(Updates Longhorn Pipeline project and adds Navigator Energy Services West
Texas project)
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Oil pipelines in the United States are undergoing a
historic realignment in response to new production in the Eagle Ford development
in south-central Texas, redevelopment of older production in the Permian Basin
and new flows of oil from the Midwest and Canada that have oversupplied Midwest
markets.
Here is an updated list of 42 projects under way:
————-
IN SERVICE
————-
PROJECT: Seaway pipeline reversal
OPERATOR: Enterprise Product Partners and Enbridge Inc
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Cushing, Oklahoma, to Houston, Texas
COST: $300 million for initial reversal, $2 billion for final expansion with
new parallel loop pipeline.
CAPACITY: 150,000 bpd initially, with first expansion to 400,000 bpd in
January 2013 and further expansion to 850,000 bpd.
STARTUP: First crude began flowing from Cushing on May 19, 2012; First
expansion started up Jan. 11; next expansion to start up by mid-2014.
PROJECT: Eagle Ford crude-condensate pipeline and condensate processing
facility
OPERATOR: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Eagle Ford shale formation to Galena Park, Texas, on the
Houston Ship Channel
COST: Pipeline $225 million; processing facility $360 million; $107 million
pipeline expansion.
CAPACITY: Pipeline can carry about 300,000 bpd of both Eagle Ford shale
crude and condensate in 65 miles of newly built pipe and 113 miles of a
converted natural gas pipeline. Facility will process 100,000 bpd of Eagle Ford
condensate and provide 1.9 million barrels of storage capacity. 31-mile pipeline
expansion will connect Kinder Morgan’s station in DeWitt County, Texas, to
ConocoPhillips’ central delivery facility in Karnes County.
STARTUP: Pipeline started up June 14, 2012; Expansion to pipeline expected
to start up in 2014; first phase of processing facility will start up in 2014,
followed by the second phase in 2015.
PROJECT: Enterprise Crude Houston Oil (ECHO) Terminal and Houston area
pipelines
OPERATOR: Enterprise Products Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Houston Ship Channel area
CAPACITY: Expansion approved to push storage capacity at the ECHO and
Bertron facilities to more than 6 million barrels, with access to Enterprise’s
marine terminal at Morgan’s Point on the Houston Ship Channel, and to be linked
by pipeline to Eagle Ford shale to the west. Expansion includes 55 miles of 24-
and 36-inch pipeline to connect the terminal with major refineries in the
southeast Texas market with an aggregate capacity of about 3.6 million barrels
per day, including plants in Baytown, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Texas City.
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Initial phase with 750,000 barrels of storage capacity complete in
November 2012; expansion to be completed in phases, with the final phase
finished in the fourth quarter of 2014.
PROJECT: South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline system
OPERATOR: NuStar Energy LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 110-mile, 12-inch and 8-inch pipeline from Frio, LaSalle
and McMullen counties NuStar’s 600,000-barrel storage terminal at Oakville in
Live Oak County; then transports Eagle Ford crude to NuStar’s 1.6 million-barrel
Corpus Christi North Beach terminal via an existing 16-inch pipeline.
COST: Part of NuStar’s $325 million acquisition of TexStar Midstream
Services LP’s 140 miles of Eagle Ford crude pipeline and gathering lines, and
643,400 barrels of storage assets; NuStar expected to spend up $65 million to
$85 million, mostly in 2013, to integrate and complete gathering and terminal
assets. Cost for the two-phase expansions in 2014 and 2015 estimated at $135
million to $170 million.
CAPACITY: 100,000 bpd of crude and condensates
STARTUP: Transporting more than 70,000 bpd, to ramp up to 100,000 bpd in
2013. In July launched binding open season through Aug. 30 for expanded system
to add 100,000 bpd in capacity in late 2014 and early 2015 for a total of
200,000 bpd capacity; open season extended to Sept. 30.
