Monarch Oil Pipeline

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Monarch Oil Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline in the United States.

Location

The pipeline would run from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Houston, Texas.

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Project Details

• Operator: Enbridge
• Current capacity:
• Proposed capacity: 350,000 barrels per day (bpd)
• Length: 805 kilometers (500 miles)
• Status: Cancelled
• Start Year:

Background

Monarch was a proposed 24” pipeline to transport 350,000 bpd of light sweet crude from Cushing, Oklahoma, to refineries in Houston, Texas. In 2011 the pipeline was replaced by the proposed Wrangler Oil Pipeline, which was also cancelled in 2011, and replaced by a reversal of the Seaway Oil Pipeline, completed in 2012.