By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 16 -- Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LLC (LOOP) has appointed Thomas L. Shaw president, effective July 1.
Shaw, an executive and professional engineer with 30 years of experience in the pipeline industry, succeeds Robert C. Thompson, who is retiring after more than 22 years.
Since 2005 Shaw has served as vice-president of operations for LOOP. Before that, he served as a vice-president of Marathon Oil Corp.'s pipeline organization, with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance experience in Marathon's pipeline and refining organizations.
LOOP is jointly owned by Marathon 50.7%, Royal Dutch Shell PLC 46.1%, and Murphy Oil Corp. 3.2%. It is the nation's only deepwater offshore oil port capable of receiving supertankers for offloading of oil cargoes. LOOP expedites the delivery of over 1.5 million b/d of imported and US crude.
