The Patoka Oil Terminal Hub is located near the towns of Patoka and Vernon, Illinois.[1] 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 19million barrels (3,000,000m3) of crude oil, servicing five major incoming as well as five major outgoing pipelines.[1] It has more than 50 storage tanks[2] and facilitates the transport of oil through pipelines to refineries in various parts of the United States.[1]
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 2.2million barrels (350,000m3) of oil per day.[3][4]
Patoka is the main oil terminal in the region where oil was first discovered in 1938.[5] 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.[1]
Pipelines
The following pipelines are part of the Patoka Energy Terminal: