Mile 118.6 - LBD - International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) and Shell

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

118.6 LBD - International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) and Shell

IMTT St. Rose is a 1,000 acre bulk liquid (primarily petroleum product) terminal. IMTT has 207 Tanks with 14,750,000 barrels total capacity. Tanks range in size from 40,000 gallons to 500,000 barrels. There are 5 deepwater tanker berths, 13 barge berths, as well as truck and railcar loading/unloading facilities. Shell jointly operates (with IMTT) an asphalt plant on the northeast side of the IMTT facility. Strong odors from the asphalt plant plagued nearby residents in St. Rose in 2014. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said that the odors resulted from the use of crude oil that contained high levels of sulfur compounds and the failure of equipment designed to prevent such odors. Even so, reported Toxic Releases (TRI) for Shell St. Rose in 2013 was only 7,905 pounds.

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