Six plants of coastal states Louisiana Division were to share in the “pie.”They were all located in the massive Baton Rouge Geismar- Gramercy industrial complex along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Products manu fractured at those plants that required significant amounts of natural gas were phosphoric acid, urea, ammonium phosphate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride monomer, and hydrofluoric acid.
Stocis called a meeting of members of his technical staff to discuss a contingency plan for allocation of natural gas among the products if a curtailment developed. The objective was to minimize the impact on profits. After detailed discussion, the meeting was adjourned. Two weeks later, the meeting reconvened. At this session, the data in Table 4.3 were presented.
Coastal States' contract with Cajan Pipeline specified a maximum naturel gas consumption of 36,000 cu ft z 10 per day