An oil spill is being cleaned up by Seaway Crude Pipeline Company workers at the Cushing tank farm.
The company confirms the crude oil release from its pipeline near the intersection of Linwood Avenue and Texaco Road in Cushing but does not offer details as to how much crude was leaked.
“There is no threat to the public and no evacuations have been ordered,” stated the company on its website early Monday morning. “Seaway continues to work closely with emergency responders and law enforcement to address the situation and will provide updated information as it becomes available.”
Seaway Crude Pipeline Company LLC is a 50/50 joint venture between Enterprise Products Partners L.P., the operator and Enbridge Inc., which bought its ownership interest from ConocoPhillips five years ago.
It includes a 500-mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline between Cushing and the Freeport, Texas area and a terminal and distribution crude oil network originating in Texas City, Texas that serves all of the refineries in the Greater Houston area.
The company’s website explained that in the Spring of 2012 Enterprise and Enbridge finished a project to reverse the flow direction of the Seaway Pipeline, allowing it to transport crude oil from the Cushing hub to the refinery complex along the Gulf Coast near Houston. The first volumes arrived at the Jones Creek terminal just north of Freeport. In reversed service, the line had an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day.