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February 2000 Public Information Series No.2 Facts

1934 First of commercial quantities Deepest producing well in Louisiana: -SL

urvey discovered in the state: 4666-1, November 1969, Caillou Island, The Heywood #1 Jules Clement well, drilled near Terrebonne Parish, 21,924 feet total depth Evangeline, Louisiana, in Acadia Parish, which

S was drilled to a depth of approximately 1,700 Existing oil or gas fields as of December 31,

feet in September 1901 (counties are called 1998: 1,775 Reserves “parishes” in Louisiana). Crude oil and condensate oil produced from First oil field discovered: Jennings Field, Acadia 1901 to 1998: 16,563,234,543 barrels Parish, September 1901 Crude oil and condensate produced in 1998: First over-water in America: 132,376,274 barrels Caddo Lake near Shreveport, Louisiana, (Source: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.) circa 1905 and casinghead gas produced from First natural gas pipeline laid in Louisiana: 1901 to 1998: 144,452,229,386 thousand Caddo Field to Shreveport in 1908 cubic feet (MFC) Largest natural gas field in Louisiana: Natural gas produced in 1998: 1,565,921,421 Monroe Field, which was discovered in 1916 thousand cubic feet (MFC) (Source: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.) Number of domes: 204 are known to exist, eological 77 of which are located Dry Natural Gas Proven Reserves 1997 3,093 billion cubic feet Parishes producing oil or gas: All 64 of South Louisiana 5,585 billion cubic feet Louisiana’s parishes State Waters 725 billion cubic feet G Parish with greatest natural gas production: Federal Offshore 21,934 billion cubic feet Vermilion (Louisiana) (Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Oil and Gas.) Parish with greatest oil production: Crude Oil Proven Reserves for 1997 Plaquemines North Louisiana 136 million barrels Parish with greatest combined production: South Louisiana 427 million barrels Plaquemines State Waters 151 million barrels Federal Offshore 2,587 million barrels Parish with most : Caddo (Louisiana) (Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Oil and Gas.) Wells drilled in Louisiana since 1901 (as of August 5, 1996): 71,438 oil wells; 36,184 gas wells; 180,861 total wells

ouisiana Deepest drilled in Louisiana: Martin Exploration #1 Eckart in 1981, St. Landry Parish, 25,703 feet total depth (compared to

L the deepest borehole drilled in the : Lone Star Producing #1 Bertha Rogers www.lgs.lsu.edu in 1974, Washita County, , 31,441 feet total depth)

LOUISIANA FACTS 1 AVERAGE OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING COSTS FOR 1997

Oil Wells Avg. Depth/Feet Cost/Well Louisiana (all) 9,481 $1,592,000 North Louisiana 3,453 210,000 South Louisiana 12,229 2,341,000 Offshore LA (state waters) 9,813 4,840,000 Federal OCS1 11,019 6,733,000 Deepwater Gulf 11,929 8,218,000 United States 5115 445,000 Gas Wells Avg. Depth/Feet Cost/Well Louisiana 9,597 $2,715,000 North Louisiana 7,372 531,000 South Louisiana 12,140 3,629,000 Offshore LA (state waters) 11,465 6,070,000 Federal OCS1 11,930 6,889,000 Deepwater Gulf 13,964 13,477,000 United States 6,304 723,000 Dry Holes Avg. Depth/Feet Cost/Well Louisiana 9,373 $2,577,000 North Louisiana 5,365 229,000 South Louisiana 11,378 1,935,000 Offshore LA (state waters) 10,310 3,931,000 Federal OCS1 10,962 5,676,000 Deepwater Gulf 13,446 11,628,000 United States 5,825 655,000 All Wells Avg. Depth/Feet Cost/Well Louisiana 9,498 $2,645,000 North Louisiana 6,293 408,000 South Louisiana 11,988 2,604,000 Offshore LA (state waters) 10,584 5,076,000 Federal OCS1 11,356 6,292,000 Deepwater Gulf 13,222 11,262,000 United States 5,755 604,000 Source: 1997 Joint Association Survey on Drilling Costs.

