Another Warning Sign on the Road to Hurricane Season

Port Fourchon is the facility which supports 75% of all the deepwater oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico (18% of America's entire energy supply). It supplies all the technology and equipment to keep those offshore rigs and wells running. It also the site of the booster pumps that carry crude from the Lousiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) to the salt-dome storage facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

And Port Fourchon is connected to the mainland by a strech of Louisiana Highway 1 that is barely (2 to 3 feet) above water.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita didn't hit the road directly. We might not be so lucky this time.

Bloomberg gives the details here... http://tinyurl.com/paz85

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