An 82-year-old oil well that broke loose last month and spewed oily water into the fragile coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish will be permanently shut and sealed off, the owner-operator said.

Oil and gas companies are bringing several new projects online in the Gulf, moves aimed at keeping production flowing ...

It was fully shut down by 9 a.m., and the leak was reported to the Environmental Protection Agency less than an hour later. In a different instance in late April, federal authorities were forced to ...

An oil leak caused by an over 8-year-old-well spewed into a Louisiana marshland for a week. Responders are now beginning the cleanup.

Cleanup efforts off Louisiana's Gulf Coast after an oil spill from a capped well that began April 26, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard ...

A brownish mix of oil, gas and water sprays from a 82-year-old well near Garden Island Bay in the Bird's Foot Delta in southern Plaquemines Parish on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The National Transportation Safety Board says roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for ...

Louisiana collected more than $81 million in severance taxes during the quarter ending June 30, with oil and gas revenues ...

An 82-year-old oil well that broke loose last month and spewed oily water into the fragile coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish will be permanently shut and sealed off, the owner-operator said.

After a week of uncontrolled spillage, a leak pouring more than 70,000 gallons of oil into a Louisiana marsh has been contained, according to the Coast Guard. However, cleanup of the area ...

This particular well, known as Well #59, was not abandoned, but according to the Coast Guard, it had not had measurable oil pressure since the 1990s. The Coast Guard says it was secured when it ...