Discover the incredible story of Lake Peigneur, a drilling site turned disaster zone ... House A company on Russia's doorstep ...

What started as routine drilling ended in a geological nightmare. Lake Peigneur collapsed into the ground, swallowing barges, land, and a massive drilling rig—leaving behind Louisiana’s deepest lake.

The crash happened on Lake Peigneur Road Sunday afternoon and involved an ATV and a truck. Witnesses told News 10 it appeared the ATV was pinned underneath the truck.

A 1980 drilling accident caused one of the worst industrial accidents in Louisiana’s history. ... Virlie Langlinais was at her Louisiana home on Lake Peigneur when she saw the swirling vortex.

A placid, roughly 1,000-acre lake near New Iberia, Peigneur was a haven for fishermen and a scenic backdrop to Rip Van Winkle Gardens, a 20-acre paradise of tropical plants developed by John Lyle ...

On the morning of November 21, 1980, a Texaco oil rig team on Louisiana's Lake Peigneur noticed that their drill had seized up below the surface of the shallow lake. The twelve men were baffled ...

The morning of November 21, 1980, started as an unremarkable one on Lake Peigneur - but after a freak accident, it wouldn't finish that way. Metro logo Search Metro ...

The salt beneath Lake Peigneur was formed by the evaporation of a previous body of salty water. Some of the salt is 125m years old, meaning it was laid down during the heyday of the dinosaurs.