Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada's integrated oil and gas firm

Suncor Energy ( SU ) beat third-quarter profit estimates on

Tuesday, as higher production helped offset lower prices.

Canadian oil producers are also gaining from the expanded

Trans Mountain pipeline, which opens access to global markets

and lessens their dependence on the U.S. pipeline system.

The company's total upstream production was at 870,000

barrels per day in the quarter, compared with 828,600 bpd a year

earlier.

Crude prices averaged $68.33 per barrel in the

July-September quarter, down more than 13% from a year earlier,

after OPEC+ accelerated output hikes and raised concerns about

oversupply.

The company reported an adjusted profit of C$1.48 per share

for the quarter ended September 30, compared with the analysts'

average estimate of C$1.08 per share, according to data compiled

by LSEG.