Patoka Oil Terminal is a pipeline hub located near the towns of
Patoka and
Vernon. It services five major pipelines in the second district of the
Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts
The United States is divided into five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. These were created during World War II under the Petroleum Administration for War to help organize the allocation of fuels derived from petroleum prod ...
including
Dakota Access and the
Keystone Pipeline
The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alb ...
.
Overview
The Patoka Oil Terminal Hub is located near the towns of Patoka and Vernon, Illinois.
The Patoka Terminal is the second-largest pipeline terminal in the Midwest next to the
Cushing-Drumright Oil Field. It has 82 storage tanks and stores up to 19 million barrels of crude oil, servicing five major incoming as well as five major outgoing pipelines.
It has more than 50 storage tanks and facilitates the transport of oil through pipelines to refineries in various parts of the United States.
Patoka Oil Terminal is part of District Two of the
Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts
The United States is divided into five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. These were created during World War II under the Petroleum Administration for War to help organize the allocation of fuels derived from petroleum prod ...
. It was responsible for three-quarters of pipeline movements in that district in 2010 and processes approximately 2.2 million barrels of oil per day.
Patoka is the main oil terminal in the region where oil was first discovered in 1938. Tax revenue from operations are collected and distributed by
Marion County, Illinois
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 39,437. Its county seat is Salem.
Marion County comprises the Centralia, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is includ ...
. It was reported by the
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
that Dakota Access paid approximately $750,000 in tax revenue for its operations in Illinois.
Pipelines
The following pipelines are part of the Patoka Energy Terminal:
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Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a underground Pipeline transport, pipeline in the United States that has the ability to transport up to 750,000 barrels of Sweet crude oil, light sweet crude oil per day. It begins in the ...
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Keystone Pipeline
The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alb ...
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Southern Access Extension
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Capline
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Patoka West
See also
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Pipeline transport
Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes—a pipeline—typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countr ...
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List of oil refineries
This is a list of oil refineries. ''Oil & Gas Journal'' publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each proces ...
References
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Oil refining
Petroleum infrastructure in the United States
Pipeline transport