Company to Start Building Pipeline Early Next Year
A Ventura company created to build an oil pipeline between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles expects to start construction of the 170-mile project early next year.
If all goes according to plan, the $215-million link should be completed by the second quarter of 1995, says Norman L. Rooney, chief executive officer of Pacific Pipeline Systems Inc.
The company has been named to build the project by the holding company that owns Southern Pacific Transportation Co., which controls the right of way for most of the pipeline route, he said.
More than 400 workers will be employed on the project, expected to carry oil produced in the Santa Barbara Channel by groups headed by Exxon Corp. and Chevron Corp. Pacific Pipeline now employs 45.
“We’ve completed our design and environmental work,” Rooney said. “We’re now involved in getting the necessary permits.” He said the 20-inch pipeline will have a capacity of 130,000 barrels a day.
Rooney said a permanent headquarters for monitoring and maintaining the pipeline will be established in Ventura. He expects the site to be chosen soon.
Chevron received state approval last month to use tankers to ship oil produced in the channel over the next several years, pending completion of the pipeline.
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