Permian Quality Wrinkle Could Disrupt Oil Flows

Permian Quality Wrinkle Could Disrupt Oil Flows

Plains All American Pipeline is grappling with a crude quality scare on its Permian-to-Corpus Christi system, raising questions for both refiners and exporters at the Gulf Coast’s busiest hub. A notice seen by Reuters and dated September 11 warned shippers that crude exceeding 75 parts per million of mercaptans — sulfur compounds that can damage equipment and affect product quality — has been showing up at multiple origin points. Plains said beg…

Report: Plains Detects Rising Level of Sulfur Compound in Oil Pipeline

Plains All American Pipelines says the notice to shippers about high levels of a sulfur compound in its pipeline was routine.

Plains All American’s Permian pipelines facing quality issues, sources say – Oil & Gas 360

(BOE Report) – Plains All American’s crude oil pipelines linking the Permian shale basin to the Corpus Christi export hub in Texas are facing quality issues related to high mercaptans, or naturally-occurring sulfur compounds, according to sources familiar with the matter and a notice seen by Reuters. Starting October 1, Plains will charge a half-dollar fee on every barrel that fails to meet mercaptan specifications on some of its pipelines in the

Plains All American’s Permian Pipelines Facing Quality Issues - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events

Plains All American’s crude oil pipelines linking the Permian shale basin to the Corpus Christi export hub are facing quality issues related to high mercaptans, or naturally-occurring sulfur compounds, according to sources familiar with the matter and a notice seen by Reuters. Plains in recent days has sent notices to shippers that it will begin ...