Winter flurry of Permian-to-Corpus projects

​​​​CORPUS CHRISTI – Houston’s Plains All American Pipeline is seeking customers to build its planned Cactus II Pipeline connecting the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi.

The project would add two pipelines to its existing Cactus network, expanding the system’s crude capacity from 390,000 barrels a day to up to 575,000.

The first new pipeline would originate west of Odessa and connect southeast to McCamey.

The longer, second pipeline would extend from McCamey to the Corpus Christi and Ingleside area.

The project could be completed by fall 2019.

The original Cactus Pipeline is the only major oil artery connecting the Permian to Corpus Christi.

There are a slew of other Permian-to-Corpus projects in the works. 

In early December 2017, Houston’s Phillips 66 and Canada-based Enbridge announced plans to build their own crude pipeline from West Texas to the Corpus area.​