Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico. Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the state of Louisiana. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...

It is a sea port, with significant petroleum industry traffic from off shore Gulf oil production platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline coming through it. There are over 600 oil platforms within a 40-mile radius of Port Fourchon. This area makes up 16 to 18 percent of the US oil supply. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Latin petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. ... An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean. ... ...

Port Fourchon also is also the base for a number of fishing boats, and has a beach that automobiles can drive on. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...

Port Fourchon is a short distance off the roadway to Grand Isle, Louisiana. This page is related to transport; you may be looking for the 2002 Bollywood movie Road. ... Grand Isle is a town located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on a barrier island of the same name. ...

History

Port Fourchon takes direct hit from Katrina (7a.m. CDT, August 29, 2005)

Port Fourchon was damaged by Hurricane Lili in October of 2002. The director of the port reported on CNN that Port Fourchon did not take a direct hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hurricane Lili was a powerful 2002 hurricane that caused damage across the Caribbean and into Louisiana. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Category:New Orleans Disaster Disaster recovery American Red Cross: Official donation site www. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fiction

In an odd twist of fate, FX Networks broadcasted on June 7, 2005 the docudrama Oil Storm, which first depicted a fictional Category 4 hurricane named "Julia" hitting Port Fourchon in September of 2005. The port was severely crippled leading to the events that occurred later. FX (shorter for Fox Extended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... A Docudrama or Docu-Drama is a type of work (usually a movie or television show) that combines elements of Documentary and Drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing set pieces to take dramatic liberty with events. ... Oil Storm is a 2005 television docudrama portraying a future oil-shortage crisis in the United States, precipitated by a hurricane destroying key parts of the United States oil infrastructure. ...

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