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Crews with containment boom and skimmers remain on the scene while cleanup and repair work is underway.

Authorities' latest estimate is that the storage tanks on the rig may hold as much as 5,400 gallons of oil — far below their capacity of 168,000 gallons.

The count is down from a year ago, when 1,792 rigs were active.

Senator David Vitter will talk about what action is needed to keep Louisiana in the forefront of the nation's energy production.

This spring the Federal Railroad Administration ordered railroads to notify states about trains carrying at least 1 million gallons of crude oil.

The report highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and gas development on federal and Indian lands.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Wichita, Kan., company that re-refines used motor oil has opened a 12,000-square-foot distribution center in Baton Rouge.

PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Port Fourchon's director says the port could reap new business if Mexico gives final approval to a measure that would open the country to foreign oil drilling for the first time in 75 years.

The Department of Energy announced Nov. 13 the U.S. is now producing more crude oil domestically than what it imports from abroad.

The Townsquare Media Oil & Gas Job Fair is coming to the Heymann Center on February 21st.

The number of unemployed Louisianians dropped from 154,000 in August to 144,000 in September.

Landry says he stands by his votes.

The road was closed for about thirty minutes as crews worked to clean up the spill.

Mark Lasseigne has your stock market report for Thursday, March 29, 2012.

High paying full-time positions will come once the facility is complete.

Many Americans don't understand the importance of the Straits of Hormuz but Dr. Walid Phares says it is of global importance. Phares is an Advisor to the Anti-Terrorism Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, Fox News Terrorism Expert and author of Future Jihad:Terrorist Strategies. On "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" Dr. Walid stressed the importance of the Straits of Hormuz to the world economy and security.

A new Executive Director of LAGCOE. The Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition will be led by Angela Cring. She is originally from Alexandria. She has a degree in Environmental Geology and Political Science from Millsaps College and a Masters in Geology from the University of Mississippi...

Thomas says BP vowed to do what it could to make things right after the 2010 oil spill, and this is just one way to do it.

Even though Donald Trump has made millions in New York real estate and reality television I think basically he's a flake of the first magnitude. With that being said I heard on interview on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and I actually agree with a lot of what Trump said!

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas here in the US rose by eight this past week to 2,021.