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<blockquote data-quote="Campground Cattle" data-source="post: 120675" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Educate yourself .</p><p></p><p>In The LOOP </p><p></p><p>On land, pipelines transport two-thirds of the nation's oil. On water, barges and tank carriers are responsible for transporting large amounts oil. But pipelines also play a role in the delivery of oil via sea.</p><p></p><p>[A port facility known as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) helps deliver oil from barges and carriers to pipelines and eventually land terminals.</p><p></p><p>LOOP is located 18 miles south of Grand Isle, La., and serves as <strong>the only port in the United States capable offloading deep-draft tankers that are too large to transverse inland ports.</strong></p><p></p><p>LOOP is the largest U.S. offload station, and it handles 11 percent of the nation's imported oil. </p><p></p><p>"The facility plays a vital role in the distribution and refinement of oil," said Terry Gee, executive director of LOOP. "LOOP links four major pipeline companies to five pipeline systems and refineries throughout Louisiana, the Midwest and the Gulf Coast."</p><p></p><p>The process for collecting oil from the tankers begins with a device called a Single Point Mooring (SPM). Crews connect hoses and lines, which can rotate 360 degrees to account for changes in wind and water, to the tankers. The crude oil travels through the hoses to the SPMs where it is collected. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Once the SPM collects the oil, it travels through a 56-inch submarine pipeline to the Marine Terminal of the LOOP. The SPMs are located 8,000 feet from the main Marine Terminal at water depths of 115 feet. </p><p></p><p>The terminal includes a control platform and a pumping platform. The control platform consists of a landing pad, living quarters, a control room, a vessel traffic control station and offices. The pumping platform is home to the pumps, power generators and laboratory facilities that measure and sample the oil.</p><p></p><p>After being collected at the marine terminal, the oil travels via pipeline to the Fourchon Booster Station and then on to the Clovelly Dome Storage Terminal.</p><p></p><p>The Clovelly storage facility consists of eight underground salt caverns whose storing capacity exceeds 40 million barrels.</p><p></p><p>Clovelly operators then ship the oil through any of five major pipelines connected to the facility. These lines link the facility to more than 30 percent of the United State's refinery capacity.</p><p></p><p>As with all pipeline projects, maintaining safety and limiting environmental impact are a high priority. The LOOP is no exception. To maintain a productive and safe environment, LOOP operators must stay within strict safety guidelines at all times. Crew members are prohibited from smoking and using radios, radars, hand lights or electrical devices on deck. </p><p></p><p>Since LOOP began operations in 1981, the facility has offloaded more than six billion barrels of foreign oil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campground Cattle, post: 120675, member: 195"] Educate yourself . In The LOOP On land, pipelines transport two-thirds of the nation's oil. On water, barges and tank carriers are responsible for transporting large amounts oil. But pipelines also play a role in the delivery of oil via sea. [A port facility known as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) helps deliver oil from barges and carriers to pipelines and eventually land terminals. LOOP is located 18 miles south of Grand Isle, La., and serves as [b]the only port in the United States capable offloading deep-draft tankers that are too large to transverse inland ports.[/b] LOOP is the largest U.S. offload station, and it handles 11 percent of the nation's imported oil. "The facility plays a vital role in the distribution and refinement of oil," said Terry Gee, executive director of LOOP. "LOOP links four major pipeline companies to five pipeline systems and refineries throughout Louisiana, the Midwest and the Gulf Coast." The process for collecting oil from the tankers begins with a device called a Single Point Mooring (SPM). Crews connect hoses and lines, which can rotate 360 degrees to account for changes in wind and water, to the tankers. The crude oil travels through the hoses to the SPMs where it is collected. Once the SPM collects the oil, it travels through a 56-inch submarine pipeline to the Marine Terminal of the LOOP. The SPMs are located 8,000 feet from the main Marine Terminal at water depths of 115 feet. The terminal includes a control platform and a pumping platform. The control platform consists of a landing pad, living quarters, a control room, a vessel traffic control station and offices. The pumping platform is home to the pumps, power generators and laboratory facilities that measure and sample the oil. After being collected at the marine terminal, the oil travels via pipeline to the Fourchon Booster Station and then on to the Clovelly Dome Storage Terminal. The Clovelly storage facility consists of eight underground salt caverns whose storing capacity exceeds 40 million barrels. Clovelly operators then ship the oil through any of five major pipelines connected to the facility. These lines link the facility to more than 30 percent of the United State's refinery capacity. As with all pipeline projects, maintaining safety and limiting environmental impact are a high priority. The LOOP is no exception. To maintain a productive and safe environment, LOOP operators must stay within strict safety guidelines at all times. Crew members are prohibited from smoking and using radios, radars, hand lights or electrical devices on deck. Since LOOP began operations in 1981, the facility has offloaded more than six billion barrels of foreign oil. [/QUOTE]
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