The Basin Pipeline in the Southwestern U.S. reopened yesterday with the expectation that all crude oil shipments for June will arrive on schedule according to a spokesman for Texaco Inc. &lt;TX> operator of the pipeline through its Texaco Pipeline Co subsidiary. We project the pipeline will make all June crude shipments scheduled said Dan Stevens the spokesman. The pipeline reopened Sunday evening around 1900 EDT carrying an equivalent 280000 barrels of crude oil per day compared with an average 225000 bpd shipped during the 30 days before its shutdown on May 30 according to Stevens. Stevens said the increased shipments will make up for all crude oil scheduled to arrive in Cushing Oklahoma via the pipeline by the end of June. The pipeline was shut May 30 because of an apparent rupture caused by flooding of the Red River near the Texas/Oklahoma border. It was expected to resume service Saturday but rising waters of the river which had recently receded delayed the reopening Stevens said. Approximately 1100 feet of new 24-inch steel piping was installed under the river to replace damaged piping according to Stevens.
BASIN PIPELINE REOPENS IN U.S. SOUTHWEST