HLS 21RS-1041 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO.35
BY REPRESENTATIVE ORGERON
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) on its fortieth
anniversary
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) on its fortieth anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, on January 27, 1977, the Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority issued
4a first-ever license to construct and operate offshore terminal facilities to the Louisiana
5Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) for the purpose of building a deepwater port as a safe means to
6receive and deliver crude oil from the largest tankers in the world; and
7 WHEREAS, on May 5, 1981, after constructing the nation's first deepwater port,
8LOOP offloaded the Texaco Caribbean to deliver crude oil to refineries serving the energy
9needs of Louisiana citizens and the American public, and since that time, LOOP has safely
10moored over ten thousand six hundred tankers at the deepwater port; and
11 WHEREAS, in 1996, LOOP began receiving crude oil production from the Gulf of
12Mexico as an economic and safe means of transporting outer continental shelf crude oil to
13the United States mainland; and
14 WHEREAS, in 2018, LOOP received federal and state approval to begin outbound
15loading operations from the deepwater port, and since that time, more than one hundred sixty
16million barrels of domestically-produced crude oil have been exported from LOOP to
17international ports, which has positively impacted the balance of trade of the United States
18by several billion dollars; and
19 WHEREAS, today, LOOP safely receives, stores, and distributes more than fifty-five
20percent of all crude oil produced from the Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf, and more
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1than eight percent of all crude oil refined in the entire United States, which activities support
2critical jobs and revenue for Louisiana and its citizens; and
3 WHEREAS, LOOP has become one of the largest privately-owned crude oil storage
4facilities in the United States with more than seventy-two million barrels of storage available
5for refiners and producers to ensure a reliable supply of energy for American consumers; and
6 WHEREAS, LOOP takes great care in performing its services in a safe and
7environmentally responsible manner through the development and implementation of a
8one-of-a-kind Superport Environmental Protection Plan and Environmental Monitoring
9Program that ensures the people of Louisiana and the environment are least impacted from
10its operations; and
11 WHEREAS, since its operations began, LOOP has safely received, stored and
12distributed more than fourteen billion barrels of crude oil without a significant
13environmental incident; and
14 WHEREAS, as the only crude oil deepwater port in the United States, LOOP's
15forty-years of success is a result of the genius, innovation, collaboration, and hard work of
16its employees, contractors, and local, state, and federal stakeholders to ensure the American
17public receives a safe and reliable supply of energy.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
19commend the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port on its fortieth anniversary and on being the first
20and only crude oil deepwater port in the United States.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
22recognize LOOP for safely receiving, storing, and distributing billions of barrels of crude
23oil to ensure a reliable supply of energy for the American public and contributing
24significantly to the economic productivity of the United States.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby support
26LOOP in its commitment to safe operations and the environment in protecting the interests
27of Louisiana and its citizens.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
29to the president of the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 35 Original 2021 Regular Session Orgeron
Commends the La. Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) on its 40th anniversary.
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