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Louisiana Refinery Data The Louisiana refining industry utilizes more than 6,900 Louisiana vendors located in 49 parishes and 106 communities. Each black dot on the map represents one vendor. Other refinery facts learned as a result of the Refinery Impact Study conducted in 1995 by Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association are noted below. The 19 Louisiana refineries operating in 1995 accounted for 15 percent of the nation's refining capacity. Louisiana produced oil accounts for 21 percent of the refinery input. Other sources of crude oil include the Gulf of Mexico, other states and foreign countries. If restricted to only Louisiana crude oil the refineries in Louisiana could only operate two months each year. The 19 Louisiana refineries spend $17.5 billion each year on crude oil, wages and salaries, taxes and vendor services. Approximately half of that amount, $8 billion, is spent in Louisiana each year. The Louisiana refineries employ 8,700 Louisiana residents. The Louisiana vendors used by the refineries employ another 88,000 persons. Approximately 48 percent of the refinery vendors earn one-fourth of their income from refinery business. Approximately 27 percent of the vendors earn half of their income from refineries while 14 percent earn 75 percent or more of their income from the refineries. The refinery vendors account for more than 8 percent of all the business establishments in Louisiana. Each Louisiana vendor doing business with a refinery, does business with an average of 41 other Louisiana businesses. The average annual salary for a refinery employee is $47,000, or more than twice the $20,000 earned by the average employee for all industries statewide. |
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 Source: Applied Technology Research Corporation
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