john snell

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | john snell

GALLIANO, La. (WVUE) -- James Siglar has spent nearly 30 years working in the oil fields, living the ups and downs of the industry. “Born and raised in Grand Isle,” Siglar said. “So, I’ve been around it my entire life.”For Siglar and his coworkers at Grand Isle Shipyard in Galliano, the good times have returned. Fabrication yards for the offshore oil and gas industry are buzzing with activity.

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | john snell

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sunday (April 20) marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. It took 87 days to cap the BP-operated Macondo well, during which time millions of barrels of crude oil poured into the Gulf and onto Louisiana’s coast. Among the hardest-hit areas was Cat Island, not a single island, but a string of small land masses in Plaquemines Parish’s Cat Bay.

1 month ago | kplctv.com | john snell

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- Governor Jeff Landry’s administration took a major step Friday toward downsizing or killing Louisiana’s largest coastal project, the $3.1 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Plaquemines Parish. In a letter to the contractor, Gordon Dove, head of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, ordered a 90-day suspension of all work on the project.

1 month ago | kalb.com | john snell

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- Governor Jeff Landry’s administration took a major step Friday toward downsizing or killing Louisiana’s largest coastal project, the $3.1 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Plaquemines Parish. In a letter to the contractor, Gordon Dove, head of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, ordered a 90-day suspension of all work on the project.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | john snell

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- Governor Jeff Landry’s administration took a major step Friday toward downsizing or killing Louisiana’s largest coastal project, the $3.1 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Plaquemines Parish. In a letter to the contractor, Gordon Dove, head of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, ordered a 90-day suspension of all work on the project.