Pipeline view on reformulated gasoline distribution
- Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co., Houston, TX (United States)
When the EPA finally defines what constitutes reformulated gasoline (RFG), the proposals become law and distribution begins, the reality of logistics will begin. For the last few years every industry trade journal one picked up has been full of articles detailing how refineries will have to reconfigure their production processes and the problems that must be overcome. Less publicized and maybe less understood is the potential bottleneck created at pipelines and terminal facilities. Widespread distribution of RFGs (under currently proposed scenarios) will reduce pipeline capacities and curtail the downstream movement of products and radically alter business from how it is conducted today. The problems RFG present for pipelines will be those created by the enforcement and liability provisions governing all gasolines distributed after January 1, 1995. The paper explains the problems.
- OSTI ID:
- 7207889
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Paper AM-93-38
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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