Knight Warrior awards contracts for 160-mile pipeline project in US

Knight Warrior has awarded contracts to build its 160-mile pipeline that will connect the East Texas Eaglebine-Woodbine crude oil play to Houston refining and export markets.

Hatch Mott MacDonald, Contract Land Staff and Apex TITAN have secured contracts for engineering and design, land management and environmental services, respectively.

The pipeline, which is expected to cost about $300m, will start in Madison County continuing south via Walker, Grimes, Montgomery and Harris counties.

It will have an initial capacity of 100,000 BPD with options to expand up to 200,000 BPD.

The pipeline will serve Eaglebine/Woodbine crude oil producers through two origination stations located near North Zulch and Madisonville, and a third station near Roans Prairie.

Knight Warrior has appointed a team of experts led by Fred Brown, senior project manager, to manage construction of the pipeline.

The company expects the pipeline to start operations second-quarter 2016. Shipper commitments, including a transportation agreement with Vitol and SEI Energy, support the project.

Brown said: "When completed, the added capacity provided by the Knight Warrior pipeline will help the prolific Eaglebine/Woodbine region achieve its full potential by giving producers there direct access to the Gulf Coast refinery complex, as well as other US and foreign markets."

Knight Warrior is a subsidiary of Blueknight Energy Partners, which is a publicly traded master limited partnership formed in July 2007.

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Image: Knight Warrior’s pipeline will connect the East Texas Eaglebine-Woodbine crude oil play to Houston refining and export markets. Photo: Courtesy of puttsk/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.