Louisiana’s deepest oil well is completed in St. Martin Parish

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY)- Louisiana’s deepest oil well has been completed in St. Martin Parish, reaching nearly 31,000 feet underground.

Located in Bayou Long, the well confirms the existence of deep gas formations that were previously inaccessible with older extraction methods.

The project was led by Gloria Moncrief and her team at Moncrief Oil, a Fort Worth, Texas-based company. Utilizing modern drilling technology, the team was able to access resources nearly six miles below the surface, validating long-held theories about the region’s geology…

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