Sunoco Logistics Partners resumes operations at Nederland, Texas Crude Oil Terminal
  by: OilOnline
  Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. has begun moving crude oil shipments out of its Nederland, TX terminal on two key pipelines on Saturday, October 1, utilizing onsite generators. The local power company expects to restore commercial power to the facility shortly, at which time all local pipelines are expected to resume normal throughput. All docks have been assessed and three are ready to receive vessels. Repairs to the other four docks are expected to be completed by Saturday, October 8. The Sabine-Neches waterway is tentatively scheduled to re-open to inbound vessels by mid-week. Tank repair assessments have been completed and repairs have commenced. Management expects minimal short-term impacts to storage capacity.

The Nederland Terminal, which is located on the Sabine-Neches waterway between Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas, is one of the largest on-shore crude oil facilities in the United States with a storage capacity of approximately 12.5 million barrels and provides inventory management, storage, and distribution services for refiners and other large end-users of crude oil. The Nederland Terminal is connected to several pipelines providing crude oil and other petroleum products to many refineries in the Texas Gulf Coast region, as well as Midwestern refineries. The terminal can deliver crude oil and products via pipeline, barge, ship, rail or truck.