Crude oil sourcing for the three refining regions in Louisiana couldn’t be more different from each other. Southeastern Louisiana relies heavily on offshore Gulf production, Southwestern Louisiana primarily on inflows from Texas and waterborne crude, while Northwestern Louisiana depends on a mix of pipeline, rail and truck supplies. Those supply/demand patterns have defined Louisiana’s crude balances for years, but forces beyond the state's borders may be emerging that could begin to reshape the state’s flow dynamics. In today’s RBN blog, we examine crude oil flows into and out of the Bayou State, assess supply/demand balances, and explore why understanding those balances could be increasingly important in the years ahead.
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This is the third blog in our series about crude oil pipelines and refineries in Louisiana and Southern Arkansas. In Part 1, we said the 16 refineries there account for almost one-fifth of total U.S. refining capacity and can consume more than 3 MMb/d of crude oil from a wide range of domestic and foreign production areas. We also divided the refineries into three buckets — Southeastern Louisiana (eight refineries with a combined capacity of nearly 2.2 MMb/d; pink-shaded rows in Figure 1 below), Southwestern Louisiana (three with 911 Mb/d; blue-shaded rows), and Northwestern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas (five with 176 Mb/d; green-shaded rows) — and noted that refineries in each of the buckets generally turn to many of the same sources for their crude oil and use pretty much the same means to deliver oil to their facilities.
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About the song
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” was written by Hank Williams and Moon Mullican. Williams started writing the song after hearing Cajuns on the tour bus for the Hadacol Caravan, which Williams was featured in, commenting on how they missed Cajun cooking. The melody of the song is based on the Cajun song “Grand Texas.” Williams recorded the song at Castle Studio in Nashville in June 1952. Personnel on the record were: Hank Williams (vocals, acoustic guitar), Chet Atkins (lead guitar), Chuck Wright (bass), Jerry Rivers (fiddle), and Don Helms (steel guitar). Released as a 78 RPM single in July 1952, it went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and remained there for 14 weeks. The song has appeared on numerous Hank Williams compilation albums. Many artists have covered the song, including Jo Stafford, Brenda Lee, Fats Domino, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. John Fogerty, under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers, released his version as a single in April 1973; it went to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.
Hank Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He is regarded as one of the most influential progenitors of the genre. When Hank sang a song, America listened. Born in Alabama, he learned guitar from blues musician Rufus Payne. Williams began his career playing in Montgomery-area venues and on local radio stations. He put out his first single, “Never Again,” on Sterling Records in January 1947, and signed a recording contract with MGM Records later that year. He released 12 studio albums, eight live albums, 25 compilation albums and 71 singles and has sold over 40 million records worldwide. Williams is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Williams died of heart failure in the backseat of an Olympic Blue 1952 Cadillac convertible en route to a show in Canton, OH, on January 1, 1953. He was 29 years old.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