PROJECT: Longhorn Pipeline reversal
OPERATOR: Magellan Midstream Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Reversed flow of Crane-to-Houston segment of Longhorn
Pipeline, which had carried refined products from Houston to El Paso, Texas, and
converted the line to transport crude; Announced Oct. 7 will build a new origin
at Barnhart, Texas, about 75 miles east of Crane.
CAPACITY: 225,000 bpd in 2013; Will expand capacity by 50,000 bpd to
275,000.
COST: $375 million for first phase; $55 million for expansion; $25 million
for new origin.
STARTUP: Started in mid-April and ramped up to an average of 90,000 bpd in
the second quarter; slated to reach 225,000 bpd capacity in September; slated to
expand by 50,000 by mid-2014; new Barnhart origin to start up in early 2015.
PROJECT: Double Eagle Pipeline
OPERATOR: 50-50 joint venture of Magellan Midstream Partners and Kinder
Morgan Energy Partners.
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Connects to 50-mile, 14- and 16-inch existing pipeline
owned by Kinder, enabling delivery of Eagle Ford condensate to Magellan’s marine
and storage terminal in Corpus Christi from Three Rivers, Texas. Total project
includes 140 miles of new 12-inch pipeline connecting to the existing line.
CAPACITY: 100,000 bpd initially, expandable to 150,000 bpd
COST: $150 million
STARTUP: In May 2013 pipeline started moving condensate from Three Ri vers
to the Corpus terminal; announced Aug. 29 that the 85-mile western leg of the
project from Gardendale in LaSalle County, Texas, to Three Rivers started up.
PROJECT: Bakken Access Program
OPERATOR: Enbridge Inc
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Western North Dakota. Includes adding 26 miles of
16-inch pipeline between Enbridge stations in Beaver Lodge near Tioga, North
Dakota, and Stanley; 29 miles of new 16-inch pipeline between Stanley and
Berthold terminal; and expansion of Berthold with rail loading capability that
can handle three unit trains at a time.
CAPACITY ADDED: 145,500 bpd pipeline capacity, additional 80,000 bpd of rail
export capacity for a total of 120,000 bpd.
COST: $560 million for pipeline; $145 million for rail
STARTUP: March 2013
PROJECT: Toledo Pipeline (Line 79) Expansion
OPERATOR: Enbridge Inc
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Stockbridge, Michigan, to Toledo, Ohio
CAPACITY: Increased to 180,000 bpd from 100,000 bpd
COST: $197.57 million
STARTUP: May 2013
PROJECT: Pecos River Pipeline
OPERATOR: Blueknight Energy Partners LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Pecos, Texas, to Crane, Texas, where a 16-inch, 36-mile
line connects to Magellan Midstream Partners’ reversed Longhorn pipeline to move
Permian Basin crude oil to the Gulf Coast; a 29-mile extension will gather crude
in Reeves, Culberson, Pecos and Ward counties.
CAPACITY: 150,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: The 36-mile line started up Sept. 17, 2013; 29-mile extension to
start up by end 2013.
——————————————
PARTIALLY IN SERVICE OR NEARING COMPLETION
——————————————
PROJECT: West Texas crude system
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics Partners LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Three different projects to bring Permian basin crude to
Gulf Coast market. West Texas to Houston line – 40,000 bpd, expandable to 44,000
bpd, will carry West Texas Sour and West Texas Intermediate at Midland; West
Texas to Longview Access – 30,000 bpd, to carry Permian crudes to the Mid-Valley
pipeline to the Midwest; West Texas to Nederland Access – 40,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: West Texas to Houston and West Texas to Longview operational; West
Texas to Nederland delayed by Exxon Mobil Corp’s shutdown of its Pegasus
crude oil pipeline that carries heavy Canadian crude to Texas from Illinois. The
Sunoco line is connected to the Exxon line, which shut in late March when it
spilled 5,000 barrels into an Arkansas housing subdivision. Sunoco is awaiting
word from Exxon on restart.
PROJECT: Permian Express, Phase I
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Wichita Falls, Texas to Nederland, Texas
CAPACITY: Initial capacity will be 90,000 bpd, expected to reach 150,000
bpd.
