Houston, June 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zydeco Pipeline Company LLC (Zydeco), jointly owned by Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) and Shell Pipeline Company LP (SPLC), announced the successful conclusion of its binding open season, which resulted in the pipeline being fully subscribed, with contracts ranging from 18 to 60 months.
“We are pleased with the response to Zydeco’s open season,” said Kevin Nichols, CEO of Shell Midstream Partners. “Zydeco is strategically positioned to meet the demand in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, and is the only pipeline connecting Houston to St. James with export capability out of LOOP. These new contracts speak to the competitiveness of the pipeline and the value that it provides to shippers, owners, and unitholders.”
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About Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.
Shell Midstream Partners, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a growth-oriented master limited partnership that owns, operates, develops and acquires pipelines and other midstream assets. Our assets include interests in entities that own crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals that serve as key infrastructure to (i) transport onshore and offshore crude oil production to Gulf Coast and Midwest refining markets and (ii) deliver refined products from those markets to major demand centers. Our assets also include interests in entities that own natural gas and refinery gas pipelines which transport offshore natural gas to market hubs and deliver refinery gas from refineries and plants to chemical sites along the Gulf Coast.
About Shell Pipeline Company LP
For 100 years, Shell Pipeline Company LP has helped meet America’s energy needs. SPLC transports more than 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and refined products annually through thousands of miles of pipelines located in five states. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Products US, a unit of Shell Oil Company, SPLC is part of one of the world’s leading energy companies, which has been a prominent participant in America’s energy industry for a century. SPLC operates an integrated network of trunk lines, interconnects and terminals safely, efficiently and dependably – key factors in keeping the commodities SPLC carries more affordable for the people who count on them.
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