2 LOUISIANA PETROLEUM IINDUSTRY FACTS JANUARY 2000 Louisiana Crude Oil Refineries September 1999

Currently the state has 18 refineries in operation, with 2,616,190 barrels per day of refining capacity, which is approximately 15 percent of the nation’s refining capacity. (Source: Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.)

● Operating Refineries 1 -Quaker State Corp./Shreveport 4 Calcasieu Refining Co./Lake Charles 5 Calumet Lubricants Co., L.P./Princeton 7 American International Company/Lake Charles 8 CITGO Petroleum Corp./Lake Charles 9 Inc./Lake Charles 10 Corp., U.S.A./Baton Rouge 11 Orion Refining Co./Norco

▲ Morehouse 12 B.P. PLC/Belle Chase Claiborne Union 2 ● West 17 3 ▲ 14 Valero Refining Company-Louisiana/Krotz Springs ▲ Carroll Bossier East 17 Calumet Lubricants Co., L.P./Cotton Valley 13 1 ● Carroll ● 5 Webster Lincoln 19 Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC/Garyville Ouachita Caddo Richland 21 U.S.A., Inc./Meraux Madison Bienville Jackson 22 Placid Refining Co./Port Allen 24 LLC/Norco Red Caldwell Tensas De Soto River 27 Chalmette Refining LLC/Chalmette Franklin Winn 28 Motiva Enterprises LLC/Convent Natchitoches 30 Shell Chemical/St. Rose La Salle Sabine Grant Catahoula ▲ Nonoperating Refineries Concordia 2 Bayou State Oil Corp./Hosston Rapides Vernon Avoyelles 3 Lisbon Refinery J.V., LLC/Lisbon 6 Refining Co./Church Point West Washington East Feliciana St. 13 El Paso field Services/Dubach Feliciana Helena 16 St. James Company LLC/St. James Beauregard Evangeline Pointe St. Landry E. Baton 18 Tina Resources, Inc./Talen’s Landing Allen Coupee Rouge 14 ● W. ● 20 Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Co./Mt. Airy Baton ● 10 Livingston St. Tammany

Rouge Tangipahoa ▲ 22 25 Quantum Fuel & Refining/Egan 6 Iberville Calcasieu Jefferson Acadia Ascension 26 Gold Line Refining, Ltd./Jennings Davis ▲ St. Martin ● 9 ▲ 28 ● 7 ● 26 25 Lafayette ● 19 8 ● 4 20▲● 11 Note: Refineries nos. 15, 23, and 29 have been St. James ●● Assumption 24 30 Orleans intentionally removed from this list because ▲ Iberia ▲ ● 21● 27 18 St. John ● Cameron St. M CharlesSt. Jefferson St. Bernard they no longer produce finished refinery Vermilion a 16 rtin Lafourche products (no. 15) or have been dismantled

the Baptist St. Mary ●12 (nos. 23 and 29). P L A Q U Terrebonne E M Source: Louisiana Department of  I N 0 miles 50 E S Natural Resources 0 kilometers 50

LOUISIANA PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FACTS 3 WHAT A OF CRUDE OIL MAKES1

PRODUCT GALLONS PER BARREL 19.5 Distillate 9.2 (includes home and ) ONVERSION -type 4.1 C Residual fuel oil 2.3 One barrel of oil equals 42 (heavy used as fuels in industry,marine gallons or 5,800,000 BTU’s

transportation, and for electric power generation) NERGY of energy. Liquefied refinery gasses 1.9 E Still gas 1.9 One MCF of 1.8 natural gas equals and oil 1.3 1,000 cubic feet or 1,032,000 feedstocks 1.2 BTU’s of energy. Lubricants 0.5 Kerosene 0.2 Other 0.3 Source: American Petroleum Institute (API). 1Figures are based on 1995 average yields for U.S. refineries. One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made is 44.2 gallons, which is 2.2 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents “processing gain” that occurs during refining.

LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS1 YEAR EXPLORATION REFINING PIPELINES– GAS UTILITIES TOTAL AND PRODUCTION OIL & PRODUCTS 1997 51,688 9,842 792 4,102 15,469 81,893 1996 46,885 9,978 789 4,310 15,635 77,577 1995 44,144 10,361 932 4,855 16,097 76,389 1994 44,757 11,898 1,014 5,123 15,467 79,268 1993 44,302 11,639 1,078 5,250 14,960 77,229 1992 45,749 11,474 1,095 5,550 14,355 78,223 1991 54,414 11,437 1,073 5,832 14,323 87,079 1990 53,700 10,500 1,015 5,791 13,882 84,888 1985 78,500 11,700 1,200 6,700 13,900 112,000 1980 83,800 12,100 1,200 5,900 14,744 117,444 1975 54,800 9,600 950 6,500 14,700 86,550 Source: Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. 1 Direct employment only—no company or spin-off positions.

4 LOUISIANA PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FACTS JANUARY 2000 RANKINGS Louisiana 1997 Gasoline Consumption ...... 1,998,982,000 gallons U.S. 1997 Gasoline Consumption ...... 118,322,536,000 gallons

Louisiana Registered Motor in 1996 ...... 3,318,205 U.S. Total Registered Motor Vehicles in 1996 ...... 206,365,156 Louisiana Gasoline Tax Rate ...... 20 cents per gallon Federal Gasoline Taxes ...... 18.4 cents per gallon Total Tax Per Gallon of Gasoline Purchased in Louisiana...... 38.4 cents per gallon

Louisiana’s Ranking as an Energy Producer (including offshore) Second in Total Energy • Second in Natural Gas • Third in Crude Oil

Louisiana’s Ranking as an Energy Producer (excluding offshore) Fourth in Total Energy • Third in Natural Gas • Fourth in Crude Oil Louisiana’s Ranking as an Energy Consumer Second in Industrial Energy • Second in Per Capita Energy • Third in Natural Gas • Fifth in Petroleum Sixth in Total Energy • Twenty-second in Residential Energy (Source: Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.)

PIPELINE INFORMATION • There are an estimated 25,000 miles of natural gas interstate pipelines. There are 7,600 miles of natural gas intrast- ate pipelines that carry natural gas to users within the state’s boundaries. Another 3,450 miles of pipelines in Louisiana crude oil and crude oil products. There are thousands of miles of flow lines and gathering lines moving oil and gas from to separating facilities, while other pipelines transport chemical products that have no petroleum base. • The total assessed value of the interstate pipelines in Louisiana is $605 million, according to the Louisiana Tax Commission. The pipeline industry employs 4,855 persons in Louisiana with an annual payroll of more than $250 million. (Source: Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association.) • Louisiana is home to the world’s only offshore superport, Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), which allows supertankers to unload crude oil away from shore so that it can be transported via pipeline to onshore terminals.

The Henry Hub in Louisiana is a hub of pipelines and is the point where Related web site addresses: financial ( LSU) Basin Research Institute (BRI) www.bri.lsu.edu markets Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) www.dnr.state.la.us determine Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association www.lmoga.com the value of Louisiana Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas natural gas. Association (LIOGA) www.lioga.com American Petroleum Institute (API) www.api.org (LSU) Center for Energy Studies www.energyprograms.lsu.edu (LSU) Louisiana Energy & Environmental Resources & Information Center (LEERIC) www.leeric.lsu.edu

