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(hydrocarbonprocessing) --
The Seaway pipeline reversal designed to help ease the glut in Cushing, Okla.,
will begin delivering crude oil to Gulf Coast refineries earlier than expected,
a spokesman for the project said. The reversal had been expected to start up by
June 1, but now could begin around May 17.
The Seaway pipeline reversal
designed to help ease the glut in Cushing, Okla., will begin delivering crude
oil to Gulf Coast refineries earlier than expected, a spokesman for the project
said.
"It is running ahead of schedule, and we expect delivery of crude
oil to begin during the later part of May," said Rick Rainey, a spokesman for
Enterprise Products of Houston. The reversal had been expected to start up by
June 1.
The Seaway reversal has been highly anticipated by the oil
industry because the lack of transportation between the middle US and the Gulf
Coast has caused a supply glut and dropping prices for North American oil as
production surges from Canada and North Dakota.
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