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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Port Fourchon, Louisiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico.
		Port Fourchon also is also the base for a number of fishing boats, and has a beach that automobiles can drive on.
		Port Fourchon was damaged by Hurricane Lili in October of 2002.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Port-Fourchon,-Louisiana (818 words)

	LA 1 Coalition - Facts and Figures
		In addition to its huge domestic hydrocarbon significance, Port Fourchon is land base for LOOP which handles 14% of nation's foreign oil and is connected to 50% of U.S. refining capacity.
		Louisiana is geographically located in an advantageous position for South American and hemispheric trade with Port Fourchon as Louisiana's only port on the coast.
		Ports are estimated to responsible for one of every eight jobs in the state.
	www.la1coalition.org /facts.html (1594 words)

	Port Fourchon, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico.
		Port Fourchon also is also the base for a number of fishing boats, and has a beach that automobiles can drive on.
		Port Fourchon was damaged by Hurricane Lili in October of 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Fourchon (263 words)

	Louisiana Sea Grant - Ports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Louisiana’s ports serve as one the major gateways to the middle of the United States.
		The Port of South of Louisiana is the largest port in the U.S. by tonnage and the fourth largest in the world, exporting more than 52 million tons a year of which more than half are agricultural products.
		Port Fourchon, strategically located in the center of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities, handles approximately 18 percent of all domestic oil and gas and 15 percent of the nation’s energy imports.
	www.laseagrant.org /adserv/ports.htm (274 words)

	Newhouse A1
		PORT FOURCHON, La. -- The term "at-risk energy infrastructure" often is used to talk about roads, pipelines, refineries and ports that are susceptible to being washed or blown away, or to breaking down -- all events that would hamper the nation's energy supply for weeks or months.
		Port Fourchon took on 2 to 8 feet of water in both Katrina and Rita, and suffered about $7 million in damage, mainly because silt washed into the channels.
		Within a week of the storm, the port was approaching 35 percent to 45 percent of pre-Katrina activity, and in a month, it was at 90 percent.
	www.newhousenews.com /archive/russell051506.html (1101 words)

	Lafourche Parish and Port Fourchon, Louisiana: Effects of the Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum Industry on the Economy ...
		Port Fourchon, located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, is an onshore land base for deepwater offshore oil and gas exploration and development.
		Port Fourchon is located in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, in the southwestern part of the state.
		Port Fourchon is a multi-use port servicing the needs of oil and gas development, commercial fishing, recreation, and shipping as well as providing the land base for the Louisiana Offshore Port Authority (LOOP).
	www.gomr.mms.gov /homepg/regulate/environ/techsumm/2001/2001-019%20Fourchon.html (968 words)

	Port Fourchon 09:2003 EXPLORER
		This is the southernmost stretch of Louisiana Highway 1, providing the only land-based access to Port Fourchon, which supports 75 percent of all the deepwater oil and gas production in the Gulf, according to the LA 1 Coalition, comprised of private and public stakeholders intent on saving and improving the roadway.
		"Port Fourchon is the support base that provides all the widgets and gadgets and things needed to run the offshore oil fields," he said.
		The Louisiana offshore petroleum industry pumps $5 billion a year into the federal coffers, yet no cost sharing mechanisms are in place to mitigate the impacts this activity has on infrastructure and the environment of the coastal areas that furnish the crucial land-side support services.
	www.aapg.org /explorer/2003/09sep/fourchon.cfm (918 words)

	LA 1 TIFIA LOAN ANNOUNCEMENT
		This small and vulnerable road is the only access route to Port Fourchon — a port that supports close to one-fifth of the Nation’s oil and gas refining capacity and nearly 25 percent of Louisiana’s commercial fishing catch.
		Port Fourchon has expanded dramatically in the last 25 years — from 25 acres in 1980 to over 700 acres in 2005.
		Louisiana already has arranged for $181 million in public grants and private debt for the first phase of this project if the federal government will also do its part.
	www.dot.gov /affairs/minetasp051905.htm (930 words)

	Pivotal U.S. port waits warily - Business - International Herald Tribune
		The port broke ground March 24 on a $161 million bridge-replacement project that will take almost four years to finish, and the financing needed for the road improvements is not available.
		Fourchon is the destination for 1.2 million barrels a day of oil imports sent to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port.
		Fourchon is one of only two oil ports that can accommodate vessels plying the deepest waters, he said.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/04/17/business/USport.php (699 words)

	Michael Baker Corporation
		Existing LA 1 in the study area is a rural 2-lane arterial (part of the National Highway System) that travels from I-10 at Port Allen to LA 3090 at Port Fourchon, a vitally important deep-water port on the Louisiana coast.
		Since the facility provides direct access to Port Fourchon and to Grand Isle (the state's only inhabited barrier island), it is essential to the daily mobility of hundreds of residents and commuters, and to the transport of shellfish and finfish from area industries.
		The highway, which includes a lift bridge at Leeville, is a vital connection between Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, and the mainland.
	www.mbakercorp.com /knowledge/view.cfm?DOC_ID=557 (1123 words)

