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If there is major damage to this there could be some very serious problems.........the link at the bottom gives more info.
LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is the only offshore oil terminal in the United States. It is located 18 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 115ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico. It allows for the safe offloading of tankers too large for inland ports.
From the offshore platform, the crude oil is then transported to shore at Port Fourchon by a 48in. pipeline. The crude is then pumped inland 25 miles to underground salt caverns, which have a capacity of 40 million barrels. From storage, five connecting pipelines tie LOOP to over 30% of United States refining capacity.

LOOP transports approximately one million barrels of foreign oil a day and approximately 300,000 barrels of domestic crude from Gulf of Mexico OCS. LOOP is estimated to take in 13% of the United States imported crude.

This link gives a lot of info. as to what is in that area and under the gun....
http://www.la1coalition.org/facts.html