First Offshore Oil Well — Morgan City, Louisiana

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First Offshore Oil Well

Morgan City, Louisiana

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The first producing offshore oil well out of sight of land was completed on Nov. 14, 1947, in the Gulf of Mexico, forty-three miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana.

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Morgan City, Louisiana · USA

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Southwest Reef Lighthouse

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Williams Memorial Airport

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