The Seadock proposal is somewhat different from LOOP. 

 It will be located 28 miles offshore of Freeport, Texas. Its 

 onshore facilities consist of a large tank farm where the 

 pipeline comes onshore. The oil will then be pumped from 

 the tank farm into pipelines to refineries (Perrin, 1976). 

 The environmental effects of Seadock are similar to those of 

 ^OOP except for the differences resulting from the difference 

 in storage facilities. That is, there will be no discharge 

 of brine or freshwater drawdown from leaching activities but 

 there will be an additional negative aesthetic impact from 

 the large tank farm that will be constructed. 



2.4 PROCESSING 



As in the case of onshore support facilities , oil and 

 gas extraction activities are not expected to have a major 

 impact on processing, but a major impact will result from 

 the LOOP and Seadock superport projects. The existing 

 refineries likely to be affected by the two projects are 

 shown in Figure 2.5. 



The existing and projected refining capacity 

 of olants in south Louisiana will change if the two 

 superports are constructed (Table 2.4). Analysis 

 of the projections indicates that LOOP will affect 



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