Business & Industry

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
One of the worst environmental disasters in US history
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.
The Singer Submarine Company operated a naval yard on the banks of Cross Bayou that built five Confederate submarines, four of which were sunk before seeing combat.
In the early 1900s, the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana built one of the largest refineries in the world in Baton Rouge.
The Shreve Town Company was a for-profit business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
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