Point Thomson Oil Export Pipeline

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Point Thomson Oil Export Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline in Alaska, USA.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Point Thomson unit to the Badami unit and onward to the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline

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Project Details

• Operator: Hilcorp
• Owner: Point Thomson Export Pipeline LLC
• Parent company: ExxonMobil [62%], Hilcorp [37%]; other parties [1%]
• Capacity: 70,000 barrels per day
• Diameter: 12.75 inches
• Length: 22 miles
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2016

Background

The Point Thomson Oil Export Pipeline connects the Point Thomson unit to the Badami unit and onward to the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline. The project is considered crucial to any future development activities at Area 1002 of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Permits were in place in 2012, and construction began this year and was completed in 2013. The pipeline went into operation in 2016.

In August 2018, PTE Pipeline LLC proposed a rate of $20.84 per barrel for the 22-mile liquids pipeline, up from a rate of $12.09 per barrel that went into effect in April 2017. The shipping rate is based on actual and estimated throughput on the 70,000-bpd pipeline.