Project Profile
Location: West Texas, USA
Production: Increase crude oil outflow by 150,000 BPD (expandable to 350,000 BPD)
Start-up Year: July 2012
Sunoco Logistics has begun the Permian express project to increase crude oil outflow from West Texas by 150,000 BPD expandable to 350,000 BPD. Permian Express is a new project to transport West Texas crude oil to Gulf Coast markets. Phase I of the project will have a capacity of approximately 150,000 barrels per day. Permian Express could be expanded to at least 350,000 barrels per day. For Permian Express Phase I, Sunoco Logistics will offer approximately 150,000 barrels per day of crude oil service from Wichita Falls, Texas to the Nederland/Beaumont, Texas markets. Sunoco Logistics will reverse its Wortham-to-Wichita Falls pipeline to create continuous pipeline service from Wichita Falls to Nederland including utilising excess capacity on the southern leg of the West Texas Gulf pipeline system. Permian Express Phase I will offer customers speed to market as it will be operational within 6 to 9 months with an initial capacity of 90,000 barrels per day. Full capacity of 150,000 barrels per day is expected within 12 to 18 months.
The Open Season for Phase I is anticipated to be launched in the end of June 2012. A second phase could deliver additional West Texas crude oil to key Gulf Coast destinations such as the Nederland/Beaumont market and further east to the refining centers in Louisiana up to St. James using a combination of new and existing pipelines. For Permian Express Phase II, Sunoco Logistics could twin a 300-mile pipeline, parallel to the existing West Texas Gulf pipeline, from Colorado City to Wortham where it could connect to the existing excess capacity of the southern leg of the West Texas Gulf pipeline system. Permian Express Phase II could have initial takeaway capacity of approximately 200,000 barrels per day and be operational in the second half of 2014.
Operators:
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.: Operator with 100% interest