Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP)

Summary Information

• Ownership:
• Website: http://www.loopllc.com/
• Location: Louisiana
• Capacity: 59 million barrels
• Crude Type:

Brief Description

• LOOP is the single largest point of entry for waterborne crude oil coming into the U.S.
• LOOP receives and temporarily stores crude oil supplies from two sources:
  • Tankers carrying foreign and domestic crude oil
  • Domestic crude oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico
• The oil is stored in eight underground caverns leached out of a naturally occurring salt dome, which are capable of storing approximately 59 million barrels of crude oil
• Domestic crude is supplied via the Mars Crude Oil Pipeline which connects at the terminal at Clovelly
• There are direct connections to:
  • Capline Oil Pipeline, Garyville Refinery, Convent Refinery, Baton Rouge Refinery and Placid Refining

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