Mars Crude Oil Pipeline

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Mars Crude Oil Pipeline is an operating oil pipeline in the United States.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Mississippi Canyon in the Gulf Coast to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) in Clovelly, Louisiana.

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Project details

• Operator:
• Owner: Mars Oil Pipeline Company LLC
• Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP [71.5%], BP [28.5%]
• Capacity: 600,000 barrels per day (bpd)
• Diameter: 18 inches, 24 inches
• Length: 163 miles
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 1996

Background

Mars Crude Oil Pipeline is an 18- to 24-inch, 163-mile pipeline originating approximately 130 miles offshore. It transports oil production from the Mississippi Canyon area in the north-central Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana, from the Olympus and Mars platforms and the Medusa and Ursa pipelines. It has capacities up to 600,000 bpd. It delivers oil to the Fourchon and LOOP Clovelly Terminals in Louisiana.

In August 2022, a Mars pipeline leak of approximately two barrels of oil caused a temporary shutdown of three Shell drilling platforms.