US DOS approves additional NuStar products pipeline to Mexico

NuStar Logistics LP received approval from the US Department of State to construct a 108,000-b/d oil products pipeline to Mexico. The system will cross the US-Mexico border near Penitas, Tex., said acting Asst. Sec. for Oceans and International Affairs Judith Garber said in her June 29 announcement. President Donald J. Trump mentioned the project in his energy policy reforms address on June 30.
July 5, 2017

NuStar Logistics LP received approval from the US Department of State to construct a 108,000-b/d oil products pipeline to Mexico. The system will cross the US-Mexico border near Penitas, Tex., said acting Asst. Sec. for Oceans and International Affairs Judith Garber said in her June 29 announcement. President Donald J. Trump mentioned the project in his energy policy reforms address on June 30 (OGJ Online, June 30, 2017).

The 10-in. Burgos pipeline would parallel one that is already in operation and would use the same right-of-way between NuStar’s Edinburg, Tex., terminal and Petroleos Mexicanos’ gas plant near Reynosa, Tamaulipas, DOS said.

It said NuStar also received cross-border permits for the existing Dos Laredos pipeline, which crosses the border near Laredo, Tex., reflecting a change in the permit holder’s name, as well as the existing Burgos pipeline, authorizing transportation of a broader range of petroleum products.

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Nick Snow

NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020. 

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