Five petroleum product pipelines were completed in the United States in 2024

The completed projects are:

Texas Western Products system

Enterprise Products Partners’ Texas Western Products system is a conversion and reversal of a 60 000 bpd pipeline that transports refined products (gasoline and diesel) from the Texas Gulf Coast to markets in the Mid-continent and Rocky Mountain regions. The system serves four key destinations: Gaines County, Texas; Jal, New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Grand County, Utah. It was completed in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Houston to El Paso refined petroleum products pipeline

ONEOK’s Houston to El Paso refined petroleum products pipeline system is a 30 000 bpd expansion along its existing route between Odessa and Crane, Texas. The new 30 mile, 16 in. pipeline increases the total capacity to approximately 100 000 bpd from Gulf Coast and Mid-Continent refineries to El Paso. It was completed in the 1Q24.

Daytona NGL pipeline

Targa Resource’s Daytona NGL Pipeline is a 400 000 bpd pipeline that transports Y-grade natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Permian Basin to North Texas, where it connects with Targa’s Grand Prix NGL Pipeline. From there, NGLs move to Targa’s fractionation and storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The pipeline is approximately 400 miles in length with a 30 in. diameter and was completed in the 4Q24.

Seminole Red Pipeline

Enterprise Products Partners’ Seminole Red Pipeline is a conversion of a 280 000 bpd crude oil pipeline back to an HGL pipeline while the company builds the Bahia Pipeline, another HGL pipeline project that will also service the Permian Basin. The pipeline transports Y-grade NGLs approximately 440 miles from the Permian Basin in West Texas to Enterprise’s fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The Seminole Red Pipeline was originally an HGL pipeline before it was converted to a crude oil pipeline in 2019. The conversion back to HGL service was completed in the first quarter of 2024.

West Texas NGL Loop

The West Texas NGL Loop developed by ONEOK is a 40 000 bpd expansion that increased the total pipeline capacity to 515 000 bpd. The looping expansion involved installing additional pipeline segments in parallel to the existing line, which extends along the West Texas NGL Pipeline route from the Permian Basin to multiple fractionation and storage facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The company completed the project in the 4Q24 and plans to add pump stations by mid-2025 to further expand capacity to 740 000 bpd.

The EIA's Liquids Pipeline Projects Database contains information about projects at various stages of construction. In addition to these completed projects, the EIA estimates there are nine announced pipeline projects and eight projects under construction in the United States. It also estimates 17 projects have been permanently cancelled since 2020.

The EIA's Liquids Pipeline Projects Database compiles information on more than 270 future, ongoing, and past liquids pipeline projects in the United States. These pipelines carry crude oil, HGLs, and petroleum products – which include gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refinery products. This database includes projects that date back to 2010. The database contains project types, start dates, capacity, mileage, geographic information, and project status. The EIA tracks expanded, reversed, converted, and new pipeline projects.

Some projects are connected to each other, with some pipelines doubling as segments of other longer lines that may carry the same fuels to their final destination. As a result, adding together the capacity of all projects would result in overestimating or double counting some pipeline capacity.

 

 

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