White Cliffs Oil Pipeline

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White Cliffs Oil Pipeline is an oil pipeline in the United States.

Location

The pipeline runs from Platteville, Colorado, to Cushing, Oklahoma.

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Project details

• Operator: Rose Rock Midstream (51%), SemGroup (49%)
• Owner: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Parent company: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Capacity: 29,000 bpd
• Length: 848 kilometers (527 miles)
• Diameter: 20 in
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2009

Background

The White Cliffs Pipeline system consists of two 527-mile, 12-inch diameter common carrier, crude oil pipelines that transport crude oil produced from the Wattenberg field in the Denver Julesburg Basin of Colorado to the market and pipeline interconnect center at Cushing, Oklahoma, known as the “Cushing Hub”. The original White Cliffs Pipeline was placed into service in 2009 with an initial design capacity of approximately 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Capacity eventually increased to 76,000 barrels per day.

SemGroup bought Rose Rock Midstream in 2016, and is now the project operator.

As of early 2024, the majority shareholder of the project was Energy Transfer.

Expansion Projects

Line 2 Expansion Project

According to June 2020 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the expansion is on line 2. As a result of the expansion, the total capacity of both White Cliff pipelines increased from 150,000 barrels per day to 215,000 barrels per day, adding a total of 13,000 barrels per day of transport capacity. It began operation in 2017.

Line 2 Expansion Project Details

• Operator: Rose Rock Midstream (51%), SemGroup (49%)
• Owner: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Parent company: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Capacity: 65,000 barrels per day
• Length: 0.0 new miles
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2017

Parallel Pipeline Project

In 2014, a second, parallel pipeline was put into service. It brought the total capacity up to about 150,000 barrels per day from 76,000 barrels per day.

Parallel Pipeline Project Details

• Operator: Rose Rock Midstream (51%), SemGroup (49%)
• Owner: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Parent company: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Capacity: 74,000 barrels per day
• Length: 848 kilometers (527 miles)
• Diameter: 12-inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2014

Line 1 Expansion Project

According to June 2020 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the expansion increased the original pipeline's capacity from 29,700 barrels per day to about 70,000 barrels per day.

Line 1 Expansion Project Details

• Operator: Rose Rock Midstream (51%), SemGroup (49%)
• Owner: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Parent company: Energy Transfer [51.00%]; Plains All American Pipeline [36.00%]; Occidental Petroleum [5.64%]; Chevron [3.00%]; unknown [4.36%]
• Capacity: 40,300 barrels per day
• Length: 0.0 new miles
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2011