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North Slope feeder lines changing rates Increases and decreases reflect throughput changes expected for the year ahead; rates increasing on highest-throughput lines Eric Lidji For Petroleum News
With the end of the year approaching, smaller pipeline companies on the North Slope are adjusting their in-state shipping rates for the coming year, as required by regulators.
ConocoPhillips is proposing increases on its three North Slope pipelines.
The Kuparuk Transportation Co. is looking to increase the rate it charges to ship oil along the 28-mile Kuparuk Pipeline to 36 cents per barrel, a 7-cent increase. The pipeline connects the Kuparuk River unit to Pump Station 1 on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
The proposed rates would also increase the cost to ship oil from the Milne Point Pipeline interconnection to Pump Station 1 to 25.4 cents per barrel, a 4.3-cent increase.
The state is taking comments on the proposal through Dec. 17.
The Alpine Transportation Co. is proposing to increase its shipping rate on the 34-mile Alpine Oil Pipeline. The change would increase the rate the company charges to ship crude oil from the Alpine field to the Kuparuk River unit by 15 cents, to $1.01 per barrel.
The state is taking comments on the proposal through Dec. 11.
The Oliktok Pipeline Co. is proposing to increase its rate for shipping natural gas liquids from the Kuparuk River unit to Pump Station 1 to $2.37 per barrel, a 55-cent increase.
The company plans to convert the 28-mile pipeline to ship natural gas next year, but said the rate is needed should the conversion take longer than expected to bring online.
The state is taking comments on the proposal through Dec. 10.
Four BP pipelines BP is proposing a mix of increases and decreases on its four North Slope pipelines.
The Milne Point Pipeline Co. is proposing to lower its rate for shipping oil from the Milne Point unit to the Kuparuk River unit to $1.35 per barrel, a 56-cent decrease.
The Endicott Pipeline Co. is proposing to raise its rate for shipping oil from the Endicott production island to Pump Station 1 to $3.83 per barrel, a 57-cent increase.
The company is also proposing to raise its rate for shipping oil from its interconnection with the Badami Pipeline to Pump Station 1 to $2.43 per barrel, a 36-cent increase.
The Badami Oil Pipeline is proposing to lower its rate for shipping oil from the Badami unit facilities to the Endicott Pipeline to $9.42 per barrel, a $2.83 decrease. The decrease reflects the increasing throughput on the pipeline from increased Badami unit production.
The Northstar Pipeline is proposing to lower its rate for shipping oil from the Northstar facilities on Seal Island to Pump Station 1 to $3.40 per barrel, a $2.07 decrease.
The state is taking comments on those four pipelines through Dec. 17.
Cook Inlet oil In the Cook Inlet oil market, the Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. is proposing to lower the rate it charges to ship from Granite Point or Trading Bay to the Drift River oil terminal to $3.15 per barrel, 92-cent decrease. The rate includes a 60-cent surcharge added by a settlement.
The state is taking comments on the proposal through Dec. 12.
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