FACTBOX-Crude-by-Rail projects on the U.S. West Coast
Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. West Coast refiners are increasingly interested in tapping cut-price domestic crude, and some in Washington State have begun receiving barrels from North Dakota's Bakken play by rail.
Rapid growth of oil production in the United States and Canada has created a glut of crude in the Midwest. Infrastructure is rushing to catch up so crude can be moved to refining hubs.
The West Coast is the last region to tap into those flows, with California running behind its northern peers.
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The following is a list of existing and planned projects to receive crude-by-rail:
REFINERY: Anacortes, Washington
MARKET: Pacific Northwest
OWNER: Tesoro Corp
CAPACITY: 120,000 bpd
CRUDE-BY-RAIL: Began shipping about 40,000 bpd of Bakken crude with new offloading facility; permitted to ship 50,000 bpd
REFINERY: Ferndale, Washington
MARKET: Pacific Northwest
OWNER: Phillips 66
CAPACITY: 100,000 bpd
CRUDE-BY-RAIL: Receiving 20,000 bpd of cut-price North American crude, including an undisclosed amount of Bakken. Plans to seek permits to build infrastructure to receive another 20,000 bpd.
REFINERY: Tacoma, Washington
MARKET: Pacific Northwest
OWNER: U.S. Oil and Refining
CAPACITY; 40,700 bpd
CRUDE-BY-RAIL: Receiving Bakken crude, will not disclose amount.
REFINERY: Blaine, Washington
MARKET: Pacific Northwest
OWNER: BP Plc
CAPACITY: 225,000 bpd
CRUDE-BY-RAIL: Not currently receiving Bakken crude; seeking permit to build offloading facility to start receiving up to 60,000 bpd via rail in spring 2014.
REFINERY: Bakersfield, California
MARKET; Southern California
OWNER: Alon Energy USA
CAPACITY: 94,000 bpd for Bakersfield and two other plants in Paramount and Long Beach that operate as one system
CRUDE-BY-RAIL: Seeking permits to build offloading facility to bring in crude from the Permian Basin in Texas and longer term the Monterey Shale in California.
(Reporting By Kristen Hays; Editing by Grant McCool)