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April 20, 2024

The following is a collection of materials pertaining to the oil and gas industry's contribution to Louisiana land loss. It includes industry documents, government documents, testimony, scientific studies, economic studies, photographs, and maps.

 

  
     
 

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

LDNR Study: 76% of land loss in study area due to oil and gas activities
View the 2006 study

Shea Penland/USGS, La. Land Loss Causes, 1932-90
View the 2000 study and map
 
 

USGS pipeline/canal study: ''Significant habitat impacts''

  
       
 
 

Syed Haque, Effects of Brine Disposal on Marshes

  
       
     
 

INDUSTRY STUDIES

Midcon: O&G canals ''overwhelming cause of wetland losses''
Read the 1989 industry study
 
 

Offshore Pipeline Cttee: Land loss ''serious concern''

  
       
 
 

API: Oil and gas activities cause 34% of La. land loss

 
       
     
 

DOCUMENTS and TESTIMONY

 
 

Did oil companies obey the law? A document timeline

  
       
 
 

2017 La. Draft Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast

  
       
 
 

Fmr. Shell engineer Dr. Robert Bea affidavit re Katrina

  
       
 
 

CPRA: Oil & gas activity ''disastrously altered'' land

  
       
 
 

LOGA President: No evidence that lawsuits hurt oil jobs

  
       
 
 

LDNR Sec. Jack Caldwell: ''The...costs are staggering''

  
       
     
 

ECONOMIC STUDIES

 
 

Rand: Land loss could cost La. $133 billion over 50 yrs

  
       
 
 

Tulane: $71 bil. shortfall for La. Master Plan

  
       
     
 

MAPS

 
 

Rand/LSU map of 50 yrs. projected La. land loss

 
       
 
 

Roberts & Blum: These La. towns would disappear by 2100

  
       
 
 

USGS map and study of La. land loss causes, 1932-90

  
       
 
 

USGS map and study of La. land loss, 1932-2010

  
       
 
 

USGS map of La. land loss, 1932-2050

  
       
 
 

USGS map of La. oil and gas infrastructure

  
       
     
 

PHOTOS

Land loss before-and-after photos in oil fields
See photos

Satellite photos of oil, gas, pipeline damage to land
See photos
     
 

RELATED ITEMS

Photo: William Widmer/The New York Times

Disappearing towns collection

Maps, studies, articles, and interactive graphics regarding Louisiana towns that are in danger of disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of these items also explore the hard choices that the state has to make about which communities to save—and which to let go.
Browse collection

 

  
     
 

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