Gasoline shipping is clashed with the colonial pipeline on the proposed changes on the conditions

Written by the partner of Khan and Nicole Gao

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sources familiar with the discussions said that four gasoline marketers in the United States are preparing the legal and regulatory challenges of the colonial pipeline due to the proposed changes in the terms of fuel shipping that companies say will harm their margins and increase the fuel prices in the pump, the United States.

The colonial pipeline is a major artery for charging fuel from the US Gulf Coast to the East Coast, where refining capacity and pipeline charges have decreased the most cost -effective way to meet regional demand. Changes in the pipeline operations can have significant impact on the market in the largest fuel consuming country in the world.

Last week, Colonial sought the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee to stop charging different gasoline degrees at the same time, and get rid of the shipments of the so -called fifth -class gasoline. The colony spokesman said the changes would simplify their operations and reduce slowdown.

Two American gasoline dealers said that their companies explore options for court challenges if the colonies follow the changes. Two others said they were planning to make protest notifications asking FERC to prevent the proposed changes to the colony due to the potential harm to the trucks and consumers.

The colonizer said that the changes I suggested last month should add between 15,000 to 20,000 barrels per day of the ability to the main gasoline line in colonialism. A spokeswoman spokesman said that this will help the trucks and consumers by moving more fuel on a pipeline that extends over the past year.

However, the colonial trucks who spoke with Reuters with changes will hurt their margins, and restrict the American gasoline supplies in general. They said that the Gulf Coast refineries will have to reduce the mixing of additives during the times when organizers are allowed to sell gasoline with high pressure of Red, or RVP.

Traders asked not to disclose their identity because deliberations are confidential and they are not a spokesman for their companies. A number of Gulf Coast refineries that Reuters, including Exxonmobil, BP and Phillips 66, rejected comment on the proposed changes.

The colonizer said that he finds that it is unlikely that a direct link between the proposed changes and the increase in consumer prices will be found, but he added that he could not talk about how the trucks pass the gradual costs of consumers in the pump.

The company said that it does not discuss specific folders shipped from specific products, although it did that last month when it requested changes to the scores of gasoline circulating in the American Middle West. A number of colonial trucks made protests with FERC on these changes as well, referring to similar arguments.