Crosstex Energy Reactivates Rail-Loading Terminal
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Exploration of the Utica shale is givng new life to a dormant rail-loading terminal. Crosstex Energy, based in Dallas, says it is re-activating its Black Run rail loading terminal ln the Muskingham County town of Frazeysburg. The terminal is on the Ohio Central Railroad and will allow the export of Utica Shale light oil condensate production, the company says.
The Black Run facility is a 20-car rail rack with tracking gangways designed to top load multiple products, including light oil condensate and various grades of crude oil, at a rate of 24,000 barrels per day. It is the first facility to move light oil condensate out of the region to premium-priced refinery and petrochemical markets, according to the company’s announcement.
“The re-activation of our Black Run rail facility enables us to offer producers in the Utica Shale an immediate midstream solution to export their products to out-of-region markets. We are pleased to be at the forefront of moving product by rail in an area where there is a lack of transloading capabilities,” said Barry E. Davis, CEO of Crosstex. “Our Ohio River Valley assets continue to provide Crosstex with an exceptional growth opportunity as more wells come on line in the Utica Shale.”
The Ohio Central Railroad is a 70-mile short line freight railroad that interchanges with the Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Ohio Southern Railroad and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. The Black Run terminal, which is adjacent to Crosstex Energy’s oil gathering pipeline, will leverage the partnership’s existing tankage and piping, as well as the capabilities of its extensive truck fleet in the Ohio River Valley.
Crosstex Energy L.P. is an integrated midstream energy partnership that offers diversified, tailored customer solutions spanning the energy value chain with services and infrastructure that link energy production with consumption. The partnership operates approximately 3,500 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil pipelines, 10 natural gas processing plants and four fractionators, as well as barge and rail terminals, product storage facilities, brine disposal wells and an extensive truck fleet.
SOURCE: Crosstex Energy L.P.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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