Shell Pipeline Company LP has announced the Final Investment Decision for the Rome Pipeline, a major offshore pipeline construction project designed to enhance connectivity between Shell’s Green Canyon Block 19 (GC-19) pipeline hub platform and the Fourchon Junction facility on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. This project will increase capacity within Shell’s extensive Gulf of Mexico network, supporting domestic oil production in the western and central regions of the GoM.
“This investment will reinforce Shell’s strategic position in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico through enhanced oil transport capacity, flexibility, and efficiency,” stated Andrew Smith, Shell’s executive vice president of Trading and Supply.
Shell has also entered into an agreement with BP America Production Company to export 100 percent of the oil produced from bp’s recently sanctioned Kaskida project in the Keathley Canyon area through the Rome Pipeline.
The 100-mile-long Rome Pipeline will run parallel to existing corridor pipelines and originate from Shell’s GC-19 pipeline hub platform, which is connected to major crude oil markets in Texas and Louisiana. Building on its long history of safe pipeline operations, Shell will leverage its experience managing nearly 3,000 miles of pipeline in Louisiana and the surrounding waters of the Gulf.
Pending regulatory approvals, the Rome Pipeline is expected to commence operations in 2028.
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