According to the latest monthly data from the Texas Railroad Commission, crude oil flows from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi declined slightly in June, decreasing by 19 Mb/d from May levels to 2.39 MMb/d (see blue line in the graph below). Including Eagle Ford volumes picked up along the route, the total transported volumes reached 2.65 MMb/d in June. Month-on-month fluctuations across Permian-to-Corpus pipelines remained minimal.
There are four oil pipelines flowing from the Permian Basin to the Corpus Christi area — Plains’ Cactus I (390 Mb/d) and Cactus II (670 Mb/d), Enbridge’s Gray Oak (900 Mb/d) and EPIC Crude (600 Mb/d). Despite a 10-day downtime on the Wink to Webster pipeline in June, Cactus I and II experienced slight decreases in flow. Their combined utilization rates hovered around 86%, indicating they had capacity to capture additional Permian volumes. EPIC and Gray Oak, which were already operating at full utilization (including Eagle Ford receipts), recorded minor increases.
