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One of the worst environmental disasters in US history

Exploitable petroleum deposits were found in Louisiana in 1901, changing the state's economy and landscape forever.

The oil and gas industry has been a dominant economic engine in Louisiana for well over a century.

While the oil and gas industry has helped grow Louisiana’s economy, it has also created significant environmental challenges.

The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana transformed Baton Rouge but found a political opponent in Huey P. Long.

In the early 1900s, the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana built one of the largest refineries in the world in Baton Rouge.

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