(Reuters) - The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved the final pipeline leave to open (LTO) application for the Trans Mountain expansion project, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The pipeline is now authorized to carry crude oil from Trans Mountain's Edmonton Terminal, located in Strathcona County, AB, to its Westridge Marine Terminal, located in Burnaby, BC, in Western Canada," the regulator said.

(Reporting by Anushree Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)