	total petroleum tpn shuts texas pipelines total petroleum na tpn shut down several small  oil pipelines operating near the texas oklahoma border last friday as a precaution against damage from local flooding according to gary zollinger manager of operations total shut a inch line that runs across the ouachita river from wynnewood to ardmore with a capacity of bpd as well as several smaller pipelines a few inches wide with capacities of several thousand bpd or less zollinger said the basin pipeline a major pipeline running bpd run by a consortium of other oil companies was closed today one other small pipeline that total also closed has a capacity of to bpd and crosses the red river in fargo texas zollinger said he said the closed pipelines run under river water and could be damaged as the flooded rivers erode the river banks and expose the piping zollinger said total is waiting for the river waters to recede before they reactivate the pipelines reuter 
