Attached to over 50% of US refining ability
David Paganie, Senior Editor
Attached to over 50% of United States refining ability
T he Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is America’s first and only deepwater oil port.
The slot center is found in the GoM during the base of Port Fourchon, 18 mi south of Grand Isle, La., in 110 ft of water. LOOP could be the only slot in the united states with the capacity of offloading deep-draft tankers referred to as ultra big crude companies (ULCC) and incredibly big crude companies (VLCC), some requiring 85 ft of draft approval.
The slot is comprised of three single-point mooring (SPM) buoys used for offloading crude tankers and a marine terminal composed of a two-level pumping platform and a control platform that is three-level. Continue reading “LOOP built to offload world’s largest tankers”