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Initial 90,000 bpd reached in June 2013, up to 150,000 bpd in late
2013 or early 2014; Phase II .
PROJECT: Eagle Ford Pipeline
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 140-mile crude line and condensate from Eagle Ford
production in Gardendale, Texas, to refineries in Three Rivers and Corpus
Christi; and a 35-mile segment from Three Rivers to Enterprise Products
Partners’ Lyssy station in Wilson County. On Sept 19, 2013, announced expansion
project with additional pumping capacity and looping some segments of
operational system.
CAPACITY: 350,000 bpd take-away from western Eagle Ford to Three Rivers and
Corpus Christi, plus a marine terminal facility at Corpus Christi and 1.8
million barrels of operational storage capacity across the system. Expansion
will increase takeaway capacity to 470,000 bpd and add 2.3 million barrels of
storage capacity in Gardendale, Tilden and Corpus Christi.
COST: n/a; expansion $120 million
STARTUP: 140-mile pipeline operational; Corpus Christi dock and Lyssy
extension in service in September 2013; expansion to start up in second quarter
2015.
PROJECT: Gardendale Gathering System expansion
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Four crude oil gathering pipelines, a total of 90 miles
in length, extending from Dimmitt and La Salle counties to Plains’ Gardendale
Terminal in South Texas. Will connect at Gardendale to long-haul pipelines that
deliver crude to refineries in Three Rivers, Corpus Christi and the Houston
area. Project includes construction of new Eagle Ford condensate stabilization
facility adjacent to Gardendale terminal. Also a new 40-mile Gulf Coast crude
oil pipeline originating from Plains’ Ten Mile terminal in Mobile, Alabama.
CAPACITY: 115,000 bpd of incremental gathering capacity; condensate facility
80,000 bpd.
COST: $190 million for all three projects
STARTUP: Gardendale expansion completed in stages from autumn 2012 through
the first half of 2013; 40,000 bpd of condensate facility started end 2012,
second half in first quarter 2013; 40-mile Gulf Coast line to Alabama in service
fourth quarter 2013.
PROJECT: Permian Basin Expansion Projects
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Various links extending, expanding crude oil lines in
Permian Basin, West Texas.
CAPACITY: 145 miles of expansions of existing system to add total of 150,000
bpd in capacity in Texas, plus projects in southeast New Mexico
COST: $250 million
START-UP: Late 2012 through 2013
PROJECT: Houma-to-Houston pipeline reversal
OPERATOR: Shell Pipeline LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Houma, Louisiana, to Houston, Texas; reversal will run
from Houston to Houma. Initial phase to allow deliveries of crude from
connecting pipelines and terminals in Houston to Nederland and Port Arthur
started up in January 2013; second phase extending reversal to move crude from
Texas to Houma and Clovelly, Louisiana to be operational by the end of 2013;
tariffs set for two operational sections in Louisiana as of Oct. 1. Phase III
expansion, adding additional pumping capability to the Texas-only portion of the
line, to be done by early 2014.
CAPACITY: Texas segment with Phase III expansion, 250,000 bpd; Texas to
Houma, 375,000 bpd; Houma to Clovelly 500,000 bpd.
COST: $100 million
STARTUP: First phase operational; Phase Two end 2013, Texas-to-Louisiana
segment shut Aug. 1 to finish reversal; Phase Three 2014.
PROJECT: Gulf Coast Pipeline Project (southern leg of Keystone XL)
OPERATOR: TransCanada Corp
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 485-mile, 36-inch pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to
Nederland, Texas; 48-mile lateral pipeline to Houston.
CAPACITY: Initial capacity of 700,000 bpd, expandable to 830,000 bpd
COST: $2.3 billion
STARTUP: As of July 26, 85 percent of construction finished and testing
under way; line-fill expected in October and November; startup expected by the
end of 2013.
