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<div class='mailmunch-forms-before-post' style='display: none !important;'></div><p>Houston, Texas-based refinery company Phillips 66 has cancelled its request for an exemption from Jones Act rules, which it made in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey.</p>
<p>The hurricane brought much devastation and historic levels of flooding top parts of Texas and Louisiana, with Houston particularly badly hit.</p>
<p>Under the Jones Act, all items transported between US ports must be done by vessels that are built, flagged, owned and crewed by US parties.</p>
<p>Exemptions can be granted to allow foreign ships to ply such routes in cases of national emergency or national defence.</p><div class='mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle' style='display: none !important;'></div>
<p>The Phillips 66 request related to a cargo of crude oil from Corpus Christi to Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. Phillips’ reason was an anticipated shortfall in output from its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.</p>
<p>US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the body that assesses such waiver requests, had taken longer than expected to rule.</p>
<p>And in the meantime Phillips 66 had found adequate Jones Act-compliant transportation.</p>
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