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  1. AgustaWestland Signs Contracts On 12 New AW139s

    Thursday | Aero-News Network

    ... total of six AW139s in their fleet. The AW139s will operate from company heliports at Intracoastal City, Leeville and Venice, LA in support of offshore production and drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Chevron's aircraft operations in the ...

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  2. Body found floating in VeniceRead the original story

    Friday Sep 26 | Times-Picayune

    The body of a 44-year-old man was found Friday afternoon floating near a dock in Venice, the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office said.

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  3. Body spotted in Venice

    Friday Sep 26 | Times-Picayune

    The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of body spotted floating near a Venice boat dock.

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  4. Terrebonne, Plaquemines officials head to Washington to ask for flood protection funding

    Monday Sep 22 | 4 WWL-TV

    ... parish. "How many times are you going to ask the people of south Plaquemines and the oil business that goes out of Venice and Conoco-Phillips, how many times are they going to put up with this before they say enough's enough?" Nungesser said. It's a ...

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  5. Plaquemines Parish Road ClosuresRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 11 | WNOL-TV New Orleans

    Highway 23 at the Venice Jump is now closed. Parish crews sandbagged the road in anticipation of high water this afternoon.

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  6. Plaquemines Parish Update 9/7Read the original story

    Sep 7, 2008 | WNOL-TV New Orleans

    ... 8th. Belle Chasse Middle School, South Plaquemines Elementary School, South Plaquemines High School, and Boothville-Venice Elementary School are closed pending electrical restoration. Please stay tuned for further information. Electrical power south ...

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  7. Plaquemines Parish UpdateRead the original story

    Sep 6, 2008 | WNOL-TV New Orleans

    As of 5pm today, a boil water order has been issued for Port Sulphur down to Venice.

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  8. Mesa Energy Announces Operations UpdateRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 18 | Business Wire

    ... however, work has been held up from time to time due to the lack of availability of barges, crews, fuel, etc. in the Venice, Louisiana area. The facility is expected to be operational in a matter of weeks with production to begin in the fourth ...

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  9. Convoys to lower Plaquemines being limited

    Monday Sep 15 | Times-Picayune

    ... of levee-top convoys to get to the southern end of the parish's West Bank. La. 23, the main road to places such as Venice and Buras, is impassable, so the parish has been running convoys along the top of the Mississippi River levee to get to the ...

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  10. Slowly, life in SE La. returning to normal

    Sunday Sep 14 | NOLA.com

    ... the road south of the refinery to re-establish access to the river levee so residents and business owners in Port Venice may return. Highway 39 on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish is now open. Power is still out on the east bank south of Davant, ...

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  11. Crews working to return roads and power to PlaqueminesRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 14 | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... Security regulations, this road is open only to law enforcement officials. President Nungesser asks residents in Venice to be patient while this is being done. He says as soon as this road is safe, access will be allowed to the south end of the ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips

  12. Water Continues To Rise After Levee Fails In Plaquemines

    Saturday Sep 13 | Peak Oil

    ... the refinery and to the south were completely flooded. But Highway 23 was clear from West Pointe a la Hache down to Venice. "This is just what we feared," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. "If the water doesn't recede soon, ...

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  13. All in the Family for JacksonRead the original story

    Friday Sep 12 | Concordia Sentinel

    ... track. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the oil and fishing villages of Port Sulphur, Buras, Boothville and Venice. For a year, there was no school in lower Plaquemines Parish, no sports, and almost no people. South Plaquemines defeated West St. ...

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  14. Frank Davis: A post-Gustav update on fishingRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 11 | WWL-TV New Orleans

    Fishermen and boaters right now are a far cry from having their beloved outdoors back to what could be called "normal." In Gustav's onslaught, all across southern Louisiana marinas from Chauvin to Venice to ...

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  15. Stormy days for seafood industry

    Wednesday Sep 10 | NOLA,com

    At Sharkco Seafood Inc. in Venice, preparations for Hurricane Gustav started roughly two weeks ago.

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  16. Plaquemines Parish update

    Sep 6, 2008 | WWL-AM New Orleans

    ... Care Center in Belle Chasse at 16197 Highway 23. Water: A Boil water order remains in effect for Port Sulphur down to Venice due to uncertain water quality. The boil order has been lifted however for those at the parish line to White Ditch on the ...

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  17. Plaquemines boil water orderRead the original story

    Sep 6, 2008 | WWL-AM New Orleans

    Sep. 6 6:46pm CDT News Release: As of 5pm today, a boil water order has been issued for Port Sulphur down to Venice .

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  18. All in all, Gustav certainly was no KatrinaRead the original story

    Sep 4, 2008 | Times-Picayune

    ... pictures that changed as they crossed the Mississippi River. The fishing centers on the west side of the river from Venice to Lafitte seemed to largely have wind damage and should be ready for operation within a week, providing utilities are ...

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  19. - Pushing Russia into the cold is a foreign policy blunderRead the original story

    Sep 4, 2008 | Livingston Parish News

    A year after taking power, in June 1934, Adolf Hitler made his first visit abroad - to his idol Benito Mussolini in Venice.

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  20. Gustav snapshots: 'Significant' sheen, downed power linesRead the original story

    Sep 3, 2008 | Houston Chronicle

    ... " and "Bud Lite," as well as the following coordinates: 29 03'12"N, 89 42'30"W . That's essentially somewhere between Venice, La. and Grand Isle. For more photos and video of the storm's aftermath go to this U.S. Coast Guard site.

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