Zydeco Oil Pipeline
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Zydeco Oil Pipeline, previously known as Houston-Houma (Ho-Ho) Oil Pipeline, is an oil pipeline in the United States.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Houston, Texas, to Houma, Louisiana, and from there to refineries in St. James Parish and Clovelly, Louisiana.[2]
Project details
- Operator: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3][4]
- Owner: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Capacity: 360,000 barrels per day (bpd)[5]
- Length: 350 miles[5]
- Diameter: 24 inches, 22 inches, 20 inches[5]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2013[5]
Background
The pipeline originally ran from Houma, Louisiana to Houston, Texas, and was known as the Houma-to-Houston (Ho-Ho) pipeline. In 2013 parent company Shell plc reversed the pipeline, naming it the Houston-Houma (Ho-Ho) Oil Pipeline, to supply U.S. Gulf Coast refineries with crude from oil plays in the Eagle Ford, Bakken, Permian Basin and other shale regions. From Houma, the Ho-Ho pipeline branched into two segments.
One segment carries oil to a refinery in St. James Parish, replacing and increasing the capacity of the prior Houma-St. James line. A second segment carries oil to the Clovelly oil storage facility near Galliano, which connects to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or LOOP, an international oil terminal.[1][2][6][7] A third segment was added as an expansion project, running from Port Neches to Houma, Louisiana.[1][5]
As of May 2021, 7.5% of ownership interest in the Zydeco Pipeline was transferred from Shell Pipeline Company LP to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P, which now holds 100% ownership interest in the Zydeco Oil Pipeline.[3]
In November 2022, the pipeline began operating at reduced capacity due to project work at Port Neches, and was expected to remain at reduced capacity until mid- to late December 2022.[8]
Expansion projects
St. James Expansion Project
There is a proposed 40 mile expansion from Houma to St. James, Louisiana, this expansion was first proposed in 2015 by Shell plc.[4] The project will replace a segment of the existing Zydeco Houma-St. James line that is currently operating with a capacity of 270,000 barrels per day. This expansion project would add 40 miles of new pipeline to the existing 48 miles, and the diameter would increase from its current 18-inches to 24-inches.[9]
There is a proposed 40 mile expansion planned from Houma to St. James, Louisiana.[9]
- Operator:
- Owner: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Capacity:
- Length: 40 miles[9]
- Status: Cancelled
- Start year:
There have been no updates on the progress of this expansion project since 2019, however the pre-expansion segment from Houma to St. James, Louisiana is still in operation. The project was presumed to be shelved as of 2021 and cancelled as of 2023.
Houma-to-Clovelly Expansion Project
The expansion increased the transport capacity from Houma, Louisiana, to Clovelly, Louisiana, from 400,000 barrels per day to 500,000 barrels per day.[5]
The expansion runs from Houma, Louisiana, to Clovelly, Louisiana.[5]
- Operator: Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.[5]
- Owner: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Capacity: 100,000 barrels per day[5]
- Length: 34 miles / 54.7 kilometers[5]
- Diameter: 24 inches[5]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2016[5]
Port Neches-to-Houma Expansion Project
The expansion increased the transport capacity from Port Neches, Texas, to Houma, Louisiana, from 360,000 barrels per day to 375,000 barrels per day.[5]
The expansion runs from Port Neches, Texas, to Houma, Louisiana.[5]
- Operator: Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.[5]
- Owner: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP[3]
- Capacity: 15,000 barrels per day[5]
- Length: 213 miles / 342.8 kilometers[5]
- Diameter: 22 inches[5]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2016[5]
Houma-Caillou Island Expansion
An additional segment runs from Houma to Caillou Island, according to official SEC documentation of the Zydeco system.[10]
- Operator: Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.[10]
- Owner: Shell Midstream Partners LP[10]
- Parent company: Shell Midstream Partners LP[10]
- Capacity:
- Length:
- Diameter:
- Status: Operating[10]
- Start year:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Houston-Houma Oil Pipeline, A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zydeco Fact Sheet," Shell, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 "Form 10-K Shell Midstream Partners For: Dec 31". StreetInsider.com. 24 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Zydeco Announces Non-Binding Open Season on New Pipeline".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 Petroleum & Other Liquids, Movements, Energy Information Administration, June 4, 2020
- ↑ "Pipeline to carry oil to Houma, south La. facilities," Houma Today, Jan 26, 2014
- ↑ "Zydeco Pipeline Paves the Way to St. James with New Agreement," Shell, May 10, 2016
- ↑ Kelly, Stephanie (17 November 2022). "Shell's Zydeco oil pipeline running at reduced capacity". Reuters. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Planned Projects" Pipeline and Gas Journal, August 23, 2019
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1610466/000161046617000014/a201610k.htm".
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