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Socioeconomic impacts of declining outer continental shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5212501

The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) outer continental shelf oil and gas industry experienced dramatic changes over recent years. These changes impacted socioeconomic conditions in the adjacent coastal communities. The analysis of individual socioeconomic characteristics provides a base of information which illustrates the changed conditions. Select socioeconomic data for each parish and county in the study area for the years 1960, 1970 and 1980 were inventoried, assembled and tabulated.

Research Organization:
Applied Technology Research Corp., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
OSTI ID:
5212501
Report Number(s):
PB-94-140233/XAB; CNN: DI-14-12-0001-30335
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English