REPORT 4, LOUISIANA SUPERPORT STUDIES: TECHNICAL APPENDICES TO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN

Containing five separate superport-related reports, this publication provides Gulf of Mexico commodity flow data for 1970; a critique of the H. J. Kaiser/Gulf South Research Institute report, The Economic Impact of a Louisiana Offshore Oil Port; technical data derived from empirical information on expected spillage from vessels and pipelines in region of proposed superport; a preliminary technique for assessing environmental costs for Louisiana superport development; and oil spill drift predictions for selected sites off the southeastern Louisiana coast, using Hansen's hydrodynamic circulation model.

• Corporate Authors:

  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

  Sea Grant Program
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 227 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Ship operations; Superports
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Ship operation)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098177
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• Report/Paper Numbers: LSU-SG-74-04
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM