美国EPIC原油管道将于2019年中开始临时服务

据路透社纽约报道，周四，美国能源监管机构批准了EPIC原油管道从二叠纪盆地到德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂的每日90万桶新管线的费率结构和服务条款，但有一些条件。

根据美国联邦能源管理委员会（FERC）提交的文件，EPIC计划在2019年中期之前提供临时服务，并在第四季度投入服务，FERC批准了EPIC提供临时服务的建议。

这条线路将分两个阶段建造并投入使用，其中包括从邻近的天然气液体（NGL）管道租用容量的中期工程，以及第二主线建设阶段。这项临时服务将把德克萨斯州Crane和德克萨斯州其他地方的原油输送到科珀斯克里斯蒂现有的终端。

文件显示，NGL系统的两个部分已经投入使用，第三部分计划在4月至6月之间完成。

公司发言人Bruce Kates在星期三表示，从Crane到库珀斯克里斯蒂的临时服务预计将在第三季度开始，预计该线路将从2020年1月开始长期服务。

詹晓晶    摘自    路透社

原文如下：

U.S. FERC approves EPIC oil pipeline rates, interim service to begin mid-2019

U.S. energy regulators on Thursday approved the rate structure and terms of service for EPIC Crude Pipeline LP’s new 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) line from the Permian basin to Corpus Christi, Texas, subject to some conditions.

EPIC plans to provide interim service by mid-2019 and place the line into service during the fourth quarter, according to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

FERC granted EPIC’s proposal to provide interim service.

The line will be constructed and placed into service in two phases, including an interim one in which it will lease capacity from an adjacent natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline, and a secondary mainline construction phase. The interim service will transport crude from Crane, Texas and possibly other points in Texas, to existing terminals in Corpus Christi.

Two segments of the NGL system have been placed into service and the third segment is scheduled to be completed between April and June, the filing said.

Company spokesman Bruce Kates said on Wednesday interim service from Crane to Corpus Christi is expected to begin during the third quarter and that the line was expected to be in permanent service beginning January 2020.