Royal Dutch Shell has shut a 170,000-barrel-a-day pipeline that moves Gulf of Mexico crude to Houma after the pipe leaked in Terrebonne Bay, Bloomberg reports. Shell shut the 16-inch pipeline, which starts on Caillou Island, at about 5 p.m. Saturday after a light oil sheen was observed near a pump station, Kim Windon, a Houston-based spokeswoman for Shell, confirms in an email. Less than a gallon of crude was released, based on initial information, she says. Shell plans to inspect and repair the pipeline as soon as possible, weather permitting, and is investigating the cause of the leak, Windon adds. The Caillou-to-Houma pipeline connects with a 20-inch pipeline that brings crude from producers in Eugene Island, Ship Shoal, Green Canyon and other Gulf formations to Caillou Island.
Shell shuts Gulf crude pipeline after leak in Louisiana
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