River Log section: Baton Rouge to Venice
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168.3 LBD Motiva Convent Refinery Motiva Convent Refinery is a 50/50 joint venture between affiliates of Shell Oil Company and Saudi Aramco. The refinery is designed to process approximately 225,000 barrels per day of crude oil. The refinery produces conventional petroleum products and refinery grade sulfur. The
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169.2 LBD Chemours Formerly E I DuPont De Nemours, the Chemours facility was originally built in 1968 and regenerates spent sulfuric acid. Oil refineries use sulfuric acid to produce gasoline which leaves a large amount of “spent” sulfuric acid waste. This waste material is converted back into sulfuric acid
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173.5 RBD CF Industries CF Industries sprawling 1,400 acre Nitrogen Complex is touted as the largest nitrogen operation in North America. The facility produces anhydrous ammonia, granular urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution for agricultural and industrial use. In 2000 the facility had an explosion that killed 3
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182 LBD Old Inger Oil Refinery Superfund Site The Old Inger site was a former oil refinery and waste oil reclamation facility that began operation in 1967. The facility was purchased by Old Inger Oil Refinery in 1976 and operated until March 1978. When the site was active, waste oils
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183.2 LBD Shell Chemical and OxyChem Shell Chemical produces industrial chemicals such as alpha olefins, detergent alcohols, alcohol ethoxylates, plasticiser alcohols, ethylene oxide and ethylene glycols. These products are used to manufacture personal care products, soaps, shampoos and household cleaning solutions. Located behind Shell, OxyChem (formerly Occidental Chemical) is
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10.5 RBD Venice, LA, the End of the Road (1 mile to Tiger Pass, 1 mile down Tiger Pass to takeout at Cypress Cove Marina Boat Ramp, or go 1 mile further to Venice Marina Boat Ramp) Paddlers seeking the last possible public boat ramp for connection back to
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10.7 RBD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dredge Wheeler Dock
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10.8 LBD Gulf South Natural Gas Station
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11.2 - 10 LBD Upper Venice Anchorage
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11.5 LBD Baptiste Collette Bayou (9 miles to reach Gulf of Mexico. Heavy traffic. Not recommended.) * * Fimbel Pass * Emeline Pass * Heavy Traffic * Numerous Oil Derricks & Platforms Everyone knows that the Mississippi River flows south to the Gulf of Mexico, right? Wrong! Not always, anyway. The Mississippi flows towards
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11.5 LBD Sandbar at Mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou Several small sandbars form here at the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou LBD behind a protective wall of rock. Great campsite for small parties with easy access to Venice. Best camping close to Venice. Rock dike forms protective harbor around
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11.9 RBD Bar Pilot’s Association The Associated Branch Pilots (Bar Pilots) for the Port of New Orleans is an association of professional pilots who guide ocean-going vessels of all sizes and descriptions from the Gulf of Mexico through the narrow channels of Southwest Pass and the Mississippi River