Explorer Pipeline expanded into Dallas/Fort Worth

Pipeline & Gas Journal, June, 2007

Explorer Pipeline Co. has completed an expansion project that increases capacity into the Dallas/Fort Worth market by 20,000 bpd. Explorer also announced that it has completed the conceptual engineering and design of expansion plans that would include a mainline expansion from Houston to Dallas and Dallas to Tulsa, capable of up to an additional 230,000 bpd as well as a spur line expansion from the mainline into the Dallas/Fort Worth market capable of transporting up to an additional 100,000 bpd.

"The interest from shippers in the expanded capacity has been high and we expect the 20,000 bpd capacity to be fully utilized early on," said Tim Felt, CEO of Explorer.

Explorer's pipeline transports gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel from the Gulf Coast refineries into the Houston, Dallas/ Fort Worth, Tulsa, St. Louis and Chicago markets. The southern system currently has a capacity of 660,000 bpd and the northern system currently has capacity of 450,000 bpd.