{"id":2759,"date":"2024-08-02T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expl.com\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2024-08-02T13:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:58:29","slug":"explorer-pipeline-company-closes-open-season-proceeding-with-diluent-expansion-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expl.com\/explorer-pipeline-company-closes-open-season-proceeding-with-diluent-expansion-project\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY CLOSES OPEN SEASON &#8211; PROCEEDING WITH DILUENT EXPANSION PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tulsa, OK (August 2, 2024)<\/strong> \u2013 Explorer Pipeline Company (\u201cExplorer\u201d) announced today that it has closed its open season for a diluent expansion project and is proceeding with construction of its new project to increase the transportation capacity of a portion of Explorer\u2019s existing system for shipments of diluent from U.S. Gulf Coast receipt points to destination points at the Irwin\/Cochin Terminal in Kankakee County, Illinois and the Manhattan\/Southern Lights Terminal in Will County, Illinois (\u201cDiluent Expansion\u201d).&nbsp; The new Diluent Expansion capacity will be available to shippers on or around July 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Explorer Pipeline Company<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explorer Pipeline is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma and has over 240 employees.&nbsp; It transports refined petroleum products through an 1,872-mile pipeline system extending from Port Arthur, Texas to the upper Midwest and serves major markets, including Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, St. Louis, and Chicago. The southern system currently has a capacity of 660,000 barrels per day and the northern system currently has a capacity of 450,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commercial Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Romanello<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director, Business Development Explorer Pipeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6120 S. Yale Ave., Suite 1100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulsa, OK 74136<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(918) 493-5146<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tromanello@expl.com<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine Divis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schnake Turnbo Frank<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(918) 645-0629<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>catherine@schnake.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explorer Pipeline, a common carrier pipeline company headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., is seeking nonprofit applicants for its 2023 Partner Agency Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorer-news"],"acf":{"pixel_code":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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