Service begins on Shenzi crude line

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. says that construction of its crude oil pipeline serving the BHP Billiton-operated Shenzi field in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and is now transporting production from the deepwater discovery located at Green Canyon Block 653. The 83-mi, 20-in. pipeline, which has a capacity of 230,000 barrels per day, connects to the partnership’s Ship Shoal 332B junction platform, giving Shenzi producers access to the Enterprise-operated Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline and Poseidon Oil Pipeline systems. Enterprise owns a 50% interest in Cameron Highway and a 36% interest in Poseidon. Located in approximately 4,300 ft of water about 120 miles off the coast of Louisiana, the Shenzi field is owned by a joint venture comprising BHP Billiton (operator), Repsol E&P USA Inc. and Hess Corporation.