Discover the incredible story of Lake Peigneur, a drilling site turned disaster zone. In 1980, Texaco's accidental drill hit an underground salt mine, creating a vortex that swallowed the entire lake!

Lake Peigneur on Jefferson Island used to only be a 10-foot-deep freshwater pond, ... Richard said if it were not for the incident, the salt dome would have lasted centuries to come.

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. ... no lives were lost in the dramatic incident.

The Lake Peigneur drilling disaster saw an oversight result in a dramatic reshaping of the Louisiana landscape. The resulting sinkhole swallowed up a drilling platform, several barges, trees, and ...

NEW IBERIA —The Iberia Parish Council voted unanimously Wednesday to oppose any further expansion of the salt dome gas storage caverns under Lake Peigneur.

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and… ...

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and… ...

Lake Peigneur on Jefferson Island used to only be a 10-foot-deep freshwater pond, ... Richard said if it were not for the incident, the salt dome would have lasted centuries to come.