Operation New Texas Dawn
The current state of Oil and Gas recovery in the state of Louisiana is briefed to the newly arrived units. It’s as follows:
A) Oil rigs Gulf region. Pre TDM there was well over 200 Oil platforms operation in the Gulf of Mexico. However with no refineries and deep ports available for ships to transport the unrefined oil all of these platforms stopped operating. However there were 8 fixed oil platforms that were separate from the other platforms on the Louisiana shore located in the Vermillion Bay area of SW Louisiana (approx 50 km south of Lafayette). These platforms were not harmed by the nukes.
There initial exploration was to be temporary, with above ground pipeline to 3 inland refineries. Only the pipelines itself in and around the blast sights were damaged. It’s taken until June 1st, 2013 to get these pipelines operational again and for 2 of the Oil platforms to also get operational again.
The Military has set up large scale defences in and around both operational Oil platforms. Also are the crews living quarters. Since operation and fuel availability, UAV patrols have resumed along the Texas border and along the pipeline. There is also an increased militia and military presence for patrols.
B) Refinery’s Louisiana. There are currently 2 operational refinery’s located in the state of Louisiana, plus a 3rd one once the flow of oil is increased. The 2 operational refineries are at Krotz Springs, 30 km NE of Lafayette and the Princeton refinery in the SW suburbs of Lafayette. The 3rd, on standby, is located at the Cotton valley refinery in Calumet, 40 km East of the Vermillion Bay platforms.
Like with the oil platforms the Military has set up large scale defences.
The Krotz springs refinery has 2 operational upgraders, one for Diesel and the other for Gasoline. The Princeton refinery has only one operational upgrader and it’s for JF4 (Avgas).
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