BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
- Private
- US
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Anchored with a clear mission and exemplary values, Explorer Pipeline has earned a reputation as one of the nation's preeminent providers of fuel transportation. Explorer operates a nearly 1,900 mile pipeline system that transports gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest. Explorer is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also serves Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, St. Louis and Chicago. Through connections with other product pipelines, Explorer serves more than 70 major population centers in 16 states. Major tankage and services to terminals are located at Port Arthur, Greenville, Arlington and Grapevine, Texas; Glenpool, Oklahoma; Wood River, Illinois; and Hammond, Indiana. There are presently 41 pump stations located throughout the system. The pipeline is 28 inches in diameter from Port Arthur, Texas to Tulsa, Oklahoma augmented with additional capacity on a 10-inch line between Houston and Arlington, and a 24-inch from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hammond, Indiana. With its 2003 capacity expansion, it can take as few as 11 days to transport a barrel of product from the Gulf Coast region to Chicago. Explorer currently transports refined products with more than 72 different product specifications for over 60 different shippers. The company does not buy or sell petroleum products, it only provides transportation services. Explorer is a Delaware corporation. ...
President & CEO
Rod SandsNumber of Employees 125
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil: 486110
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Explorer sells assets to SemGroup
- 2008-04-01
SemGroup, L.P. said two of its subsidiaries acquired assets from Explorer Pipeline for undisclosed terms SemFuel, L.P. acquired three refined product terminals in Texas from Explorer. The first terminal, located in Fort Worth, was operational immediately. The other two facilities, in Bryan and north Houston, should be operational shortly. ...
Tulsa-based SemGroup buys assets from Explorer Pipeline
- 2008-03-11
SemGroup LP has purchased three refined product terminals in Texas from Explorer Pipeline. The terminals are in Fort Worth, Bryan and Houston. "The addition of these terminals further expands SemFuel's marketing presence and storage capacity in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and Dallas-Fort Worth regions of the...
SemGroup, L.P. Acquires Assets from Explorer Pipeline for Refined Products and Crude Oil Subsidiaries
- 2008-03-07
TULSA, Okla. -- SemGroup, L.P. today announced that two of its subsidiaries acquired assets from Explorer Pipeline. Terms of the acquisition, effective March 7, 2008, were not disclosed. SemFuel, L.P. acquired three refined product terminals located in Texas from Explorer. The first terminal, located in Fort Worth, was operational...
Tuboscope receives award of large ultrasonic crack inspection contract from Explorer
- 2007-12-01
Tuboscope Pipeline Services has been awarded a 545-mile inspection project by Explorer Pipeline, based out of Tulsa, OK. Tuboscope has been contracted to perform the inline inspection utilizing NDT's Line Explorer UC crack detection technology. The inspection is on Explorer's 28-inch products pipeline system from Port Arthur, TX to Glenpool,...
Explorer pipeline CEO delivers on environmental awareness
- 2007-11-01
Tim Felt, president/CEO of Explorer Pipeline Company, has more than a handful of goals that he wants to see his Tulsa, OK-based energy company meet or exceed during his tenure, but none of them are as important as operating a safe and environmentally friendly business. Felt, 53, and his...
Explorer Pipeline acquiring Citgo assets
- 2007-10-01
Citgo Petroleum Corp. has agreed to sell its Eagle pipeline and several terminals to Explorer Pipeline. According to The Wall Street Journal, the transaction is related to a market realignment initiative that the company announced last year when the Houston-based refiner said it would cut up to 2,000 of its...
Explorer Pipeline expanded into Dallas/Fort Worth
- 2007-06-01
Explorer Pipeline Co. has completed an expansion project that increases capacity into the Dallas/Fort Worth market by 20,000 bpd. Explorer also announced that it has completed the conceptual engineering and design of expansion plans that would include a mainline expansion from Houston to Dallas and Dallas to Tulsa, capable of...
Explorer rethinks strategies in changing market: Tulsa pipeline
- 2007-05-21
For perhaps the first time in its 36-year history, Explorer Pipeline Co. is rethinking its fundamental strategy. The Tulsa-based transporter of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel connects Gulf Coast refineries to Houston, Dallas, St. Louis and Chicago distributors through a 1,400-mile, one-way network of 28- inch pipelines and...
Tulsa-based Explorer pursues Dallas-area pipeline capacity increase
- 2007-05-10
Explorer Pipeline Co. said it will extend its Dallas-area pipeline capacity by 50 percent. The Tulsa transporter of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has completed conceptual engineering and design plans to expand its Houston-to-Dallas-to-Tulsa line by 230,000 barrels per day. No timetable or cost estimates were revealed. ...
Lightning sparks oil tank firenear Tulsa: No injuries reported;
- 2006-06-13
A lightning strike ignited a storage tank at a petroleum storage farm south of Tulsa on Monday morning, a company official said. Lightning struck the tank and sparked the fire just after 9 a.m., said Russ Florence, a spokesman for Tulsa-based Explorer Pipeline Co. Florence said emergency crews...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Rod Sands | President & CEO |
| Tom Jensen | Director of Operations |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pipeline Co. | President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pipeline Co. | Director of Operations | Current |
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