Gulf of Mexico

Long pier was first step into Gulf

The beginning of the offshore oil industry is commonly dated to the completion of a Kerr-McGee well south of Morgan City in November 1947, but drillers brought in the first well in the Gulf almost a decade before that, in the middle of March 1938.

LSU professor receives $1.5M award for oyster research

Each year, nearly 2 billion oysters are consumed around the globe. The Gulf of Mexico produces more oysters than anywhere else in the United States, with Louisiana accounting for more than a third of the nation’s annual harvest.

LSU researchers study the impacts of plastic in the ocean

More than 5 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year. Light weight, durable and massively produced worldwide, are some of the reasons why plastic comprises a large part of all debris found in the ocean.

Tapping the remnants of a salty sea

During the first week of May in 1862, workmen enlarging briny springs at Avery Island unexpectedly ran into a wall of solid salt.