Hurricane Katrina Update: LOOP Unloading First Tanker.GALLIANO, La. -- The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port For other uses of "LOOP", see Loop. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. (LOOP) has resumed pumping operations at its offshore oil port facilities in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . The first supertanker su·per·tank·er n. A very large ship, usually between 100,000 and 400,000 displacement tons, used for transporting oil and other liquids in large quantities. to visit the Port since Saturday is being unloaded. The operation was initiated following the completion of a series of successful pressure tests on the LOOP and LOCAP LOCAP Low Capacity LOCAP Low Combat Air Patrol crude oil pipelines. The start up was delayed after an emergency generator went down earlier today. However, once generator power was restored, tanker offloading began around began at 5 P. M. and LOCAP deliveries began at 6 P.M. When commercial power is restored, LOOP and LOCAP will be capable of achieving maximum capacity. LOOP stopped offloading tankers Saturday, August 27, 2005, in anticipation of Hurricane Katrina. |
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