Saddlehorn Oil Pipeline

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Saddlehorn Oil Pipeline is an operating oil pipeline in the United States. It links up with the Grand Mesa Oil Pipeline and is part of the Saddlehorn-Grand Mesa Pipeline System.

Location

The pipeline runs from Carr, Colorado to Platteville, Colorado, where it links up with the Grand Mesa Oil Pipeline, which runs to Cushing, Oklahoma.

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Project details

• Operator:
• Owner: Saddlehorn Pipeline Company LLC*
• Parent company: Plains All American Pipeline [30%], Magellan Midstream Partners [30%], Western Midstream Partners (20.00%), Chevron [10.00%], Greenfield Midstream [10.00%]
• Capacity: 190,000 barrels per day
• Length: 60 miles
• Oil source: Denver-Julesburg Basin, Colorado
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2016

*As of February 2020, Saddlehorn Pipeline Company LLC was owned by: Magellan Midstream Partners [30%]; Plains All American Pipeline [30%]; Black Diamond Gathering LLC [20%]; Western Midstream Partners [20%].

Black Diamond Gathering LLC is a joint venture between Noble Midstream Partners LP and Greenfield Midstream LLC. As of 2022 Noble Midstream Partners is now part of Chevron.

Background

The Saddlehorn pipeline transfers crude from the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado. It runs from Carr, Colorado to Platteville, Colorado, where it links up with the Grand Mesa Oil Pipeline, which runs to Cushing, Oklahoma. The original owners were Magellan Midstream Partners (40%), Plains All American Pipeline (40%), and Anadarko Petroleum (20%). It was completed in 2016.

Expansion projects

Expansion

According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Saddlehorn Pipeline is expanding by 100,000 barrels per day, to a new total capacity of 290,000 Bbl/d. Saddlehorn is owned by a group that consist of Magellan, Plains All American, Western Midstream and Black Diamond. Magellan serves as operator of the Saddlehorn pipeline. It will expand the pipeline into Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

The project went into service in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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• Operator: Magellan Midstream Partners
• Owner: Saddlehorn Pipeline Company LLC*
• Parent company: Plains All American Pipeline [30%], Magellan Midstream Partners [30%], Western Midstream Partners (20.00%), Noble Midstream Partners [10.00%], Greenfield Midstream [10.00%]
• Capacity: 100,000 barrels per day
• Length: 538 miles
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2020