Energy Transfer Partners LP, Dallas, reported that its affiliate, ETP Crude LLC, will launch a binding open season for the Delaware basin crude gathering pipeline with the capacity to accept 120,000 b/d of oil from receipt points in Reeves County, Tex., and Lea County, NM, for transport to Loving County, Tex., and Lea County. Interstate service on the Delaware Pipeline will be subject to the jurisdiction of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
This project, when completed, will consist of three separate gathering systems with an aggregate of 130 miles of pipe. The gathering systems will deliver crude oil into the Sunoco Logistics Partners LP Delaware basin extension. The pipeline is projected to be in service in first-half 2016.
The open season is slated to end on Sept. 4.
