BridgeTex Pipeline to begin initial commissioning process

BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC, a company owned by Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, is planning to begin the commissioning of the BridgeTex pipeline in Q3 2014.

Given the significant need for crude oil transportation service from the Permian Basin to the Houston Gulf Coast area, and in order to accommodate requests of committed and prospective spot shippers to provide access to available transportation infrastructure as soon as it becomes available, BridgeTex intends to begin limited commercial operations on the pipeline as part of the initial commissioning process. The company has begun to fill storage tankage at the origin of the system in Colorado City, Texas, and operations to fill the pipeline will begin in the near future.

Once fully operational, the BridgeTex pipeline system will have the capacity to transport up to 300 000 bbls/d of crude oil from Colorado City to the Houston Gulf Coast area. The project includes approximately 450 miles of newly constructed pipeline from Colorado City to Houston and Texas City.

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

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