PROJECT: Mississippian Lime pipeline
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 135-mile pipeline from Alfalfa County near Alva,
Oklahoma, to Plains’ storage facility at the U.S. crude futures hub in Cushing,
Oklahoma; 55-mile extension will bring move crude to Alfalfa County from
Comanche County, Kansas
CAPACITY: 175,000 bpd for the 135-mile line; 75,000 bpd for the 55-mile
line.
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Larger line started up Aug. 1; extension to start up in the fourth
quarter 2013
PROJECT: White Cliffs Pipeline
OPERATOR: SemGroup Corp
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 527-mile, 12-inch crude oil pipeline from Platteville,
Colorado, to Cushing, Oklahoma. Expansion looping the existing pipeline under
construction.
CAPACITY: Initially 30,000 bpd, expanded to 70,000 bpd; to be expanded
further by 80,000 bpd for a total of 150,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: 70,000 bpd operational, expansion to start up in the first half of
2014.
—————————–
UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNED
—————————–
PROJECT: Sweeny Lateral
OPERATOR: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 27-mile, 12-inch lateral from Kinder Morgan’s
crude-condensate pipeline to Phillips 66’s 247,000 bpd refinery in
Sweeny, Texas. Project includes truck offloading capability in Dewitt County,
Texas, and four storage tanks in Wharton County with 480,000 barrels of
capacity.
COST: n/a
CAPACITY: 100,000 bpd, expanded from 30,000 bpd
STARTUP: End 2013
PROJECT: South Texas Crude Oil pipeline expansion
OPERATOR: NuStar Energy LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Will originate at a 100,000-barrel terminal NuStar will
build near Pawnee in Karnes County, Texas, and will connect to NuStar’s existing
12-inch pipeline system between Pettus and Three Rivers. Also will connect
existing 12-inch pipeline to NuStar’s Oakville terminal for crude delivery to
the NuStar North Beach terminal. Crude to be transported to Corpus Christi via
existing 16-inch pipeline and via new systems to be built to Corpus refineries.
Project also includes truck-receiving facilities at the Pawnee and Oakville
terminals and a new ship dock in Corpus.
CAPACITY: 100,000 bpd
COST: $100 million to $120 million
STARTUP: Pipeline expansion in fourth quarter 2013 and dock facilities in
first quarter 2014.
PROJECT: Western Oklahoma Extension
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 95-mile extension of Plains’ Oklahoma pipeline system
from Orion, Oklahoma to Reydon, Oklahoma at the western state line; will provide
access to the Granite Wash and Cleveland sands oil plays in western Oklahoma and
the Texas Panhandle.
CAPACITY: 75,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: First quarter 2014
PROJECT: Silver Eagle Pipeline
OPERATOR: Blueknight Energy, Silverado Pipeline LLC
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Reactivate 200 miles of existing 10- and 12-inch crude
oil pipelines between Longview, Texas, and Houston
CAPACITY: n/a
COST: n/a
STARTUP: May 2014
PROJECT: Allegheny Access Pipeline
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Midwest to eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
CAPACITY: Initially 85,000 bpd, expandable to 110,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: First half of 2014.
PROJECT: BridgeTex Pipeline
OPERATOR: Occidental Petroleum Corp and Magellan Midstream Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 450-mile pipeline from Colorado City in the Permian
Basin to Houston-area refineries, with access to Texas City and the Houston Ship
Channel; project includes construction of 2.6 million barrels of crude storage
CAPACITY: 300,000 bpd
COST: $1 billion; $600 million from Magellan, $400 million from Occidental
STARTUP: July 2014, construction under way.
PROJECT: Galena Park to Houston Gulf Coast crude distribution
OPERATOR: Magellan Midstream Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Pipeline and terminal system at Galena Park, Texas, to
deliver crude from Magellan’s pipeline system Houston and Texas City refineries.
CAPACITY: n/a
COST: $50 million
STARTUP: Mid-2014
PROJECT: Eaglebine Express
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Proposal to reverse an underused refined products
pipeline to move crude oil from the Eaglebine and Woodbine shale plays in
Hearne, Texas, to Sunoco Logistics’ 22 million-barrel storage hub in Nederland,
Texas
CAPACITY: n/a
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Open season successful; could start up by mid-2014.