Henry Hub

LOUISIANA PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FACTS 5 Morehouse Claiborne Union West Carroll Bossier 1● East Webster Carroll ● Lincoln ● ● Madison 2 3● 4 Ouachita ● Caddo 5 Richland 23 ● 27 ● 24 ● Louisiana Bienville Jackson ● 26 25 ● 7 ● ● ● 6 ● 10 22 ● 28 8 ● ●19 ● Red 29 30 9 ● ●11 Franklin● De Soto River ●18 ● 31 Winn Caldwell ● 21 Tensas 12 ● 20 ● ●15 17 Salt Domes 14 16● ● 32● Natchitoches ● 13 La Salle Sabine Grant Catahoula

oncordia C 0 miles 50 Rapides Vernon Avoyelles 0 kilometers 50 33● West Washington East Feliciana St. 34 Feliciana ● Helena Evangeline Beauregard ● Pointe 204 St. Landry ● Allen 35 Coupee E. Baton ● W. Rouge Baton 63 IbervilleRouge Livingston St. Tammany Acadia Tangipahoa ● Jefferson 61 ● 72 ● 71 74 Ascension 43 ● 58 ● 64 ● ● 36 38 ● ● Davis 57 ● ● St. Martin 70 ● ● 39 42 ● ● 62 65 ● ● 90 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 91 ● 41 45 59 ●60 Lafayette 66 69 73 37● 44 ● ● 75 Calcasieu ● 55 68 St. James 40 48 ● 67 76● ● ● 54● ● 92 ● ● ● ● 53 56 ●Iberia ● 87 ●102 Orleans 49 ● 78 ● 77 ● Assumption 93 46 47 ● St. John 86● St. Martin ●101 St. Bernard ● 52 Vermilion 79 80 Chandeleur 50 ● ● 88 Lafourche St. Charles Jefferson ● 51 ● 85 ● ● ● ● ● Sound Cameron ● ● 103 106 118 Chandeleur 81 ● 109 the Baptist 104 Area ● ● ● Area 82 84 St. Mary 108 110 107 ● 202 ● 105 Breton ● 89 ● 120 Sound ● ● 111 ● 119 ●122 Area 83 Terrebonne 112 ● ● ● ● ●121 127 Main Pass Area ● 115 Plaquemines State 96 ● 124 94 ● ● 114 ● 140 ● 128 ● 160 ● ● 97 ● 123 ● ● 340 ● ● 100 ● ● 203 194 182 95 ● 116 139 134 ● ●125 ● ●130 ● ● 161 ● ● 183 ● 150 98 99 126 129 195 ● ● 162 ● 151 117 ●143 196 ●184 ● ● ● ● ● West 132 133 197 200 ● 163 Grand 131 ● ● ● 185 175 ● ● ● ● Delta ● 199 ● 164 152 149 Isle 198 ● 176 ● Area South Pass 186 144 Area ● ● 165 ● South ● 145 Area ● 177 ● ● 166 167 153 Pelto ● 201 187 ● ● 154 ● 141 135 188 ● 178 ● ● Area ● ● 146● ● 137 189 180● ●169 ● ● ● ● 168 136 ● ● ● 170 155 156 147 190 ● 179 ● ● 138 191 181 171 ● 148 ● ● ● ● 172● West East 193 173 158 157 South ● 192 ● ● ● Cameron Cameron South Timbalier 142 Area Area 174 Area Vermilion Marsh Eugene Ship Area Island Island Shoal Area Area Area

