Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

Tankers offload at LOOP by pumping crude oil through hoses connected to a Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) base.

The SPMs are designed to handle ships up to 700,000 deadweight tons (635,000 metric tonnes).

The crude oil then moves to the Marine Terminal via a 56-inch (1.4 m) diameter submarine pipeline.

Crude oil is only handled on the pumping platform where it is measured, sampled, and boosted to shore via a 48-inch (1.2 m) diameter pipeline.

The Fourchon Booster Station has four 6,000-hp (4.5 MW) pumps which increase the pressure and crude oil flow en route to the Clovelly Dome Storage Terminal.

Tanker Oliva offloading at LOOP.
LOOP Pumping Platform Complex.