	LUMCON - Port Fourchon Laboratory
		Louisiana universities as well as public and private schools throughout the state use the Port Fourchon laboratory quite often.
		Furthermore, visiting groups are encouraged to use the laboratory/classroom at the facility for post fieldwork preparation of samples, and small boats are available upon request for use from the DeFelice Marine Center through the Vessels Operations Office.
		NOTE: The Fourchon lab is used exclusively for research and education and not open to the public for tours.
	www.lumcon.edu /facilities/fourchon (274 words)

	Port Fourchon - The Gulf's Energy Connection
		The Louisiana Department of Transporation and Development is in the midst of preliminary design and rights of way acquisition for the construction of a 17 mile elevated 4 lane highway from Golden Meadow to Port Fourchon.
		This highway project was a victory for the Port of Fourchon and the local Chamber of Commerce.
		Local residents, business leaders and the Port worked side by side to have this project developed and pushed through the State agencies and legislature for the benefit of the community of Fourchon and other communities along the 17 mile stretch of highway.
	www.portfourchon.com /explore.cfm/seaport/la1project (227 words)

	Port Fourchon positions itself as gateway for energy industry \| North America > United States from AllBusiness.com
		The port itself was the brainchild of Sen. A.O. Rappelet who believed the state could draw domestic and foreign trade as well as the lucrative commercial fishing market by making improvements to the area's infrastructure.
		After the necessary improvements were made to the port, its logistical advantages became evident to the oil and gas entities in the gulf.
		Fourchon was the port of choice for many.
	www.allbusiness.com /north-america/united-states-louisiana/967720-1.html (1378 words)

	Port Fourchon, Louisiana
		Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico.
		Port Fourchon also is also the base for a number of fishing boats, and has a beach that automobiles can drive on.
		The director of the port reported on CNN that Port Fourchon did not take a direct hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
	www.lookitup.co.za /p/o/r/Port_Fourchon,_Louisiana_eda9.html (279 words)

	Coastal Louisiana Drowning in Gulf LEE HOCKSTADER / Washington Post 13jul03
		Louisiana's sinking coast has endangered not only the single greatest source of shrimp, oysters and other seafood outside Alaska, but also major supplies of oil and natural gas and the only deep-sea offloading terminal for supertankers in the continental United States.
		Southern Louisiana, with its 2 million residents, is one of the few parts of the country where people are moving inland, away from the coast.
		Port Fourchon also functions as the main service station for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the LOOP, a deep-sea parking lot 18 miles off the coast where supertankers offload a million barrels of oil a day.
	www.mindfully.org /Water/2003/Louisiana-Drowning-Gulf13jul03.htm (2602 words)

	Infrastructure Report Card 2005
		Louisiana's population grew 7% between 1990 and 2003.
		Passing over miles of desolate marsh and bayous, Louisiana 1 is the only land route to Port Fourchon, which provides the port services used by 75 percent of the deepwater drilling prospects in the Gulf.
		Louisiana 1 also provides the sole land route to Grand Isle and is the area's only evacuation route.
	www.asce.org /reportcard/2005/page.cfm?id=58&printer=1 (939 words)

	As a state legislator for 24 years, former Louisiana Speaker of the House, a genral in the National Guard, and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Port Fourchon, the major port that services most of this activity, and the only port which can service this activity in a cost-effective and efficient manner, faces two primary categories of risks.
		Port Fourchon is strategically located in the central portion of the Gulf, and due to its location and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment specifically designed and constructed to service offshore activity, it has become the focal point of deep-water oil and gas activities in the Gulf.
		To add insult to injury, 50% of the 13,000 workers that use this port to access their offshore jobs don’t even live in Louisiana, and like the federal government they take their paychecks home with little benefit to the state.
	resourcescommittee.house.gov /108cong/full/2003mar19/downer.htm (1587 words)

	Louisiana 09:2003 EXPLORER
		According to the LA 1 Coalition, which was formed to preserve land access to Port Fourchon via LA Highway 1, the proposal would allocate 12.5 percent of federal severance taxes (estimated at $3.7 billion over the next six years) to coastal states that support the oil industry.
		This proposed legislation is in stark contrast to 2001, when Louisiana received less than 0.5 percent of the $7.5 billion oil and gas royalties generated in the OCS, despite the fact that $5 billion of that total originated from drilling off its coast, according to the Minerals Management Service.
		Louisiana will have to come up with its share of the final tally, and the question du jour is what kind of cost sharing will be required.
	www.aapg.org /explorer/2003/09sep/louisiana.cfm (1826 words)

