Description of utilization of 9 mi of standard gage railroad, by Humble Oil and Refining Co, to reach isolated Bayou des Glaises field in swamps of Atchafalaya River in Iberville Parish, La; use of railroad supplements usual combination of automobile and boat; river crafts travel in ditch parallel to railroad; future plans provide for roadway above flood levels.


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    Title :

    Atchafalaya transport unique in oil fields


    Additional title:

    Oil Weekly


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Oil Weekly ; 121 , n 8


    Publication date :

    1946


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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