Basin Oil Pipeline
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Basin Oil Pipeline is an oil pipeline in the United States.[1]
Contents
Location
The pipeline originates in Wink, Texas, and terminates in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Project Details
- Operator: Plains All American Pipeline (87%)[1][2]
- Current capacity: 240,000 to 450,000 barrels per day, depending on the segment[2]
- Length: 530 miles (853 kilometers)[2]
- Status: Operating
Background
The Basin Oil Pipeline transports crude oil from the Permian Basin in west Texas and southern New Mexico to Cushing, Oklahoma.[2] It also provides initial transportation of Permian Basin crude oil to the Gulf Coast via connections to other pipelines at Colorado City, Texas and Wichita Falls, Texas.[2]
In January 2011, Plains All American Pipeline announced a project to expand the Basin Pipeline system capacity in the segment from Colorado City, Texas to Cushing, Oklahoma from its then-current capacity of 400,000 barrels per day to 450,000 barrels per day.[3]
In 2015, Plains All American Pipeline placed into service a 24-inch pipeline loop of Basin Oil Pipeline from Wink to Midland.[2]
Spills
In January 2016, PHMSA issued a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil Penalty after the Mesa to Basin Pipeline spilled approximately 500 barrels of crude oil on 1 January 2015. In March 2017, PHMSA issued a final order regarding the spill, concluding that Plains All American Pipeline failed to carry out its written damage prevention program and imposing a civil penalty of $184,300, which Plains All American Pipeline subsequently paid.[4]
In April 2017, Plains All American Pipeline spilled 19,000 gallons of oil northwest of Oklahoma City from an unspecified pipeline.[5]
Opposition
In 2014, the pipeline drew scrutiny when Plains All American Pipeline replaced a section of the pipeline running under Thunderbird Lake -- the drinking water source for Norman, Oklahoma -- for "maintenance purposes," which environmental advocate Casey Holcomb characterized as "extremely disturbing."[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Basin Oil Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 10-K, Plains All American Pipeline, 25 Feb. 2016
- ↑ PAA To Expand Capacity of Basin Pipeline System, Plains All American Pipeline, 25 Jan. 2011
- ↑ U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-Q, Plains All American Pipeline, 30 Jun. 2017
- ↑ Plains All American Pipeline Continues Cleanup of 19,000-Gallon Oil Spill, Pipeline Town Hall, 24 Jun. 2017
- ↑ [http://bit.ly/2jNxQLU Oil pipeline sparks concern over Norman drinking water, Oklahoma Channel 4 News, 28 Nov. 2014
