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* [[Baton Rouge Refinery]], LA | * [[Baton Rouge Refinery]], LA | ||
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* [[Citgo Lake Charles Refinery]], LA | * [[Citgo Lake Charles Refinery]], LA | ||
* [[Convent Refinery]], LA | * [[Convent Refinery]], LA |
Revision as of 10:07, 24 January 2022
Contents
Summary Information
- Source: Houston, Texas
- Destination: Greensboro, North Carolina
- Ownership: Colonial Pipeline Co.
- Website: http://www.colpipe.com/
- Length: kilometres (5,500 miles)
- Capacity: barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type: Refined Products
Brief Description
- The pipeline consists of 5,500 miles of steel pipe buried underground.
- The Colonial system connects refineries in the Gulf Coast and elsewhere to more than 260 marketing terminals. This network of pipelines and terminals operated by Colonial customers serves communities across the South and Eastern United States.
- The Colonial pipeline consists of 4 main lines and a number of branch lines.
- Line 1 - A 40 inch line moving 1.5 million barrels/day of gasoline from Houston to Greensboro, NC
- Line 2 - A 36 inch line moving 1.2 million barrels/day of middle distillates (diesel, heating oil, jet fuel) from Houston to Greensboro, NC
- Line 3 - An 885 thousand barrels/day line moving all products (gasoline, diesel, heating oil, jet fuel) from Greensboro, NC to Linden, NJ
- Line 4 - A 32 inch line moving 700 thousand barrels/day from Greensboro, NC to Baltimore
- Major spurs off the main lines include:
- Atlanta to Southern Georgia
- Atlanta to Tennessee (Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville)
- Greensboro to Raleigh/Durham, NC
- Mitchell (central Virginia) to Richmond, Norfolk, and Roanoke
- Colonial connects to a number of other pipelines that move product on through the Northeast, including:
- Laurel pipeline (Buckeye) - Connects in Philadelphia and moves product west through Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh
- IHT - Connects in Linden and moves product across the surrounding New York and New Jersey area
- Long Island pipeline (Buckeye) - Connects in Linden and moves product across Long Island
- Buckeye East System - Connects in Linden and moves product west to Eastern Pennsylvania, where there is a connection to the Laurel pipeline and lines moving north into Northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York
Pipeline Status
In operation
Refineries Connected to the Pipeline
There are 29 refineries connected to the pipeline including
- Alliance Refinery, LA
- Baton Rouge Refinery, LA
- Baytown Refinery, TX
- Beaumont Refinery, TX
- Citgo Lake Charles Refinery, LA
- Convent Refinery, LA
- Galveston Bay Refinery, TX
- Houston Refining, TX
- Krotz Springs Refinery, LA
- New Orleans Refinery, LA
- Norco Refinery, LA
- Pasadena Refinery, TX
- Paulsboro Refinery, NJ
- Phillips66 Lake Charles Refinery, LA
- Port Arthur Motiva Refinery, TX
- Tuscaloosa Refinery,
- Valero Houston Refinery, TX
- Valero Port Arthur Refinery, TX
Pipeline Interconnects
- Collins Oil Products Pipeline in Collins, Mississippi
- Products can also be exported via the Enterprise Beaumont Marine Terminal
History
- 2000 - Colonial Pipeline Announces Mainline Capacity Expansion Plans
- 2014 - Beaumont Marine Terminal opened
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