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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 01 > Vital Louisiana oil port vulnerable to hurricanes

Vital Louisiana oil port vulnerable to hurricanes

Officials fear a direct hit would create an immediate national energy crisis

By Cain Burdeau / The Bulletin
August 1, 2009

CAMINADA HEADLAND, La. " The booming oil hub called Port Fourchon, a nerve center in the nation's oil supply chain, is turning into a sitting duck for hurricanes as the beach that protects it from the Gulf of Mexico washes away.

The miles-long sand bank " blasted last year by....

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