re: Deepwater crude oil export project looks to build offshore Louisiana

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Fourchon isn’t going anywhere. A couple years ago the state was looking for a place to start building a new port, but there were no places that could satisfy both being close to the platforms and rigs while also providing more protection from hurricanes. Cameron was the final place to be considered, but it would have been too long to get to the gulf plus extra travel time to get to a majority of the rigs.

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Not to mention the state and Fed’s will start construction on the next phase of LA 1 that will help with access to the port.

Most of the storm events of this year continued to show the weakest link was LA 1 between Leeville and Golden Meadow. That will be replaced with an elevated road by the middle of the decade.

Also, the are talks and plans to go deep at Fourchon to increase the port’s depth to 50 feet. 50 feet could be a game changer and open it to more than oil and gas.

A pipe dream would be getting Fourchon rail access, But that would be another billion dollar project.