STATE SECTION 8(g) REVENUE FROM 
LOUISIANA'S OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 13
(Dollars)
SETTLE-   TOTAL    
YEAR RENTALS BONUSES ROYALTIES 8G ESCROW MENT      SUM    
1986 610,567 1,912,734 66,176,203 0 0 68,699,504
1987 148,578 3,150,519 11,043,115 572,000,000 2,520,000 588,862,212
1988 153,561 5,528,006 8,708,079 0 2,520,000 16,909,646
1989 175,817 2,890,298 7,163,105 0 2,520,000 12,749,220
1990 430,198 5,570,375 6,239,368 0 2,520,000 14,759,941
1991 303,824 2,220,094 8,461,261 0 2,520,000 13,505,179
1992 258,787 1,189,989 6,405,279 0 5,880,000 13,734,055
1993 235,250 965,504 7,373,550 0 5,880,000 14,454,304
1994 1,016,932 1,913,682 11,780,932 0 5,880,000 20,591,546
1995 255,213 890,002 8,012,718 0 5,880,000 15,037,933
1996 292,445 4,666,400 12,283,395 0 5,880,000 23,122,240
1997 686,051 5,689,689 11,855,454 0 8,400,000 26,631,194
1998 412,229 1,744,928 9,621,860 0 8,400,000 20,179,017
1999 357,379 241,659 6,284,879 0 8,400,000 15,283,917
2000 321,695 1,268,244 12,690,937 0 8,400,000 22,680,876
2001 303,675 2,148,111 30,454,058 0 8,400,000 41,305,844
2002 94,841 N/A   11,768,383 0 0 11,863,224
2003 284,563 2,842,662 26,447,045 0 0 29,574,271
2004 490,745 7,620,500 30,145,237 0 0 38,256,482
2005 374,717 2,521,931 27,995,948 0 0 30,892,596
2006 494,362 5,947,411 24,325,787 0 0 30,767,560
2007 196,129 -2,695,489 25,498,932 0 0 22,999,572
2008 412,813 6,196,386 36,547,175 0 0 43,156,374
2009 274,662 0 21,433,896 0 0 21,708,558
        See footnotes on Appendix B
Royalty revenues from Federal offshore leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) are distributed to the Land and Water.
Conservation Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund, and the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury.  Transfers are made in each fiscal
year from OCS royalties, rentals and bonuses in order to maintain the Land and Water Conservation Fund's annual authorization of
$900 million. Annually, $150 million is put into the Historic Preservation Fund.  The balance of offshore revenue receipts is directed
to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury.
Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 provided that the states were to receive a "fair and
equitable" division of revenues generated from the leasing of lands within 3 miles of the seaward boundary of a coastal state that
contains one or more oil and gas pools or fields underlying both the OCS and lands subject to the jurisdiction of the state.  The
states and the federal government, however, were unable to reach agreement concerning the meaning of the term "fair and
equitable".  Revenues generated in the 3-mile boundary zone were subsequently placed into an escrow fund in August 1979.
Congress resolved the dispute over the meaning of "fair and equitable" in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of
1985, Public Law 99-272.   The law provided for the following distribution of revenues to the states under section 8(g):
        Before 1986:  Louisiana did not receive any shared revenue from OCS production prior to 1986.
        1986:  Louisiana received a payment of $68.7 million from royalties, rentals and bonuses collected in 1986 and prior years.
        1998-2000:  In 1987 Louisiana received an initial settlement payment of $572 million from the escrow funds. A series of annual
settlement payments have been disbursed to the states over a 15-year period  along with an annual disbursement
of 27 percent of royalty, rental, and bonus revenues received within each affected state's 8(g) zone.  The annual
settlement payments are: From 1987 through 1991, Louisiana received an annual settlement payment of $2.52
million per year.  From 1992 through 1996, the state received an annual settlement payment of $5.88 million per
year.  Beginning in 1997 until the last payment in 2001, Louisiana will receive an annual settlement payment of
approximately $8.40 million per year.
         2002 and After: No further settlement payments; states receive only a recurring annual disbursement of 27 percent of royalty,
rental, and bonus revenues received within each affected state's 8(g) zone. Louisiana will receive an annual
disbursement of 27 percent of royalty, rental, and bonus revenues received within Louisiana's affected 8(g) zone.
Page revised   2-Aug-10  - data available through Mar 30, 2010