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6 LOUISIANA PETROLEUM INDUSTRY FACTS JANUARY 2000 Webster Parish Vermilion Parish Lafourche Parish Eugene Island Area 1. Minden...... 19N - 8W 54. Gueydan ...... 11S - 1W 108. Chacahoula ...... 15S - 15E 160. BL. 32 *2. Bistineau ...... 18N -10W 55. Perry Point ...... 11S - 1E 109. Raceland ...... 15S - 19E 161. BL. 77 Bienville Parish 56. Leleux ...... 11S - 2E 110. Valentine ...... 17S - 20E 162. BL. 110 *3. Vacherie ...... 17N - 8W Acadia Parish 111. Cut Off ...... 18S - 21E 163. BL. 126 *4. Gibsland ...... 18N - 7W 57. Jennings ...... 9S - 2W 112. Bully Camp ...... 18S - 20E 164. BL. 128 5. Arcadia ...... 18N - 5W 58. North Crowley ...... 9S - 1E 113. Clovelly ...... 18S - 22E 165. BL. 175 *6. Kings ...... 15N - 8W 59. Lawson ...... 9S - 1E 114. Golden Meadow ...... 19S - 22E 166. BL. 184 *7. Prothro ...... 14N - 6W 60. Crowley ...... 10S - 1E 115. Bay de Chene ...... 19S - 24E 167. BL. 188 *8. Rayburns ...... 15N - 5W 61. Bosco ...... 8S - 3E 116. Leeville ...... 21S - 22E 168. BL. 205 Natchitoches Parish 62. Bosco, South ...... 9S - 3E 117. Timbalier Bay ...... 23S - 21E 169. BL. 208 *9. Chestnut ...... 13N - 6W St. Landry Parish Plaquemines Parish 170. BL. 231 Winn Parish 63. Port Barre ...... 6S - 5E 118. Stella ...... 14S - 24E 171. BL. 238 172. BL. 273 *10. Milams ...... 13N - 3W St. Martin Parish 119. Lake Hermitage ...... 18S - 25E 173. BL. 276 *11. Prices ...... 13N - 4W 64. Plumb Bob ...... 8S - 7E ++120. ...... 18S - 15E 174. BL. 292 *12. Drakes ...... 12N - 5W 65. Anse la Butte ...... 9S - 5E 121. Lake Washington ...... 20S - 26E *13. Coochie Brake ...... 10N - 4W 66. Section “28” ...... 9S - 7E ++122. Quarantine Bay ...... 19S - 17E South Marsh Island Area *14. Winnfield ...... 11N - 3W 67. St. Martinville ...... 10S - 6E 123. Venice ...... 22S - 30E 175. BL. 6 *15. Cedar Creek ...... 11N - 2W 68. Lake Chico ...... 11S - 10E ++124. Delta Duck Club ...... 21S - 20E 176. BL. 8 *16. Packton ...... 10N - 2W 69. Lake Mongoulois ...... 10S - 9E 125. Garden Island Bay...... 23S - 32E 177. BL. 38 *17. Castor Creek ...... 10N - 1E 70. Bayou Bouillon ...... 9S - 8E 126. West Bay ...... 23S - 30E 178. BL. 48 179. BL. 66 *18. Sikes ...... 12N - 1W Iberville Parish Offshore 180. BL. 73 Caldwell Parish 71. Bayou des Glaises ...... 8S - 8E Main Pass Area 181. BL. 79 *19. Chester ...... 13N - 2E 72. Bayou Choctaw ...... 9S - 11E 127. BL. 46 Franklin Parish 73. Bayou Bleu ...... 9S - 10E 128. BL. 144 Vermilion Area *20. Fort Necessity ...... 12N - 7E ++74 St. Gabriel ...... 9S - 2E 129. BL. 299 182. BL. 102 *21. Gilbert ...... 13N - 8E 75. White Castle ...... 11S - 12E 130. BL. 306 183. BL. 111 184. BL. 120 *22. Crowville ...... 15N - 8E Iberia Parish South Pass Area 185. BL. 162 Madison Parish 76. Fausse Pointe ...... 11S - 8E 131. BL. 27 186. BL. 164 *23. North Tallulah ...... 17N - 13E 77. Iberia ...... 12S - 7E 132. BL. 61 187. BL. 193 *24. Walnut Bayou ...... 17N - 13E 78. Jefferson Island ...... 12S - 5E 133. BL. 62 188. BL. 200 *25. Duck Port ...... 16N - 14E 79. Avery Island ...... 