Announcements

May 01, 2023

LOOP Sour Quality Message

By Public Information Officer

For the month of April 2023 LOOP had no deliveries of LOOP Sour Crude Oil from LOOP Sour Storage.  The charts below show the quality characteristics of LOOP Sour Crude Oil deliveries to connecting carrier pipelines for the months April 2020 – April 2023.  The utilization rate of the CACs for the month of April 2023 was 42%.



  


LOOP will be issuing similar reports on a monthly basis. Please check loopllc.com for updates.

Density is determined by continuous density measurement utilizing online densitometers and the weighted-average reading obtained during the batch delivery for the gross standard volume calculation. Density results are then verified using API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Publications (MPMS), Chapter 9 Section 3 “Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Thermohydrometer Method” for the net standard volume calculation.   

 Sulfur is determined by the use of a Horiba Sulfur-in-Oil Analyzer. This instrument uses Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence to determine total Sulfur in Petroleum products. ASTM method D4294 “Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry” is used. Note, this field lab test is conducted on an observed composite sample without water distillation.

January 22, 2018

LOOP Sour Crude Assay Available

By Public Information Officer

LOOP has published a second LOOP Sour Crude Assay dated December 2017. The complete assay can be found at the below link.

https://www.loopllc.com/Services/LOOP-Sour-Storage