PROJECT: Pony Express Pipeline
OPERATOR: Tallgrass Development LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 430-mile converted natural gas pipeline and 260-mile new
pipeline to carry North Dakota Bakken crude from Guernsey, Wyoming, to Cushing,
Oklahoma
CAPACITY: 230,000 to 320,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Construction complete autumn 2013; full startup August 2014.
PROJECT: Cline Shale Pipeline System
OPERATOR: Centurion Pipeline, subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Irion, Sterling, Tom Green and Mitchell Counties in West
Texas to Centurion’s existing Colorado City, Texas, station. 100 miles of new
pipeline and several origination stations, each able to receive crude via truck
or pipeline.
CAPACITY: 75,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Open season successful, startup in second quarter 2014
PROJECT: Granite Wash Extension Pipeline
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Wheeler County Texas in the Texas Panhandle to Ringgold,
Texas north of Fort Worth along the state line; will include about 200 miles of
new pipeline, pump stations, tankage and truck unloading facilities to transport
Granit Wash shale oil output to Sunoco and third-party pipelines that transport
crude to refineries in the Midcontinent and on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
CAPACITY: 70,000 bpd initially.
COST: N/A
STARTUP: Binding open season launched July 17; startup slated for fourth
quarter 2014.
PROJECT: Big Spring Gateway
OPERATOR: Navigator Energy Services LLC, managed by Tenaska Capital
Management
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 190 miles of new crude oil gathering and transmission
pipleines in Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Borden and Glasscock counties in the
Permian Basin in West Texas that connect to Big Spring and then to Colorado
City. From there crude can move on third-party systems to the Texas Gulf Coast
and Longview, Texas.
CAPACITY: 75,000 bpd.
COST: N/A
STARTUP: Fourth quarter 2014
PROJECT: Eastern Gulf Crude Access Pipeline (formerly Trunkline Conversion)
OPERATOR: Energy Transfer Partners LP, 50/50 partner with Enbridge
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Will convert and reverse a 30-inch natural gas pipeline
to carry Bakken and Canadian crude from Patoka, Illinois to St. James,
Louisiana, for refinery markets along the Mississippi River and the Louisiana
Gulf Coast. Pipeline will span more than 700 miles including new lateral near
Boyce, Louisiana, to St. James. Project also will include about 574 miles of
converted natural gas pipeline, about 40 miles of new 30-inch pipeline from the
Patoka hub to the northern end of the converted trunkline, and 160 miles of new
30-inch pipeline to the St. James hub. Depending on the response to an open
season, the project may also include other lateral connections for deliveries to
refineries.
CAPACITY: 420,000 bpd
COST: $1.5 billion
STARTUP: Mid-2015.
PROJECT: Cactus pipeline
OPERATOR: Plains All American
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 20-inch crude pipeline from McCarney Texas to
Gardendale, Texas
CAPACITY: Initially 200,000 bpd, expandable as demand warrants.
COST: $350 million to $375 million.
STARTUP: First quarter of 2015
PROJECT: Phase II Permian Express
OPERATOR: Sunoco Logistics Partners
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Midland, Garden City and Colorado City in West Texas,
connecting to Sunoco and other pipelines that provide access to various markets
and refineries in the Midcontinent and on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
CAPACITY: 200,000 bpd
COST: N/A
STARTUP: Open season Sept. 18, expected to be operational in second quarter
2015.
PROJECT: Westward Ho
OPERATOR: Shell Pipeline
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: St. James, Louisiana to Houston
CAPACITY: Initially 300,000 bpd, expandable to 900,000 bpd depending on
shipper interest.
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Third quarter 2015 pending regulatory approvals.
