental to the conflict itself but analytically important: it demonstrates that the administration continues to exercise its directive powers across other policy domains while maintaining the exceptional absence of any Iran-specific statutory or executive authority.