Endymion Oil Pipeline

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Endymion Oil Pipeline is an oil pipeline in the United States. It is part of the Mardi Gras Transportation System.

Location

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

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Project Details

• Operator: BP, ExxonMobil, Shell
• Current capacity: 420,000 barrels per day
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 89 miles (143 kilometers)
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2005

Background

Endymion is an 89-mile crude oil pipeline with a 425,000 bpd capacity. The pipeline provides access to the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. It is connected to LOOP Clovelly storage with access to multiple markets. In 2016 Shell acquired a 10% interest in the Endymion Oil Pipeline Company, owned by BP and ExxonMobil. The pipeline was completed in 2005.