Pilgrim Pipeline seeks permit for proposed $1bn pipeline project

Pilgrim Pipeline has filed an application requesting New York to approve the construction of the proposed $1bn pipeline.

The use and occupancy permit application filed with the New York State Thruway includes a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) submitted in compliance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) as well as the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA).

Application has been filed for two separate, parallel underground lines that will run between supply and distribution terminals in Albany and Linden, New Jersey.

The 178-mile pipeline project would carry various refined products to the north and crude oil southbound.

The products include gasoline, diesel, kerosene and home heating oil.

According to the company, the Pilgrim Pipeline will have the capacity to handle an estimated 200,000 barrels a day in each direction.

Pilgrim Pipeline development vice-president George Bochis said: "We are excited to begin the formal process of obtaining permits in New York for construction of the Pilgrim Pipeline.

"This step begins a comprehensive process of review and public comment in New York. Applications for permits will be filed in New Jersey later this year."

Pilgrim Pipeline stated in the application that the proposed pipeline would reduce environmental impacts to the greatest extent.

The company said it proposes to locate about 79% within the New York State Thruway right-of-way.

"We are confident that the Pilgrim Pipeline offers people in New York and New Jersey a way to transport U.S.-produced energy products in a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more efficient manner than the other available options," Bochis concluded.