As expected, RRC data shows that Permian Basin crude oil flows to Houston extended their recovery in November 2024, rebounding from the sharp decline in June — the lowest volume since September 2023 (see blue line on the chart below). The June dip was driven by a planned 10-day maintenance event on the Wink-to-Webster (W2W) Pipeline. By November, volumes rose to 2.48 MMb/d, up 31 Mb/d from October, though still trailing the 2.55 MMb/d average recorded during the first five months of 2024.
With pipelines to Corpus Christi operating at near-full capacity, Houston has increasingly absorbed much of the incremental growth in Permian production. However, this trajectory was temporarily disrupted in June when W2W underwent maintenance to reroute a small segment of the line.