PROJECT: Southern Access Extension
OPERATOR: Enbridge
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Flanagan, Illinois to Patoka, Illinois
CAPACITY: 300,000 bpd
COST: $800 million
STARTUP: Early 2015
PROJECT: U.S. Mainline/Line 62 Expansion
OPERATOR: Enbridge
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Flanagan, Illinois to Griffith, Indiana
CAPACITY: 130,000 bpd to 235,000 bpd
COST: $500 million
STARTUP: Mid-2015
PROJECT: Keystone XL, northern leg
OPERATOR: TransCanada
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska
CAPACITY: 1,179-mile, 36-inch pipeline to be able to move 830,000 bpd;
awaiting presidential permit from the U.S. State Department.
COST: $5.3 billion
STARTUP: If presidential permit received in 2013, startup in 2015
PROJECT: U.S. Mainline/ Line 61 Expansion
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Superior, Wisconsin, to Flanagan, Illinois
CAPACITY: 400,000 bpd to 560,000 bpd
COST: $1.3 billion
STARTUP: Mid-2015-early 2016
PROJECT: Sandpiper Pipeline
OPERATOR; Enbridge
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Bakken shale region to Superior, Wisconsin
CAPACITY: 375,000 bpd
COST: $2.5 billion
STARTUP: Early 2016
PROJECT: Eastern Access/Line 6B Expansion
OPERATOR: Enbridge
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Griffith, Indiana to Sarnia, Ontario
CAPACITY: 231,000 bpd to 491,000 bpd
COST: $400 million
STARTUP: Early 2016
PROJECT: Southern Trails Pipeline conversion
OPRATOR: Questar Pipeline
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: 485 miles from San Juan Basin in New Mexico to Southern
California near Essex, California; west section runs 96 miles from Whitewater,
California to a crude oil terminal Long Beach. 485-mile section currently in use
for natural gas, but volumes are low.
CAPACITY: 120,000 bpd
COST: n/a
STARTUP: 2016, pending results of review through mid-2013
PROJECT: Dakota Express Pipeline
OPERATOR: Koch Pipeline LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Williston Basin, western North Dakota, to Hartford,
Illinois and Patoka, Illinois. Koch also will explore a connection at Patoka to
Energy Transfer Partners’ joint-venture Eastern Gulf Crude Access Pipeline,
which would be able to move Bakken and Canadian heavy crude to U.S. Gulf Coast
refineries.
CAPACITY: 250,000 barrels per day initially
COST: N/A
STARTUP: 2016, if project has enough shipper interest to move forward.
Company announced a 45-day nonbinding open season on June 18, and will conduct a
binding open season if supported by shipper interest.
———–
CANCELLED
———–
PROJECT: Freedom Pipeline
OPERATOR: Kinder Morgan
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: Midland and Wink Texas in the Permian Basin to Los
Angeles, Barstow and Emidio, California. Project includes conversion of 740
miles of existing natural gas pipeline to move crude, 22 miles of new pipeline
for interconnections in California, and 200 miles of new pipeline between Wink
and El Paso, Texas; also construction of tank facilities in Texas and delivery
points in California.
CAPACITY: Initially 277,000 bpd, expandable to 400,000 bpd
COST: $2 billion
STARTUP: Would have started up in the fourth quarter of 2014, but canceled
on May 31 after open season ending May 30 failed to solicit sufficient shipper
interest.
PROJECT: Niobrara Falls Project
OPERATOR: NuStar Energy LP
ORIGIN/DESTINATION: New crude oil pipelines from gathering locations in the
Niobrara shale near Platteville and Watkins, Colorado, to a tie-in point on
NuStar’s existing refined products pipeline that runs from McKee, Texas to
Denver. The products line will be reversed and converted to carry crude from
Denver to McKee, and then connected with NuStar’s 14-inch Wichita Falls-to-McKee
crude line, which also will be reversed to move oil to Wichita Falls from McKee.
CAPACITY: 70,000 to 75,000 bpd for Colorado, 125,000 to 130,000 bpd for
Wichita Falls.
COST: n/a
STARTUP: Had been planned for 2013 and early 2014, but project canceled on
lack of shipper interest; could be revisited as Niobrara production increases
over the next two years.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays in Houston; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Terry
Wade)
