List of oil pipelines

This is a list of oil pipelines.

Africa

Asia

Europe

A non-exhaustive map of oil pipelines in Europe (2007)

Americas

Northern America

Canada

Canada
NameStatusCapacity (bpd)Receipt Point(s)CrossingDelivery Point(s)Owner(s)Length (km)RegulatorNotes
Auroraoperating45,000Rangeland PipelineCarwayGlacier PipelinePlains Midstream0.75AER
CochinoperatingExplorer, TEPPCO, Wabash pipelines at Kankakee, ILElmore, SKFort Saskatchewan, ABMoves condensate westward from 2014; from 1979 it moved product eastward.
Enbridge Bakkenoperating145,000Steelman, SK, & Berthold, NDPortalEnbridge Mainline at CromerEnbridge Bakken Pipeline Co132
Enbridge Pipeline SystemoperatingKerrobert & Regina, SK; Cromer, MB; Clearbrook, MBGretna, MBEnbridge
Enbridge Norman WellssuspendedNorman Well, NWTZama, ABEnbridge Pipelines (NW) Inc.869 cShut down after

2016

Express Pipelineoperating280,000Hardisty, ABWild Horse, ABCasper, WYExpress Pipeline Ltd439 c
Keystone Pipeline 1,2,3operating300,000Alberta (Hardisty)Haskett, ABSteele City, NB & Cushing, OKTransCanadaCrosses South Dakota to Steele City, where it branches east through Kansas and Missouri to delivery points at Wood River and Patoka, Illinois, and south to delivery points at Cushing, Oklahoma and Houston and Port Arthur, Texas. Along the way at Patoka, Keystone delivers crude oil to the Plains terminal which facilitates delivery to local refineries via third party pipelines.
Keystone XL PipelinecancelledTransCanadaProject cancelled in June 2021 as a result of US President Biden revoking permits for the project on January 20, 2021, due to opposition from Native American tribes, climate activists, and the Democratic Party, as the Keystone XL pipeline will worsen pollution and climate change.
Milk River Pipelineoperating97,900Bow River Pipeline, Milk River, ABSweetgrass, MTFront Range Pipeline, Coutts, ABPlains Midstream69 cAER
Portland-Montreal Pipe Linepart operation223,000South Portland, MEMontreal, QCMontreal Pipe Line Ltd236 cThis is the NEB-regulated segment of the Portland-Montreal pipeline system. Moves crude from Atlantic to Suncor refinery at Montreal. Two of 3 pipelines decommissioned (12 & 18 inch). Only 24-inch in operation
Southern Lightsoperating180,000Manhattan, ILEdmonton, ABEnbridge Southern Lights GP Inc.1529 cMoves diluent north; formed in 2010 by reversing 1465 km of former Enbridge Line 13 and constructing 1091 km of new pipeline in the U.S. It shares the Enbridge Mainline right-of-way.
Trans Mountain Pipeline SystemoperatingEdmonton, AB, & Kamloops, BC.Burnaby & Burrard Inlet, BC, & Sumas, WAKinder MorganMoves crude oil & petroleum products to Parkland Burnaby refinery & Suncor Burrard products terminal; moves crude oil to four refineries in Washington via connection at Sumas to Puget Sound Pipeline; moves crude oil to Asia and U.S. West coast via Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. One of few to ship crude & products in one pipe
Trans-Northernoperating132,000Montreal & NanticokeToronto, Oakville, Ottawa, Maitland, Belleville, Cornwall, Kingston, Montreal, DorvalRPPs delivery at points including Oakville, Toronto, Ottawa, Maitland, Belleville, Cornwall, Kingston, Montreal, Dorval; operates bi-directionally between Toronto & Oakville. Three other petroleum products pipelines (two Sun-Canadian and Enbridge's Line 8) transport gasoline, diesel, heating oil and jet fuel to Toronto and other cities along the route.
Utopia / Cochin Easternoperating50,000Harrison County, OHWindsor, ONFormerly the eastern part of Cochin. Moves ethane from new pipeline from a point in Harrison County to a connection with existing Kinder Morgan pipeline and facilities near Riga, Michigan.
Wascanaoperating40,000Raymond Station, MTPlains Terminal, ReginaPlains Midstream173 cMoves light crude from Bakken north to connect to Enbridge Mainline at Regina; prior to 2012 it was southbound
Westspuroperating247,400Alida, Steelman, Bryant, Midale, SKEnbridge Mainline near Cromer, MBTEML511 cSaskatchewanTundra Energy Marketing; Moves crude oil & condensate to Mainline; until Dec. 2106 owned by Enbridge

