Refined Products Pipelines
Our refined products pipelines and related activities consist primarily of a regulated 4,700 mile products pipeline system and related terminal operations (the “Products Pipeline System”) that generally extends in a northeasterly direction from the upper Texas Gulf Coast to the Northeast U.S., and a 50% joint venture interest in Centennial Pipeline, which owns a 794-mile refined products pipeline system that extneds from the upper Texas Gulf Coast to central Illinois.
The Products Pipeline System transports refined products, and to a lesser extent, petrochemicals such as ethylene and propylene and NGLs such as propane and normal butane. Refined products represent output from refineries and include gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, kerosene, distillates and heating oil. Refined products also include blend stocks such as raffinate and naphtha. Blend stocks are primarily used to produce gasoline or as a petrochemical plant feedstock. The Centennial Pipeline interconnects our Products Pipeline System near Creal Springs, Illinois, and effectively loops the Products Pipeline System between Beaumont, Texas and southern Illinois. This permits effective supply of products to points south of Illinois as well as incremental product supply capacity to mid-continent markets downstream of southern Illinois.
Our refined products pipelines and related activities also include the distribution and marketing operations we provide at our Aberdeen, Mississippi and Boligee, Alabama terminals. In the fourth quarter of 2009, we expanded the terminaling and marketing operations associated with our refined products pipeline business.
Description of Asset |
Ownership Interest |
Location |
Length (Miles) |
Useable Storage Capacity (MMBbls) |
Refined products pipelines |
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Products Pipeline System (1) |
100% |
Texas to Midwest and Northeast U.S. |
4,700 |
13.0 |
Centennial Pipeline |
50% (2) |
Texas to Central Illinois |
794 |
2.3 |
Other Pipelines (3) |
|
Texas |
210 |
|
River Terminals (4) |
|
Alabama, Mississippi |
n/a |
0.6 |
Total |
|
|
5,704 |
15.9 |
(1) In addition to the 13 MMBbls of refined products working storage capacity, we have 5.4 MMBbls of NGL working storage capacity that is used to support operations on our Products Pipeline System.
(2) Our ownership interest in this pipeline is held indirectly through our equity method investment in Centennial.
(3) Our Products Pipeline System includes 210 miles of unregulated pipelines in south Texas used primarily to transport petrochemical products.
(4) Represents a propane receiving terminal that includes a refrigerated storage tank along with ship unloading and truck loading facilities.