The Gathering Line
A daily market brief engineered for commercial development managers running crude oil midstream terminals. Coverage tracks overnight price movements, pipeline apportionment, and regional differentials across the Bakken, Uinta, and Powder River basins to clarify daily gathering and rail economics.
Episodes (36)
PADD 4 Inventory Surge as Guernsey Egress Saturates
Rockies Crude Brief: Guernsey Bottlenecks and PADD 4 Builds
Rockies Morning Call: Paper Swings, Guernsey Bottlenecks, and Uinta Rail
Crude Brief: Guernsey Chokepoints, Freight Surges, and Rockies Bottlenecks
Guernsey Egress Tightens as Inland Crude Builds
Guernsey Space Tightens as Brent Surges
Brent Jumps, but GERN-zee Faces a December Egress Squeeze
Gern-zee Holds Its Premium as Southbound Exits Choke
Guernsey’s Pipe Squeeze: Brent Rises, Spot Rail Stays Shut
Freight Shock, Tight Takeaway: Rockies and Bakken Crude
Russia Policy Reverses the Screen; GERN-zee Barrels Push North
Triple-Digit W-T-I, but GERN-zee Barrels Still Face a Bottleneck
Crude Rally Meets a Rockies Egress Bottleneck
Gulf Draw, Rockies Build: GERN-zee Takeaway Sets the Trade
The Rockies’ Pipeline Choke Is Capping Crude Netbacks
Saudi Aramco Strikes, Export Arbs, and the Guernsey Bottleneck
Middle East Tensions Surge as Guernsey Pipeline Chokepoints Tighten
Middle East Tensions, Heavy Discounts, and Rockies Takeaway Bottlenecks
Riyadh Airport Strike, Hurricane Isaias Shut-Ins, and Crude Market Turmoil
Crude Plumbing: Bakken Bottlenecks and Guernsey Apportionment
Pipeline Bottlenecks at Guernsey and Shifting Rockies Flows
Surging Brent, Gulf Shut-Ins, and Guernsey Bottlenecks
Guernsey Bottlenecks and the $100 Brent Rebound
Crude Breaks Below $100 and the Bottleneck at Guernsey
Hormuz Risk, Rockies Bottlenecks, and the Gernzee Premium
Crude Prices, OPEC+ and Middle East Risk
Brent-WTI Spread Widens as Rockies Barrels Get Squeezed
Why a Thin Cushing Cushion Is Moving Inland Oil Prices
Midwest Builds, Rockies Draw: The Pipeline Squeeze
Why Midwest Crude Is Piling Up While Cushing Stays Tight
Oil Bottlenecks, Tight Diesel Stocks, and Basis Chaos
Why $92 WTI Doesn’t Mean Easy Money
Oil Bottlenecks: Cushing Draws, Rail Jams, and Tight Physical Markets
Crude Spreads, Freight, and the Battle for Inland Barrels
Enbridge’s Tallgrass Deal Reshapes Inland Crude Flows