{"id":348356,"date":"2020-04-14T16:41:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/shell-and-exxon-halt-gulf-of-mexico-output-due-to-pipeline-leak-offshore-technology.php"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:41:55","slug":"shell-and-exxon-halt-gulf-of-mexico-output-due-to-pipeline-leak-offshore-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/offshore\/shell-and-exxon-halt-gulf-of-mexico-output-due-to-pipeline-leak-offshore-technology.php","title":{"rendered":"Shell and Exxon halt Gulf of Mexico output due to pipeline leak &#8211; Offshore Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>]]>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        HOOPS pipeline connects the Exxon-operated Hoover, Marshall and Madison offshore fields.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <\/p>\n<p>A leak in the ExxonMobil-operated Hoover offshore oil pipeline system (HOOPS) pipeline has forced Royal Dutch Shell to temporarily shut in production at its Perdido Gulf of Mexico facility.<\/p>\n<p>Shell temporarily halted production on 9 April after a subsurface leak was discovered on HOOPS, The Financial Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Shell spokeswoman said ExxonMobil has shut the pipeline for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the US Gulf of Mexico, Perdido field is situated in water depths of 2,450m. It is approximately 200 miles south of Freeport, Texas, US.<\/p>\n<p>The Perdido is a production hub which can handle 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Shell operates and owns 35% in the field. Other partners include Chevron (37.5%) and BP (27.5%).<\/p>\n<p>According to Shell, without access to that pipeline system, and with no other alternatives in the available supply chain system, Perdido has been forced to ramp down operations.<\/p>\n<p>HOOPS connects the Exxon-operated Hoover, Marshall and Madison offshore fields to the Quintana Terminal near Freeport over 153 miles. These fields have a combined capacity of producing about 4,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil.                                               <\/p>\n<p>Last month, Shell announced it will reduce costs and spending to maintain financial stability during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that it needed to be well-positioned for the eventual economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, Shell and Equinor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on digital solutions.                                                                <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-technology.com\/news\/shell-exxon-halt-gulf-of-mexico-output-due-to-hoops-pipeline-leak\/\" title=\"Shell and Exxon halt Gulf of Mexico output due to pipeline leak - Offshore Technology\">Shell and Exxon halt Gulf of Mexico output due to pipeline leak - Offshore Technology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> ]]> HOOPS pipeline connects the Exxon-operated Hoover, Marshall and Madison offshore fields. A leak in the ExxonMobil-operated Hoover offshore oil pipeline system (HOOPS) pipeline has forced Royal Dutch Shell to temporarily shut in production at its Perdido Gulf of Mexico facility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/offshore\/shell-and-exxon-halt-gulf-of-mexico-output-due-to-pipeline-leak-offshore-technology.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[431655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offshore"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}