BridgeTex Oil Pipeline
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BridgeTex Oil Pipeline is an oil pipeline in Texas, United States that transports crude oil from the Permian Basin to the Houston gulf coast.[1]
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Location
The pipeline originates in Colorado City, Texas, and terminates in Texas City, Texas.
Project Details
- Operator: Magellan Midstream Partners (50%), Plains All American Pipeline (50%) [1]
- Current capacity: 400,000 barrels per day
- Length: 400 miles (644 kilometers)[1]
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: September 2014[1]
Background
The BridgeTex pipeline transports Permian Basin crude oil from Colorado City, Texas to the Houston gulf coast area.[2]
In January 2017, an expansion of the BridgeTex pipeline from 300,000 barrels per day to 400,000 barrels per day was announced.[2] The expansion was completed in Q2 2017.[3]
In April 2017, Plains All American Pipeline and Magellan Midstream Partners filed an amended breach of contract lawsuit that seeks $311.8 million in damages from Stampede Energy, alleging the company failed to meet its minimum volume requirements on the BridgeTex pipeline beginning in March 2015.[3]
In July 2017, Magellan Midstream and Plains All American Pipeline announced that they were considering expanding the pipeline capacity further to 440,000 barrels per day.[3]
Spills
In September 2017, Magellan Midstream reported the largest Hurricane-Harvey-caused spill near Houston at a gasoline tank.[4] Initially estimating a spill of 1,000 barrels, Magellan Midstream later confirmed the spill was significantly larger, nearly 11,000 barrels.[4] Flooding from Hurricane Harvey inundated the Galena Park terminal east of Houston, causing the spill.[4] Federal and state regulators failed to publicly acknowledge the extent of the spill for nearly two weeks.[5]
Expansion Project Details
- Owners: Magellan Midstream Partners (50%), Plains All American Pipeline (50%) [1]
- Proposed capacity: 40,000 barrels per day[2]
- Length:
- Status: Shelved
- Start Year:
Expansion Background
In July 2017, Magellan Midstream and Plains All American Pipeline announced that they were considering expanding the pipeline capacity further to a total of 440,000 barrels per day.[3]
There have been no expansion development updates in over two years and the project is presumed to be shelved.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 10-K, Midstream Energy Partners, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 BridgeTex Pipeline adding 100,000 b/d of Permian crude capacity, Oil and Gas Journal, 26 Jan. 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Magellan, Plains consider BridgeTex crude pipeline expansion; launch open season, Platts, 7 Jul. 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Magellan gasoline leak is biggest known spill of Harvey aftermath, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2017
- ↑ Galena Park gasoline spill dwarfed other Harvey leaks, but stayed out of public eye for days, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2017
Related SourceWatch articles
External resources
- PHMSA Southern District Spill Response Plan: Pipelines, Magellan Midstream Partners, 27 Jun. 2014
