Bayou State Oil
P.O. Box 7886 , Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Bayou State Oil was formed by the merger of the Austin Oil Company and the Bayou State Refining Company on April 22, 1926. The company consisted of several oil and gas producing properties in the Hosston-Vivian-Trees City area of the Caddo Pine Island Field in northern Caddo Parish, Louisiana. This band of wells producing from the Nacatoch sand was locally called the "shoe-string". In addition, there was a small lubricating oil refinery located in the town of Hosston, Louisiana.  In 1969, an in-situ combustion, or "fire-flood", project was initiated on company leases in the Bellevue Field. As of today, more than five million barrels of crude have been produced from less than two hundred acres. Several other operators have started and completed similar projects in the Bellevue Field. Bayou State Oil currently has the only active fire-flood in the field and in the United States.  Paul M. Brown became President in 1935 and successfully operated & grew the company for many years. In 1960 Charles Ellis Brown, Sr. started his 50 years of dedicated service with Bayou State Oil, working his way through the ranks as Geologist, Manager, Vice-President, President, and Chairman of the Board. Ellis Brown Jr. took over the reins of BSOC in 2012 as the 3rd generation to direct the company.

Purpose Statement

BSOC exists to be the Best in Oil by investing in our employees, community, customers, and future generations as we operate in a safe, efficient, and profitable way, consistent with our heritage of values and lasting relationships.

Logistics 

Bayou State’s team is adept at finding the most efficient use of our resources at hand.  We use a combination of gathering lines, line haul, and terminals to make sure your product arrives in the safest, smartest way.  Not only that, our industry standard quality control measures, strict accountability processes, and process control metrics ensure that we achieve the highest levels of operational excellence.

Purchasing

  We, at Bayou State Oil, are specialists at buying North Louisiana Nacatoch crude oil for the purposes of future resale.  Our rigorous testing and safety standards ensure an accountability that exceeds industry practice.  We strive for accuracy in both measurement of and payment for the crude oil purchased.  We are committed to our Operator’s and demonstrate that commitment by offering Division Order processing and Owner interest maintenance.  We also will, at the Operator’s discretion, assume the responsibility of calculating and withholding from Royalty payments, and reporting and remitting to the Louisiana Department of Revenue all applicable Severance Taxes, including the Oilfield Site Restoration Tax.  Our Revenue Department offers consistent remittance of Royalty payments, usually on the 20th of each month, offering the interest owner’s their choice of check or ACH payments.  In addition, we offer a secure Owner Portal through which Operator Run Statements, Owner’s Remittances, and 1099s are accessible anytime after they become available.