Thursday, August 13, 2026

A distillate pipeline heading for California?

Happy Thursday! 

Did anyone happen to read MSN on August 11, 2026, they had an article from The Wallstreet Journal titled, “An oil refiner that fled California is back –with a giant pipeline from Texas”?  In the article, it speaks on how Phillips 66 and its partners, Kinder Morgan and HF Sinclair, have authorized funding to build the Western Gateway Pipeline which is a $5 billion venture connecting the Texas Panhandle to Arizonia with final destination in the Inland Empire region of Southern California the route is expected to cover around 900-miles.  The Western Gateway Pipeline will be using 500-miles of a current Kinder Morgan’s distillate pipeline which will reverse its current flow, and the other 400-miles will be a newly constructed pipeline with a connection in the Phoenix, Arizonia region.  The Western Gateway Pipeline is expected to be operational in 2029 bring much needed distillate fuels to the region.  We wish the Western Gateway Pipeline luck getting its federal, state and local approvals, we will let you know if we hear anything else on this venture.  If you would like to read more of the article from The Wallstreet Journal published on MSN, please click the link: An oil refiner that fled California is back—with a giant pipeline from Texas.

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