Sterling NGL Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source:
• Destination: Mont Belvieu, Texas
• Ownership: OneOK
• Website: https://www.oneok.com/
• Length: kilometres ( miles)
• Capacity: barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type:

Brief Description

• The Sterling I pipeline transports NGL purity products from the fractionator in Medford, Okla., to the Mont Belvieu, Texas
• The Sterling III Pipeline traverses the NGL-rich Woodford Shale, as well as provide transportation capacity for NGL production from the growing Cana-Woodford Shale and Granite Wash. It is 550 miles long and has capacity of 190,000 bpd

Pipeline Status

• In operation

History

• 2010 - Oneok announces a project to increase capacity on Sterling I
• 2011 - Sterling I expansion completed
• 2011 - Oneok announces the construction of the Sterling III Pipeline
• 2013 - Pipeline 1 reconfigured to carry both mixed and purity natural gas liquids
• 2014 - Sterling III Pipeline enters service
• 2014 - Sterling II Pipeline reconfigured to carry both mixed and purity natural gas liquids

Other Information

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Links

1. EIA Liquids Pipeline Projects 2010-2014
2. ONEOK Partners Announces $36 Million Expansion of Sterling Natural Gas Liquids Distribution Pipeline
3. ONEOK Partners to Build New Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline and Fractionator to Serve the Gulf Coast Market