Platte Crude Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source: Casper, Wyoming
• Destination: Wood River, Illinois
• Ownership: Spectra
• Website: USA
• Length: kilometres (932 miles)
• Capacity: 164,000 barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type: Bakken and Western Canadian

Brief Description

• The 20-inch Platte Pipeline, 932 miles in length, has a delivery capacity of up to 164,000 barrels per day of oil from Casper to Wood River, Illinois, serving refineries in Colorado, Kansas and Illinois
• It delivers crude oil to refineries in Colorado, Kansas and Illinois
• It connects with the Express Oil Pipeline System and the Jayhawk Crude Oil Pipeline at Holdrege, Nebraska
• It connects with the Pony Express Crude Oil Pipeline at Guernsey, Wyoming

Pipeline Status

• In operation

History

• 1952 - Pipeline enters operations
• 2002 - Encana disposes of the pipeline to a consortium, comprised of BC Gas Inc. (TSX: BCG), Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• 2012 - Spectra Energy agrees to Acquire the Pipeline System
• 2013 - Acquisition completed
• 2016 - Capacity expanded by 21,000 bpd
• 2017 - Enbridge became owner following merger with Spectra

Other Information

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Links

1. EIA Liquids Pipeline Projects 2015-2020
2. EnCana plans disposition of two major crude oil pipeline systems
3. Spectra Energy to Acquire Express-Platte Pipeline System
4. Spectra Energy Acquires Express-Platte Pipeline System
5. Enbridge and Spectra Energy Complete Merger