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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 89
BY SENATOR CHABERT
A RESOLUTION
To designate Wednesday, May 1, 2019, as Oil and Natural Gas Industry Day at the state
capitol.
WHEREAS, more than two hundred sixty thousand Louisianians are employed by
the oil and natural gas industry, from rigs to office jobs; and
WHEREAS, the oil and natural gas industry continues to be the foundation of the
state's economy with a $72.8 billion economic impact, generating over $19 billion in
household earnings for Louisianians, with energy jobs and earnings found in all but one of
the state's sixty-four parishes; and
WHEREAS, the oil and natural gas industry not only brings jobs to cities and
parishes in Louisiana, but it injects money into the local economy and Louisiana enables
communities to not only survive, but to thrive; and
WHEREAS, the oil and natural gas industry is one of the biggest contributors to
Louisiana's economy paying nearly $2 billion in direct and indirect taxes to the state treasury
which helps pay for schools, healthcare, roads, and other state-funded initiatives; and
WHEREAS, the oil and natural gas industry in Louisiana is the biggest private
investor in the state's coast, funding research, working with top scientists, and investing in
dozens of private and public projects that all work to protect and improve our coastline; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is the nation's number two producer of crude oil and the
number four producer of natural gas among the fifty states, ranks number two among the
states in petroleum refining capacity with its eighteen refineries, and has over ninety-two
thousand miles of pipelines transporting crude petroleum and natural gas within the state and
in its offshore area of the Gulf of Mexico.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize Wednesday, May 1, 2019, as the fifth annual Oil and Natural Gas
Industry Day at the state capitol and does hereby commend the industry for more than a
century of partnership with Louisiana, providing jobs and economic benefits for the state
while providing the energy that fuels a nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the United States Senate, the clerk of the United States House of
Representatives, and to each member of the Louisiana delegation to the United States
Congress.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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