Red Butte launches open season for Wyoming pipeline refurbishment

Red Butte Pipe Line LLC has launched an open season to solicit shipper commitments for the refurbishment and overhaul of a pipeline spanning 8 miles between Red Butte Gebo Station in Hot Springs County, Wyo. to Chatham Station in Washakie County, Wyo.

The pipeline project could provide up to 5,000 b/d of transportation service for petroleum meeting the carrier's common stream (API gravity 30-50º, with an upper sulfur content limit of 0.42%). 

The 495-mile Red Butte system is currently the largest pipeline gathering asset transporting crude oil out of Big Horn and Wind River basins to Casper, Wyoming. The system has two delivery points, multiple truck loading stations, and over 800,000 bbl of storage along the system.

The open season runs until Sept. 7, but the deadline may be extended, the company said.