Puget Sound System

In operation since 1956, the Puget Sound pipeline system ships Canadian crude oil and condensates via the TMPL system from Abbotsford, British Columbia, for delivery to Washington State refineries at Anacortes, Cherry Point and Ferndale.

Puget Sound System Facts
Length: 105 km (65 miles)
Diameter: 16 to 20 inch
Capacity: 28 600 m3/d (180,000 bpd)* (approx.)
Transit time: one day (approx.)
Pump stations: two
Regulator: U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

* Puget Sound capacity, as shown, is limited to a
  combined delivery capability of heavy and light
  petroleum to both Anacortes and
  Ferndale/Cherry Point.