United States

NameStatusCapacityStarting PointCrossingEnding PointOwnersLength (mi)RegulatorNotes
ATEX PipelineoperatingWashington County, PAEnterprise Production Partners1,230
Big InchoperatingSpectra Energy Partners

Enterprise Production Partners

Buckeye Partners
Calnev Pipelineoperating128,000Los Angeles, CALas Vegas, NVKinder Morgan Energy Partners550
Chaparral NGL PipelineEnterprise Production Partners
Colonial Pipelineoperating3 millionColonial Pipeline Company5,500
Dakota Access Pipelineoperating750,0001,172
Dixie PipelineEnterprise Production Partners1,307
Double H PipelineKinder Morgan Energy Partners
Dow Pipeline Company
Enbridge Pipeline SystemEnbridge
Jayhawk and Kaw Pipelines
Keystone PipelineTC Energy

Government of Alberta

XL phase halted in January 2021, XL phase terminated in June 2021
Lakehead PipelineEnbridge
Line 3 pipelineoperatingEnbridge
Longhorn PipelineLonghorn Partners
Magellan Midstream Partners
Mahadeva Pipeline
Mariner East Pipelines
Mid-America Pipeline System
Minnesota PipelineMinnesota Pipe Line Company, LLC

Koch Pipeline Company (operator)

North Dakota Pipeline950
Olympic Pipeline
Plantation Pipeline3,100
Pilgrim Pipelinecancelled
Pony Express PipelineTallgrass Energy Partners760
Seaway Pipeline180,000760
Seminole PipelineEnterprise Production Partners
Trans-Alaska Pipeline SystemAlyeska Pipeline Service Company800.3
Trans Mountain Pipeline
Unev Pipeline399
Yellowstone Pipeline

Other pipelines

  • Sand Hills Pipeline: This pipeline is being developed by DCP Midstream. It will extend for 700 miles from West to East Texas and have an initial capacity of approximately 120,000 barrels per day.[2] The first segment of the pipeline opened in October 2012.[3]
  • Pecos River Pipeline: Developed by Bridger Group and Advantage Pipeline, the Pecos River Pipeline will provide a link from the Delaware Basin to the Gulf Coast. The pipeline will run from the Pecos, Texas, to Crane, Texas, where it will connect to the Longhorn Pipeline. The Pecos River Pipeline will have an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day.[4]
  • Sterling III Pipeline: Under development from Oneok Partners, the Sterling III Pipeline will extend from parts of Texas and Oklahoma in the Mid-Continent Region to the Gulf Coast, and have a capacity of approximately 193,000 barrels per day.[5]

Latin America

  • Activo de Burgos pipeline network – Mexico
  • Burgos–Monterrey pipeline – Mexico
  • Cadereyta pipeline – Mexico
  • Ecopetrol pipelines – Colombia
  • OCP pipeline – Ecuador
  • Oil tanking pipeline – Argentina
  • PDVSA pipelines – Venezuela
  • PEMEX pipelines – Mexico
  • Petroandina pipeline – Argentina (under construction)
  • Recope pipelines – Costa Rica
  • San Fernando pipeline – Mexico
  • SOTE pipeline – Ecuador
  • Tamazunchale pipeline – Mexico
  • TGN pipeline network – Argentina
  • TGI pipeline network – Colombia
  • TGS pipeline network – Argentina
  • Trans-Isthmian pipeline – Panama
  • Transpetro pipelines – Brazil
  • North Peruvian Pipeline (Oleoducto Norperuano) – Petroperú, Peru

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