Express Oil Pipeline System

Summary Information

• Source: Hardisty, Alberta, Canada
• Destination: Casper, Wyoming, USA
• Ownership: Kinder Morgan
• Website: http://www.kindermorgan.com/
• Length: 1263 km (785 miles)
• Capacity: 280,000 barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type: light, medium and heavy Canadian crude oil

+++ The Route

• The pipeline takes crude from Hardisty, Alberta, a rapidly growing Canadian oil hub, and delivers them to markets in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
• The Express pipeline interconnects with the Platte Crude Oil Pipeline system at Casper, Wyoming and the Silvertip Crude Oil Pipeline

+++ Pipeline Status

• Operational

+++ History

• 1997 - Pipeline begins operations
• 2002 - Encana disposes of the pipeline to a consortium, comprised of BC Gas Inc. (TSX: BCG), BorealisInfrastructure Management Inc. and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• 2012 - Spectra Energy agrees to Acquire the Pipeline System
• 2013 - Project launched to connect the pipeline to the Front Range Crude Oil pipeline, serving the Laurel Refinery
• 2013 - Acquisition completed
• 2016 - Capacity increased from 250,000 b/d to 280,000 b/d
• 2017 -

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

1. Express and Platte Pipeline Systems
2. EnCana plans disposition of two major crude oil pipeline systems
3. Spectra Energy to Acquire Express-Platte Pipeline System
4. CHS will boost crude oil access with Express Pipeline connection
5. Spectra Energy Acquires Express-Platte Pipeline System