Table 14.—Production of crude petroleum 
by districts and selected fields 
(Thousand barrels) 
Gulf Coast: 
Onshore:2 
 Bastian Bay 5,493 4,436 
 Bay St. Elaine 7,447 9,023 
 BayouSale 9,325 9,767 
 Caillou Island 26,521 33,040 
 Cote Blanche Bay 
  West 6,953 5,409 
 Delta Farms 2,366 2,481 
 Erath 2,890 2,537 
 Garden Island Bay -  8,772 13,541 
 Golden Meadow 4,064 4,088 
 GrandBay 6,374 7,523 
 Hackberry West 4,085 4,387 
 Iowa 1,093 902 
 Jennings 405 382 
 La Fitte 7,642 10,203 
 Lake Barre 15,049 16,228 
 Lake Washington - -  10,203 12,371 
 Leeville 3,907 4,297 
 Paradis 3,630 4,449 
 Quarantine Bay - -  6,708 8,768 
 Venice 5,803 7,220 
 Vinton 1,789 1,870 
 Weeks Island 6,883 8,247 
 WestBay 10,692 12,587 
 Other~_ 218,831 243,771 
 Total onshore - - - 376,925 427, 527 
with best control of water and gas production. At a hearing on July 11, 1967,
the previously assigned July market demand factor of 38 percent was revised
to 45 percent, and the 150 percent production and transportation authorization
was continued. On August 9, purchaser nominations indicated additional demand
for Louisiana crude; the August demand factor was increased from 45 to 47
percent and the 150 percent production and transportation authorization remained
in effect. On August 28, the State Department of Conservation called the
producers' attention to a pending emergency because Louisiana crude oil stocks
had increased to 32 million harreli, 2.5 million barrels over the previous
week. 
 The demand factor was maintained at 47 percent for September, but a memorandum
was issued requesting producers to underproduce in September to compensate
for the 150 percent overproduction allowed for June, July, and August. A
formal order from the Department of Conservation stated that all overproduction
was to be compensated by underproduction to the extent that allowable and
production be balanced by November 1. October demand factor was 47 percent,
November 39 percent, and December 40 percent. To meet the demand resulting
from the Middle East crisis, Louisiana oil production (including field separated
condensate) increased from 1,955,000 barrels per day for May to 2,357,000
barrels per day during August. This 20 percent production rate increase was
99 percent from south Louisiana and offshore fields. Additional productive
capacity at the wellhead remained in about one-fourth of the south Lousiana
and offshore fields. 
 Secondary recovery projects (water, gas, or other injection) accounted for
153 mulion barrels, or 20 percent of the 1967 production. 
 Louisiana had 13,121 thl wells classified as stripper wells at the end of
1966. For 1966, stripper wel'ls represented 42 percent of total oil wells
but only 2 percent of the annual production. Thus, normal production decline
from stripper wells was not expected to appreciably affect the State's productive
capacity and reserves in the immediate future. 
 In October, Louisiana ordered the oil industry to dispose of all salt water
into subsurface formations unless it goes into 
 ' Breakdown for individual fields from The Oil and Gas Journal. 
 2Some fields include onshore and offshore. 
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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
 
 
District and field' 1966 1967 
Offshore: 2 
Bay Marchand 
 Block2  27,211 
Eugene Island Block 
 126 5,145 
Grand Isle Block 16. 12,963 
Grand Isle Block 47  4,069 
Grand Isle Block 48~ 6,645 
Main Pass Block 35~~ 4,393 
Main Pass Block 41~ 8,486 
Main Pass Block 69~ 11,807 
South Marsh Island 
 Block 73 1,469 
South Pass Block 2& 22,163 
South Pass Block 27 20,179 
South Timbalier 
 Blockl35 9,310 
Timbalier Bay 23,775 
West Delta Block 30 20,556 
West Delta Block 73~ 10,689 
Other 54,316 
30,908 
 
6,232 
14,212 
4,193 
10~ 124 
4,880 
13,111 
12,832 
 
3,044 
 23,568 
 22,955 
 13,114 
 33,033 
 23,744 
 13,249 
 62,896 
 Total offshore 243, 176 292,095 
 
Total Gulf Coast_ - 620,101__719,622 
 
Northern: 
Caddo-Pine Island 
Cotton Valley 
Delhi 
Haynesville 
Homer 
LakeSt. John 
Pendleton-Many 
Rodessa 
Other 
 5,691 5,012 
 3,059 2,782 
 4,634 4,523 
 2,033 2,155 
 546 527 
 1,959 2,169 
 2,261 1,297 
 694 1,031 
 33,340 35,409 
 Total Northern 54,21754,905 
 Total Louisiana 674,318 774,527