May 31 (Reuters) – Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has
delayed the start-up of the Permian Express crude oil pipeline
until July, the company said in a notice to customers on Friday.
The shipping notice said that work by a third party at
Wichita Falls, Texas, where the line starts, had not been
completed by June “as previously communicated.”
“Based on this unfortunate news, we regretfully have to
reject all receipt nominations at Wichita Falls for the month of
June,” Sunoco Logistics Partners said in the shipping notice, a
copy of which was seen by Reuters.
“At this time we are anticipating these movements to begin
during the month of July.”
The first 90,000 barrels per day of the line were expected
to start in June, running from Wichita Falls to Nederland,
Texas, carrying crude from oil fields in the Permian Basin to
Gulf Coast refiners.
(Reporting by David Sheppard and Matthew Robinson in New York;
editing by Matthew Lewis)
