pipeline system, associated with the Louisiana Offshore Oil 

 Port (Superport), will be required if the Superport is built 

 as proposed (the Superport and more of its impacts are dis- 

 cussed in Chapter 2). 



Electrical power needs are increased by development of 

 OCS resources with much of the need required by onshore 

 support facilities and induced growth of industry (especially 

 petrochemical complexes), population, and commercial activities. 

 For example, the area with the greatest impact from offshore 

 development, the St. Mary-Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes area 

 and the New Orleans-Baton Rouge corridor, has experienced and 

 is experiencing tremendous growth in demand for electricity. 

 While the 1975 electrical generating capacity for this area 

 was 10,200 million kilowatt -hours (KWH), the demand for 1990 

 is expected to be 56,460 million KWH, a 450% increase. 

 Present generating plant construction plans will meet this 

 need for 1990, but further capacity will be needed beyond that 

 year (Mumphrey et al . , 1976: 355-356). 



1.4 — PROCESSING/DISTRIBUTION NETWORK 



Crude Oil 



In 1954, when offshore production began to reach significant 

 proportions, there were 57 refineries in Texas, with a total 

 operating capacity of 2,273,000 barrels per day. Almost 90% of 

 this capacity was along the Gulf Coast area, centering around 

 the Corpus Christ i, Houston, Bay town, Texas City, Beaumont and 

 Port Arthur areas. These locations offered cheap water 



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