Ban on Gas, Oil Development in Lake Ponchartrain May Be Lifted

摘要

The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association is planning to ask the state to lift a 17-year drilling ban on Lake Pontchartrain. The association has told Mineral Board Secretary Mar-jorie McKeithen that they will propose lifting the ban, according to association President Don Briggs. The ban was enacted by the State Mineral Board to protect the lake's ecosystem from any further pollution and contamination.