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Advocate

Win

Stakeholder Intelligence

Understand your audience, anticipate their needs

Strategic + Digital Communications

Tell a great story, wherever it needs to be told

Emergency Response & Community Assurance Planning

Prepare and collaborate with your most important stakeholders, build trust, execute flawlessly

GCSP INTELLIGENCE

Gulf Coast Energy Pulse

Market, supply and operating indicators for the U.S. Gulf Coast energy system.

Markets

WTI Crude
$96.24 /bbl
2026-10-06 · EIA
Brent Crude
$125.4 /bbl
2026-10-06 · EIA
Henry Hub
$3.03 /MMBtu
2026-10-06 · EIA
USGC Gasoline Spot
$3.56 /gal
2026-10-06 · EIA
USGC Diesel Spot
$4.57 /gal
2026-10-06 · EIA

U.S. Energy System

SPR Inventory
283.0 MMbbl
2026-10-02 · EIA
U.S. Crude Production
13.98 MMb/d
2026-10-02 · EIA
U.S. Active Rigs
598
Oil + gas rotary rigs
2026-10-02 · Baker Hughes · manual entry

Gulf Coast Operations

PADD 3 Refinery Utilization
95.00%
2026-10-02 · EIA
PADD 3 Crude Inputs
9.26 MMb/d
2026-10-02 · EIA
PADD 3 Commercial Crude Stocks
243.6 MMbbl
Excludes SPR
2026-10-02 · EIA
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration and Baker Hughes. The homepage reads locally cached observations only; source updates occur separately from page rendering.

Our Expertise

Public Affairs, Emergency Response, and Infrastructure Advisory

Gulf Coast Strategic Partners (GCSP) is a public affairs, emergency response, and infrastructure advisory firm supporting mission-critical projects across the Gulf South and Southwest. Our network of professionals helps companies, government agencies, and coalitions navigate the complex intersection of permitting, policy, and public trust.

Rooted in deep regional experience and focused on results, we bridge the gap between technical project delivery and local political reality. Our experience navigating some of the highest-profile crises and most demanding public affairs environments equips us with the resources and network necessary to support our clients’ most pressing challenges.

Whether you are navigating a local opposition campaign or launching a region-wide capital project, our team’s scalable and on-site support delivers the tools necessary for success.

Our Mission

Promoting National Energy and Economic Security

Gulf Coast Strategic Partners supports the responsible development of the resources essential to America’s security. 

The U.S. Gulf Coast is a critical hub for American energy production, manufacturing and global trade. Its concentration of infrastructure, industrial capacity, workforce and access to world markets makes continued development of the region consequential to U.S. energy security, economic competitiveness and strategic resilience.

Projected/
announced
USGC capital investments
($USD 2025–2031)

$113.0B
Energy-Transition (CCS/H2/
Renewables)


$272.7B
Energy related


$124.3B
LNG

Projected/announced investment, 2025–2031. Source: LSU Center for Energy Studies, Gulf Coast Energy Outlook 2026, Table 2.

Gulf Coast Strategic has been an important resource for our team.  Their strategic communications support enables us to effectively deliver our message in a timely and professional manner. 

Dr. Marlon Firle

MAEF Public Charter Schools,
Mobile, AL

Gulf Coast Strategic is dedicated to ensuring safe, responsible, and timely project delivery. They proactively addressed our needs and collaborated seamlessly with our operations and management teams to achieve successful results.

S. Valora

ExxonMobil
Port Everglades, FL

The team at GCSP has a proven track record of effective and intelligent problem solving. They show up and get the job done.

Jack Willingham

Director, Yazoo County Emergency Management Agency
Yazoo County, MS

For more than a decade, I’ve worked with Andrew at the both the neighborhood and national scale. In each instance he consistently developed solutions through thoughtful insight. When my own network and experience hit their limits, I call Andrew to help go to the next level.

J. Gates

Conway Development Corporation, Conway, AR

Contact

For inquiries please email or call

aws@gulfcoaststrategic.com

(844) BLD-GULF
(844) 253-4853