Commission approves Shell’s rate plan for Westward Ho crude pipeline to Houston

摘要

FERC recently approved Shell’s rate structure for its WestwardnHo oil pipeline designed to move offshore and imported sourncrude from Louisiana to Houston refineries.nThe commission on October 5 granted (OR12-23) the company’snrequest for a declaratory order approving its proposed ratenand service plan for future pipeline customers.nIn building its case for the estimated $1.8 billion project,nShell told FERC in August that changing supply/demand dynamicsnin the Gulf of Mexico could leave refiners cut off from thenqualities of crude best suited to them.