Permian to US Gulf Coast crude pipeline operational after oil spill 

SEATTLE (Oil Monster): A pipeline that ships crude ​oil between the Permian basin in ‌West Texas and Houston was fully operational on Thursday after a brief outage due ​to a leak, operator ONEOK ​said.

Traders had received a shipping notice ⁠from ONEOK on Wednesday, seen by ​Reuters, noting that an incident affecting the ​BridgeTex pipeline could result in temporary delays or interruptions to scheduled receipts and deliveries.

The outage ​comes as flows from the ​Permian, the top shale basin, to Gulf Coast ‌pipelines ⁠have climbed amid record export demand due to the Iran war.

"The line has been secured and is back in ​operation. The ​product ⁠is currently contained, and reclamation efforts are ongoing," a ONEOK ​spokesperson said.

ONEOK owns about 60% ​of ⁠the about 400-mile Bridgetex crude oil pipeline with a transport capacity of up ⁠to ​440,000 barrels per day. ​Plains All American owns the remaining 40%.

Courtesy: www.reuters.com