13S - 5E West Delta Area 189. BL. 218 *26. Tallulah ...... 16N - 12E 80. Weeks Island ...... 14S - 6E 134. BL. 30 190. BL. 245 *27. Singer ...... 15N - 11E 81. South Tigre Lagoon ...... 14S - 5E 135. BL. 133 191. BL. 271 *28. South Coleman ...... 15N - 13E 82. Vermilion Bay ...... 16S - 5E *136. BL. 138 192. BL. 289 Tensas Parish 83. Rabbit Island ...... Gulf *137. BL. 148 193. BL. 304 *29. Snake Bayou ...... 14N - 10E St. Mary Parish 138. BL. 152 East Cameron Area *30. Somerset ...... 14N - 11E 84. West Cote Blanche Bay ...... 16S - 7E Grand Isle Area *194.BL. 115 *31. Newellton ...... 13N - 12E 85. Cote Blanche Island ...... 15S - 7E 139. BL. 16 195. BL. 118 Catahoula Parish 86. Jeanerette ...... 13S - 9E 140. BL. 18 196. BL. 126 *32. Foules ...... 10N - 8E 87. Charenton ...... 13S - 9E 141. BL. 72 197. BL. 139 Rapides Parish 88. Franklin ...... 14S - 9E 142. BL. 106 *198.BL. 151 89. Belle Isle ...... 17S - 10E 33. Cheneyville ...... 1S - 2E *199. BL. 155 Ascension Parish Bay Marchand Area Evangeline Parish 200. BL. 160 ++90. Darrow ...... 10S - 2E 143. BL. 2 34. Pine Prarie ...... 3S - 1W 201. BL. 189 South Timbalier Area 35. Reddell ...... 4S - 1W ++91. Sorrento ...... 10S - 4E 144. BL. 54 West Cameron Area Calcasieu Parish Assumption Parish 145. BL. 86 202. BL. 2 36. North Starks ...... 8S - 13W 92. Napoleonville ...... 12S - 13E 146. BL. 131 *203.BL. 306 37. Starks ...... 9S - 12W St. James Parish 147. BL. 135 East Baton Rouge Parish 38. Edgerly ...... 9S - 11W ++93. Hester-Vacherie ...... 12S - 5E 148. BL. 176 204. Port Hudson ...... 4S - 2W++ 39. Sulphur Mines ...... 9S - 10W Terrebonne Parish South Pelto Area 40. Vinton ...... 10S - 12W 94. Bay Junop ...... 21S - 14E 149. BL. 20 * Nonproducing salt domes 41. Lockport ...... 10S - 9W 95. Dog Lake ...... 21S - 16E ++ St. Helena Meridian Ship Shoal Area Jefferson Davis Parish 96. Four Isle Dome ...... 21S - 16E 150. BL. 32 42. Iowa ...... 9S - 6W 97. Bay St. Elaine ...... 22S - 18E 151. Coon Point 43. Woodlawn ...... 9S - 6W 98. Lake Pelto ...... 23S - 18E (Blk. 39) 44. Welsh ...... 9S - 5W 99. Caillou Island ...... 23S - 20E 152. BL. 72 45. Roanoke ...... 9S - 4W 100. Lake Barre ...... 21S - 20E 153. BL. 113 Cameron Parish St. Charles Parish 154. BL. 154 46. Black Bayou ...... 12S - 12W 101. Paradis ...... 14S - 20E 155. BL. 204 47. Hackberry, West ...... 12S - 10W 102. Good Hope ...... 12S - 8E 156. BL. 208 48. Hackberry, East ...... 12S - 9W 103. Bayou des Allemands ...... 15S - 20E 157. BL. 230 49. Big Lake ...... 12S - 8W 104. Bayou Couba ...... 15S - 21E 158. BL. 274 50. Cameron Meadows ...... 14S - 13W 105. Lake Salvador ...... 16S - 22E 159. BL. 323 51. Calcasieu Lake ...... 13S - 9W Jefferson Parish 52. Sweet Lake ...... 13S - 8W 106. Barataria ...... 16S - 23E 53. Mallard Bay ...... 12S - 3W 107. Lafitte ...... 17S - 24E Information compiled by Bill Marsalis, Louisiana Office of Resources; Chacko John, Brian Harder, Reed Bourgeois, and Riley Milner, LGS. Graphic by Lisa Pond and edited by Margo Olinde, LGS.

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