Arc Terminals working with CN to build rail terminal at Mobile,
Ala., to handle crude-oil shipments to Gulf Coast refineries
CHICAGO, Nov. 5, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Arc Terminals LP (Arc
Terminals) announced today it is working with CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:
CNI) to build a rail tank car unloading terminal in Mobile, Ala., to handle Western Canadian heavy
and Bakken light crude oils destined to Gulf Coast refineries.
The CN-served facility, which will have a maximum crude-oil
handling capacity of 75,000 barrels or up to 120 tank cars per day,
is scheduled to start operation by June
2013. Initial volume is expected to be 40 tank cars of crude
oil daily, increasing according to demand.
John Blanchard, president of Arc
Terminals, said: "The Mobile
facility - the first rail tank car crude-oil unloading terminal in
Alabama - will provide good access
to Gulf Coast refineries and allow quick turnaround of tank cars,
increasing product delivery and fleet velocity and reducing costs
for car owners.
"The rail transload terminal will handle heavy crude oil from
Western Canada and light crude oil
from the Bakken basin via CN, which will provide Canadian producers
single-haul service to our Mobile
destination. A single-line haul is more efficient and less
expensive than those involving two or more rail carriers and
multiple terminal switching."
The Mobile terminal will also
load condensate into tank cars for backhaul by CN to Western
Canadian oil producers.
In addition, it will be able to accommodate both general purpose
and insulated and coiled cars, compared with other facilities
capable of handling only general purpose tank cars.
Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief
marketing officer, said: "We are pleased to be an important supply
chain partner for Arc Terminals. CN is focused on making its
crude-oil customers more competitive and giving them access to
markets with good net-backs. Crude oil by rail is one of CN's
fastest growing businesses. We expect to move in excess of 30,000
carloads in 2012, and we believe we have the scope to double this
business next year."
Arc Terminals is an independent terminal company serving
suppliers, marketers and refiners seeking to move price-advantaged
crude oil to the Gulf Coast. The new rail transloading facility
will be connected to Arc Terminals' Blakely tank farm via a new
pipeline. Once the product reaches Arc Terminals' facilities, crude
oil can be delivered efficiently to customers on the Gulf Coast via
pipeline or by vessel as far as Corpus
Christi, Tex.
The Blakeley terminal has a storage capacity of 700,000 barrels
for crude, fuel oil and asphalt. Terminal capacity could be
expanded to more than one million barrels to meet potential future
demand.
About Arc Terminals LP
Arc Terminals owns and operates 11 petroleum product terminals
located in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Alabama, with a combined capacity of
approximately 3.6 million barrels. For more information about Arc,
visit the company's website at www.arcterminals.com.
About CN
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports
of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points
in North America. For more
information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.
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