Minnesota Pipeline

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The Minnesota Pipeline (or Minnesota Pipe Line) is a crude oil pipeline that runs from Clearbrook, Minnesota southward to the Twin Cities. It is operated by Koch Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Koch Industries. The pipeline is largely fed by the Enbridge Pipeline System that carries crude from Alberta, Canada.

The line splits into two parts at a junction in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. One branch serves the Pine Bend Refinery owned by Flint Hills Resources (another Koch subsidiary) in Rosemount. The other portion of the line runs to Marathon Petroleum's St. Paul Park Refinery in St. Paul Park, Minnesota.

There is a connection at the Pine Bend Refinery to the Wood River Pipeline, which currently carries crude oil from the St. Louis, Missouri area to Minnesota.

Minnesota Pipeline has submitted plans (a parallel 24-inch line) to expand the pipeline capacity from Clearbrook to the Twin Cities by 165,000 barrels per day (26,000 m³/d) by 2008 with ultimate potential expansion to 350,000 bpd (55,000 m³/d).