The hardworking people of Louisiana have long tapped into the state’s natural resources, shaping Louisiana as a leader in ...

Mikeal Berthelot, Jr., was navigating the mouth of the Mississippi River in his shrimp boat, a stretch of water he’d traversed many times before. The water was calm. The sun beat down. His deckhand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico near Main Pass. A Main Pass Oil Gathering Co. helicopter aircrew spotted crude oil during an ...

Oil and gas producers in Louisiana could pay lower royalties to drill on state lands under a new plan released by the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy. Under the 2026 State Lease ...

Louisiana officials are not keeping track of hundreds of abandoned oil and gas structures off the state’s coast, according to a recent report from a labor organization. True Transition, which ...