FERC weighs airlines’ request for emergency action on jet fuel shortage at Reno airport

摘要

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is considering airlines’ emergency request to order a pipeline to allocate more space for jet fuel as Nevada’s Reno-Tahoe International Airport faces a likely supply shortage through August as a result of a pandemic-related market disruption. Like many oil product pipelines, Kinder Morgan’s SFPP North Line allocates space to shippers on a rolling 12-month history. Last year’s plunge in air travel demand meant jet fuel allocations on the system shrank while diesel and gasoline allocations took larger shares, as those products were affected less severely by pandemic lockdowns and recovered more quickly.