Project Profile
Value: US$350 m - $375 m; expansion US$400 m - $500 m
Location: from McCamey to Gardendale (La Salle County), Texas, USA
Capacity: approximately 330,000 bpd (from 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2014)
Expansion Capacity: 390,000 b/d.
Length: 310-mile, 20-in
Expansion completion deadline: 3Q 2017
The Cactus pipeline is capable of transporting crude oil from the Permian to the PAA-Enterprise Products Partners LP Eagle Ford joint venture pipeline. The 660,000-b/d Eagle Ford JV pipeline serves the Three Rivers and Corpus Christi markets directly and can supply the Houston-area market through a connection to the Enterprise South Texas crude pipeline. Crude delivered on Cactus has access to the Eagle Ford JV barge dock facility in the Corpus Christi area as well as dock capacity at third-party facilities in Corpus Christi and Ingleside via connections with the Eagle Ford JV pipeline.
Expansion
Plains All American Pipeline plans to expand Cactus Pipeline takeaway capacity. Plains All American plans to provide additional pumps to increase the takeaway capacity of the Cactus Pipeline in response to higher regional production forecasts and shipper demand. Installation of booster stations along the pipeline, which runs from McCamey to Gardendale (La Salle County), Texas, will result in an increase in throughput from approximately 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) to approximately 390,000 b/d. This expansion, in conjunction with the previously announced Eagle Ford Joint Venture Pipeline expansion, will allow PAA to move increased production volumes from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi and other delivery points along the system. The original date for completion was 4Q of 2015 but this has now been extended until 3Q of 2017.
Operators:
Plains All American Pipeline LP: Operator with 100% interest