Gray Oak Pipeline LLC has announced a binding open season starting on May 9 to gauge shipper interest in expanding the Gray Oak Pipeline (yellow line on map below) by up to 120 Mb/d. The 850-mile crude oil pipeline system, operated by Enbridge, extends from West Texas to destination points including Corpus Christi, Ingleside and Freeport. Gray Oak also receives volumes from the Eagle Ford. The open season is scheduled to conclude June 28.
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Gray Oak Crude Oil Pipeline Sanctions Expansion
Gray Oak Pipeline LLC sanctioned a 120-Mb/d expansion of the pipeline, operated by Enbridge, following a successful open season.
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I Want to Break Free - Gray Oak Expansion Helping to Ease Permian-to-Corpus Crude Oil Congestion
The pipelines carrying crude oil from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Corpus Christi area have been as jammed as an urban highway on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. The Gray Oak Pipeline, the largest from the Permian to Corpus, has just completed the 80-Mb/d first phase of a planned two-phase expansion that will add a total of 120 Mb/d of capacity. In today’s RBN blog, we’ll discuss what this project means for pipeline congestion and crude exports out of Corpus and nearby Ingleside.
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Movin' On Up - Gray Oak Stands Out as the Only Permian Crude Pipeline to Greenlight an Expansion
As crude oil production in the Permian continues to grow and pipelines from West Texas to the Gulf Coast edge closer to full utilization, it’s becoming a challenge for producers and shippers alike. Amid this capacity crunch, one pipeline stands out as the only one with a detailed expansion plan: the 850-mile, 900-Mb/d Gray Oak Pipeline from West Texas to Corpus Christi and Sweeny, TX, which started up in late 2019 and became fully operational in early 2020. In today’s RBN blog — the latest in our series on Permian crude oil pipelines — we discuss Gray Oak Pipeline’s dynamic story, including its shifting ownership, strategic connectivity and expansion plans.
