GEL Pipeline Texas LLC, an affiliate of Genesis Energy LP, will conduct a binding open season to solicit shipper interest in making commitments to a crude oil transportation pipeline system originating at new receipt points at the Department of Energy Pipeline and Cameron Highway Offshore Pipeline System (CHOPS) and deliver barrels to Webster Terminal, Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s (NYSE: MPC) Texas City refinery or a Genesis affiliate’s brown water barge dock in Texas City.

The pipeline will include terminalling infrastructure capable of receiving, segregating and batching multiple Gulf of Mexico crude oil grades originating from the Hoover Offshore Oil Pipeline System (the HOOPS System) and the CHOPS System. GPT is constructing approximately 4 miles of new pipeline connecting to its existing Texas pipeline system in Texas City to access the delivery points.

“Our Texas pipeline system will provide Gulf of Mexico shippers a northbound delivery option beyond the Texas City refining market,” Ryan Sims, Genesis vice president of finance and corporate development, said in a written statement. “Given our existing asset base in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, Genesis was a logical fit to provide this service. We remain focused on providing maximum optionality for our offshore and refining customers through our pipeline portfolio.”

The open season began on Feb. 21 and will end on March 8.