Table 8. Onshore facilities and number of jobs required to support a high- 

 find of oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf near Northwest Florida 

 (adapted from the New England River Basins Commision 1976). 



Facil ity 



Land measure 



Number of jobs required 



Service bases 



100 acres/base, 600 ft 

 water frontage per 

 base 



80 jobs per platform 

 during drill ing 

 and production 



Pi pel ines 



100 ft easement/pipeline 500 



190 acres per pipecoating 

 yd and pumping station 



850 1 ineal ft of water 

 frontage 



Berthing 

 facil ities 

 (terminal and 

 tank form) 



150 acres 



1,000 lineal ft of 

 water frontage 



75 



Platform fabrica 

 tion yards 



800 acres 

 450 lineal 

 frontage 



ft water 



Onshore process 

 ing and treat- 

 ment facil ities 



75 acres 



60 



Ref i nery 



2,000 acres 



600 



Total 



3,315 acres 



1,315 



190 



