Louisiana Geological Survey

News

The Summer 2010 LGS newsletter is out and can be read ...

Frances Ann Young Tircuit, long-time LGS Office Coordinator, passed away on May 22nd, 2010...

The LGS recently released two publications, "Atlas of the Main Pass Area Offshore Oil and Gas Fields" and a poster entitled "Louisiana's Freshwater Aquifers." The atlas contains all publicly available information on the discovery dates of the fields, numbers of wells, productive zones of the fields, type logs, cross sections, maps, geology and production information in the Main Pass offshore area...

Who we are ______________________

Founded in 1934 by Act 131 of the Louisiana legislature, the Louisiana Geological Survey is the premier geological research institution in the state of Louisiana. Always housed on the beautiful campus of Louisiana State University, the LGS was originally part of the Louisiana Department of Conservation, later was a division of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and was transferred by the Louisiana legislature's HB 2353 to Louisiana State University, where it is today a component of the Office of Research and Economic Development. LSU's former Basin Research Institute is now the Basin Research Energy Section of the LGS.