PIPELINES 207,000 miles of crude oil, NGL and refined product pipelines that move raw materials from production areas to refineries and petrochemical plants, and finished products from these plants and facilities to consumers and end users. By the Numbers Each day, about 43.3 million barrels (1.8 billion gallons) of crude oil, refined products and NGLs, and 311 million pounds of plastic resins B move through U.S. midstream infrastructure networks. 6 These networks include:
INLAND WATERWAYS 25,000 miles of inland waterways and 926 coastal and inland ports that facilitate domestic fuel movements and provide access to global import and export markets.
STORAGE 1.7 billion barrels of tankage that is used to store crude oil, NGLs and refined products at regional terminals along the supply chain. These storage terminals facilitate transferring products from one transport mode to another and from one owner to another. ROADS 4.1 million miles of roadway that support truck shipments of fuels over the “final mile” from regional storage terminals to retail outlets, and from heating oil and propane depots directly to homes and businesses. RAILWAY TRACK 140,000 miles of railway track and 2 million freight rail cars. Rail cars move crude oil and NGLs from areas not served by pipelines or where pipeline capacity is inadequate. Rail cars are also the standard mode of transportation for heavier refined products, such as asphalt, and solid petrochemical products.
Pipelines are the primary mode of transportation for crude oil and raw materials, including petrochemical feedstocks, within contiguous North America, from producing areas to petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants. Pipeline Transportation
6 B The term “plastic resin” as used in this report refers to petrochemical derivative polymers (aka plastics) that are in the form of small beads, pellets or sheets. These resins are safer to ship and have value added to make them economical. They are used to make myriad everyday consumer goods, as well as high-tech engineering materials used throughout many different supply chains.
The Fuel and Petrochemical Supply Chains
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