LMOGA Statement on 6 to 1 Lafourche Parish Vote Rejecting Coastal Lawsuits

06 03, 2025 by LMOGA

Following is a statement from Tommy Faucheux, president, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA) regarding the 6 to 1 Lafourche Parish vote rejecting coastal lawsuits:

“Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is under attack – with constant coastal and legacy lawsuits. It’s time to stop incentivizing trial lawyers to pick industry’s pockets and start protecting the future of both our state and the 306,750 people working in and alongside the oil and natural gas industry here every day — because in Louisiana, they’re one and the same.

Tonight, by voting to oppose self-sacrificing coastal lawsuits, the Lafourche Parish Council is standing up for its people and our future, once again. LMOGA applauds council members for seeing these schemes for what they really are – attempts to gut oil and gas and divert billions of oil and natural gas dollars to lawyers instead of locals.

Unfortunately, the fight in Baton Rouge over legacy lawsuits seems to be unending. Just as the Lafourche Parish Council takes a stand for oil and natural gas, the legislature is having to fight these same trial lawyers, who are always looking to find new ways to sue the state’s No. 1 industry.

The bottom line is Louisiana prospers with jobs not judgments."

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