Shell shuts key US oil pipeline

12:38 - 18.08.2022


August 18, Fineko/abc.az. British-Dutch oil and gas company Shell (SHEL.L) on Tuesday said it plans to shut for two weeks in September a key crude oil pipeline in Gulf of Mexico that supplies oil to Louisiana refineries.
 
ABC.AZ reports with reference to Reuters that the Odyssey and Delta crude pipelines in September will be shut for planned maintenance early-to-mid September, Shell said in a statement.
 
The pipelines transport Heavy Louisiana Sweet crude from offshore oilfields and switching to other pipelines is not an option, Shell added.
 The Odyssey pipeline in the eastern Gulf of Mexico has a capacity of 220,000 barrels per day and is connected to the Delta pipeline with supplies to terminals in Louisiana and a Norco Shell refinery.