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OIL: Enbridge Looking to Expand Gray Oak Oil Pipeline Capacity to Corpus Christi

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Enbridge looking to sell new space on a crude pipeline to the Corpus Christi oil port in Texas could help to alleviate constrained pipeline capacity at the key export hub according to Bloomberg.

  • The operator is looking to add as much as 120kb/d of capacity on the 900kb/d Gray Oak pipeline with commitment from shippers. The pipeline transports crude from West Texas to Corpus Christi and Freeport.
  • Corpus Christi feeder pipelines including EPIC and Plains All American’s Cactus are operating at full capacity forcing exporters to switch to other Texas ports around Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Nederland. 
  • Ports around the Corpus Christi area account for over half of US oil exports and is the location for the majority of the most economical supertanker-loading capacity.
  • The Gray Oak expansion doesn’t involve new construction, instead using drag-reducing agents to allow a faster oil flow.

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