LOCAP Pipeline

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LOCAP Pipeline is an operating crude oil pipeline in Louisiana, United States.

Location

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Project details

• Operator: LOOP LLC
• Owner: LOCAP LLC
• Parent company: MPLX [58.52%]; Shell [41.48%]
• Capacity: 1.7 million bpd (expandable up to 2.4 million bpd)
• Length: 54 miles
• Diameter: 48 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start year:
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

The LOCAP Pipeline connects the LOOP Cloelly storage facility to the LOCAP terminal in St. James, Louisiana (about 54 miles north).