Port Fourchon, Louisiana
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Port Fourchon is a small community on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico.
It is a sea port, with significant petroleum industry traffic from off shore Gulf oil production platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline coming through it. There are over 600 oil platforms within a 40-mile radius of Port Fourchon. This area makes up 16 to 18 percent of the US oil supply.
Port Fourchon also is also the base for a number of fishing boats, and has a beach that automobiles can drive on.
Port Fourchon is a short distance off the roadway to Grand Isle, Louisiana.