Cactus Oil Pipeline

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Summary Information

  • Source: McCamey, Texas
  • Destination: Gardendale, Texas
  • Ownership: Plains All American
  • Website: http://www.paalp.com/
  • Length:
    • Cactus 1 - 310 miles
    • Cactus 2 - 575 miles
  • Capacity:
    • Cactus 1 - 350,000 barrels of oil per day
    • Cactus 1 - 670,000 barrels of oil per day
  • Crude Type:

Brief Description

  • A 310-mile, 20-inch crude oil pipeline from McCamey to Gardendale, Texas. The Cactus 1 Pipeline was placed into service in the second quarter of 2015.
  • A 575-mile, 20-inch crude oil pipeline from From Wink to Corpus Christi and Ingleside, Texas. The Cactus 2 Pipeline was placed into service in 2019.
  • The pipeline can transport both sweet and sour crude oil from the Permian Basin to the PAA/Enterprise Products Partners Eagle Ford Joint Venture (Eagle Ford JV) Pipeline.
  • The Eagle Ford JV Pipeline System directly serves the Three Rivers and Corpus Christi markets and can supply the Houston-area market through a connection to the Enterprise South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline.

Pipeline Status

  • In operation

History

  • 2013 - Plains announced it is constructing the Cactus Pipeline
  • 2014 - Pipeline expansion announced
  • 2015 - Cactus 1 enters service
  • 2015 - Cactus 1 expanded to 250,000 bpd
  • 2017 - Cactus 1 expanded to 350,000 bpd
  • 2019 - Cactus 2 enters service

Other Information

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Links

  1. EIA Liquids Pipeline Projects 2015-2020
  2. Plains All American Announces New Cactus Pipeline From McCamey to Gardendale, Texas
  3. Plains All American Pipeline Announces Plans to Expand Cactus Pipeline Takeaway Capacity