Patoka Oil Terminal
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 including Dakota Access and the Keystone Pipeline.
Overview
The Patoka Oil Terminal Hub is located near the towns of Patoka and Vernon, Illinois.{{cite news |last1=O'Connell |first1=Patrick M. |title=Datokat Access pipeline a mix of angst, potential for those near central Illinois tank farm |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-patoka-tank-farm-20171220-story.html |accessdate=28 January 2020 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=4 January 2018}} 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{{cite news |title=Steinber: Pipelines Are Everywhere |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/12/11/18334698/steinberg-pipelines-are-everywhere |accessdate=28 January 2020 |publisher=Chicago Sun Times |date=11 December 2016}} 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. 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.{{cite news |title=PADD regions enable regional analysis of petroleum product supply and movements |url=https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=4890 |accessdate=28 January 2020 |publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration}}{{cite news |title=Patoka Terminal & Midwest Overview |url=https://www.coqa-inc.org/docs/default-source/st.-louis-2017/060817-taylor-patoka-terminal.pdf?sfvrsn=ac9344bb_2 |accessdate=28 January 2020 |publisher=COQA}}
Patoka is the main oil terminal in the region where oil was first discovered in 1938.{{cite news |title=End Of The Line: The Southern Illinois Towns Where The Dakota Access Pipeline Ends |url=https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/end-of-the-line-the-southern-illinois-towns-where-the-dakota-access-pipelin |accessdate=28 January 2018 |publisher=Illinois.edu |date=14 February 2017}} Tax revenue from operations are collected and distributed by Marion County, Illinois. It was reported by the Chicago Tribune 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:
- Dakota Access Pipeline{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=Deni |title=Dakota pipeline expansion would be all risk for Illinois |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/dakota-pipeline-expansion-would-be-all-risk-illinois |accessdate=28 January 2020 |publisher=Crain's Chicago Business |date=17 January 2020}}
- Keystone Pipeline
- Southern Access Extension
- Capline
- Patoka West