Murex LLC and Cetane Energy LLC announced additional improvements and an expansion of the existing Cetane crude oil transloading facility in Carlsbad NM. The capital improvement project will consist of a rail expansion to load crude oil unit trains, additional rail car loading stations, and a long-term crude oil gathering system from local producers.
Over the past year, Murex and Cetane have added 40,000 barrels of crude oil storage, 12 tanker truck unloading stations, and additional custody transfer meters at the Carlsbad facility. The current capital improvement project also calls for an additional 20,000 feet of track to be laid by August 2013, which will allow for the loading of 110-car unit trains.
"We have worked closely with BNSF Railway and the Southwest Railroad to ensure that our rail facility will be absolutely state of the art,” says Robert Wright, president of Murex LLC. “We have made significant improvements over the past year and look forward to the commencement of unit train service at Cetane,"
Dave Garin, BNSF group vice-president, industrial products, says: "We look forward to working with Murex and Cetane to provide unit train service out of the Permian Basin. Today, rail is providing a more flexible, long-term, and economical option to ship crude oil to destination markets throughout the East, West, and Gulf coasts, and along the Mississippi River."
Shortly after completing the rail expansion, Murex looks to further expand the Cetane facility. Murex is working with Frontier Energy Services, LLC, a premier, full-service midstream crude oil and natural gas asset development company headquartered in Tulsa OK to build gathering infrastructure for delivery of crude oil into the terminal from local producers. More information on Frontier is available at www.frontierenergyllc.com.