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LOUISIANA
 Louisiana is among the strongest markets for oil and natural gas in the United States, with commensurately high oil and gas prices.
Louisiana is a major oil producing state with abundant crude oil reserves, ranking 5th in production and 8th in reserves throughout the United States. Petroleum infrastructure is extensive with a large network of crude oil, product, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipelines and storage facilities. Louisiana is also home to two of the four Strategic
Petroleum Reserve (SPR) storage facilities in the United States: West Hackberry in Cameron Parish and Bayou Choctaw in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Other infrastructure includes seventeen petroleum refineries with a combined crude oil distillation capacity of nearly 2.8 million barrels per calendar day, the second highest in the nation after Texas.
Louisiana also has numerous ports including the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP).
For further information on the State of Louisiana please visit their website at www.dnr.louisiana.gov.
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