Big Foot Oil Pipeline

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Big Foot Oil Pipeline is an operating oil pipeline running offshore of Louisiana, USA, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Location

The pipeline will run in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore of Louisiana, USA.

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Project details

• Operator: Enbridge Inc.
• Owner: Enbridge Inc.
• Parent company: Enbridge Inc.
• Capacity: 100,000 barrels per day
• Length: 40 miles
• Length: 20 inches
• Cost: US$200 million
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2018

Background

The project connects to the Big Foot ultra-deep water development in the Gulf of Mexico.

The $250 million pipeline runs for 40 miles and has the capacity to carry 100,000 barrels of oil per day to an offshore connection that eventually runs to onshore pipeline, storage, and distribution networks.

As of March of 2018, the pipeline was complete, but Enbridge was waiting for the Big Foot oil field development to reach first oil before officially starting up commercial operations.[7] While Enbridge owns and operates the pipeline, the oil field itself is operated by Chevron with a 60% share, while Statoil (27.5%) and Marubeni Oil & Gas (12.5%) hold the remaining stakes.

According to June 2020 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the pipeline was put in service in the fourth quarter of 2018, and first oil was produced from the Big Foot platform in November 2018.