	Fourchon oil port joins list for federal security grants- NOLA.com
		The port plays an essential role in supplying "every widget and gadget necessary to support the offshore oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico, from drinking water to tissue paper to the most sophisticated piece of machinery," said Ted Falgout, Port Fourchon director.
		Federal officials previously determined which ports were included on the list according to the port city's population and by how many containers of cargo passed through the port, said Jindal, who asked the House Homeland Security Committee to re-examine the importance of Port Fourchon.
		Port Fourchon has received money from the Department of Homeland Security in the past, but not through the Security and Accountability for Every Port, or SAFE Port, Act, he added.
	www.nola.com /news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1168070498297680.xml&coll=1 (707 words)

	A Streamlining Success, January/February 2004 Public Roads
		On January 29, 2003, Louisiana Division Administrator William A. Sussmann signed the Record of Decision for the EIS for the new highway, which will link Port Fourchon, LA, to Golden Meadow, LA, and connect the port with the rest of the country.
		In addition, Port Fourchon is the land base for the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which handles 13 percent of the Nation's foreign oil and is connected by pipeline to 30 percent of the U.S. refining capacity.
		Louisiana's wetlands are a buffer from hurricanes and Gulf storms, protecting the coastal cities, including New Orleans.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pubrds/04jan/05.htm (2575 words)

	La DOTD - DOTD announces the apparent low bidder for La. 1 Phase 1A
		— The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced today that James Construction Group LLC is the apparent low bidder for the La. 1 elevated roadway project between Port Fourchon and Leeville.
		Port Fourchon services approximately 18 percent of the nation’s supply of crude oil and natural gas and handles more than 75 percent of the current oil and gas production in the entire
		Additionally, two of the largest sources of tourism revenue for this region are recreational hunters and fishermen who travel La. 1 in the process.
	www.dotd.state.la.us /press/pressrelease.asp?nRelease=737 (448 words)

	ENN: Environmental News Network [[Today's News Full Story ]]
		PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana — If you think oil is expensive now, just imagine if Hurricane Ivan had swung west and come ashore at this bustling oil and gas port at the southernmost point of Louisiana.
		With 75 percent of the Gulf of Mexico's deep water oil and gas drilling supplied by Port Fourchon and 1.7 million barrels of oil a day coursing through pipelines under it, it is a queen bee when it comes to the nation's energy supply.
		The port is asking for a $170 million federal loan to get construction started on a 73-foot-high bridge and 16-foot-high elevated highway from a point just south of the last levee out to the port.
	enn.com /today.html?id=295 (741 words)

	NOAA Brownfields: S. LA Regional Initiative
		Louisiana’s ports serve as one of the major gateways to the entire middle of the United States and are a key to economic recovery of the Gulf region following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
		Louisiana’s ports have a total impact of $32.9 billion to the states economy, and port related firms support approximately 270,000 permanent jobs throughout the state.
		The Louisiana ports provided attendees with background information on their facilities and identified needs ranging from stormwater management and infrastructure improvements to achieving increased energy and transportation efficiency through a demonstration container-on-barge project.
	brownfields.noaa.gov /htmls/portfields/slrpi.html (695 words)

	La DOTD - DOT chief Mineta signs pact for La. 1 funding at Port Fourchon ceremony
		BATON ROUGE — A $66 million federal-state loan agreement to rebuild a portion of La. 1, the only road leading to Port Fourchon and the barrier island of Grand Isle, was announced today (May 19) by Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.
		The total cost of Phase 1 of the project to create a 22.5-foot-high elevated replacement roadway between Leeville and Port Fourchon is $200 million.
		Phase 1 of the project will include construction of two lanes of approximately nine miles of elevated roadway from Leeville to Port Fourchon, including a higher-level fixed crossing over Bayou Lafourche; connectors north and south of Leeville, full interchanges between the connectors and the main line, and a toll plaza at the north connector.
	www.dotd.louisiana.gov /press/pressrelease.asp?nRelease=476 (774 words)

	Crude Oil Rises to Record after Hurricane Damages Platforms
		The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port's terminal is located about 20 miles south of the coast and handles about 1 million barrels of crude oil a day, or 11 percent of U.S. imports.
		Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the base for three-quarters of support services to the Gulf's deepwater oil and gas facilities and the land base for the offshore oil port, is shut because of the storm, Port Director Ted Falgout said in an interview.
		More than 600 offshore platforms are within 40 miles of Port Fourchon, according to the port's Web site.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/printer_083105N.shtml (838 words)

	Port Fourchon, Louisiana fishing charter, yellow fin tuna
		Port Fourchon, Louisiana fishing charter, yellow fin tuna
		We leave from Port Fourchon, LA which is a short 10 minute ride to the open Gulf of Mexico.
		Dixie Charters operates year round as the fertile waters off of Southern Louisiana offer a variety of species which can be targeted at any time on the calendar.
	www.worldwidefishing.com /louisiana/b2571 (524 words)

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