Texas Access

Enbridge Inc. and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company have proposed a new pipeline system, to transport crude oil from Patoka, Illinois to the Texas Gulf Coast. The new pipeline system, called “Texas Access Pipeline,” will transport crude oil sourced from the Canadian oil sands region in Alberta and from the upper U.S. Midwest to refiners in the Nederland and Houston, Texas, areas.

The proposed project comprises a new 768-mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline which will transport crude oil from a receipt point in the vicinity of ExxonMobil Pipeline’s Patoka, IL, crude oil terminal southward to a delivery point in the vicinity of existing terminals in Nederland, Texas.

Also proposed is an 88-mile, 24-inch pipeline to transport crude oil onward from Nederland to a delivery point in the East Houston area.

Through potential connections with existing terminals in Nederland and Houston, the new pipeline system can provide shippers with the added flexibility of moving onto different crude oil distribution pipelines. The pipeline is expected to be in service in 2014.

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