Update On The Seaway: Expansion to 400,000 BOPD Nearly Complete

Link to Oil & Gas Journal here.

Data points:

• Seaway Crude Oil Pipeline Co, LLC: a joint venture, Enterprise Products Partners/Enbridge
• expansion from 150,000 bopd to 400,000 bopd almost complete
• 500 miles long; from Cushing to Gulf Coast (a reversal)
• the Seaway system consists of a terminal and distribution center in Texas City, TX, as well as the 500-mile long pipeline
• plans to reach final capacity of 850,000 bopd by mid-2014

Wow: from 150K to 850K in less than a couple of years or so. More data points:

• from Cushing/Seaway, Enbridge is increasing capacity of its Flanagan South Project, to Flanaan, IL
• currently a 193,300 bopd Spearhead Pipeline
• will expand to 600,000 bopd by mid-2014 also, expandable to 800,000 bopd

So, two projects relieving congestion at Cushing

• one, expands from 150K t0 850K
• another, expands from 190K to 800K 

And that's just part of the reason I like to follow Enbridge.