Kinder Morgan - Westridge Marine Terminal (Burnaby, British Columbia)

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In operation since 1957, Westridge Marine Terminal exports crude oil (brought by pipeline from Alberta) to California and Asia. Westridge also receives jet fuel imported from Washington State refineries, which is then delivered by another pipeline to Vancouver International Airport. That pipeline also transports jet fuel from the Chevron refinery and distribution facilities (i.e. tank farms) around Burrard Inlet to the Airport.

Three storage tanks have an overall volume of 46 000 m3 (290,000 bbl).

In 2009, about 3.9 million tonnes of crude oil was exported through Westridge, filling 65 large "Aframax" vessels--tankers that displace between 75000 and 115000 deadweight tons.

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www.kindermorgan.com/business/canada/transmountain.cfm

Kinder Morgan is planning for a major increase in the quantities of crude oil shipped through its Trans-Mountain pipeline and Westridge. Already, oil tanker traffic has tripled between 2005 and 2010, and is planned to triple again by 2016. Pipeline expansion will increase crude oil deliveries from 300,000 to nearly 900,000 barrels per day, 1/3 of which would be used by BC and Washington refineries while the remainder would be exported. KM would add a second berth to the terminal and would dredge the channel through the Second Narrows railway bridge, allowing for larger tankers (called "Suezmax") to reach the terminal.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Morgan_Energy_Partners
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Coordinates:   49°17'20"N   122°57'7"W

Comments

  • Not just Jet Fuel, it's almost any kind of petroleum product, for instance the recent oil spill was Albanian Heavy Crude
  • ...from Alberta.
  • You mean the spill caused by a City of Burnaby excavator driver who somehow bashed the pipe enough times to put 13 holes in it while digging in a location that is clearly marked as a pipeline route? The spill that one phone call before digging would have prevented? Let's put the blame where it belongs here, seriously. If it was a KMC employee that drove the excavator, he would have been crucified at the Art Gallery for the rabble to abuse; so where's the mea culpa from Burnaby over this? Oh right, it was in the form of gracious acceptance of 25 million dollars in clean up- and settlement dollars.
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