LOGA is using the crisis to push for Louisiana to drastically cut its severance tax rate, which it said will help to ease the loss of revenue. Louisiana’s severance rate stands at 12.5%, while ...

The Louisiana Oil & Gas Association announced that LOGA Founder and President-Emeritus Don Briggs died at his home in Lafayette, Louisiana on Monday, April 3, 2023. He was 82 years old.

Briggs led LOGA from its founding until 2018, when he stepped down to focus his time on his family, friends have said. His son, Gifford, took the reins for the next two years.

Gifford Briggs will finalize the transition into the role of president at LOGA’s 2018 Annual Meeting in March. Additionally, Don Briggs will be awarded with the title of President Emeritus of ...

Briggs founded the organization in 1992, and his son, Gifford, led LOGA from 2018 to 2020. Briggs' wife, Nanette, died after a car crash near Tangipahoa Parish in 2021 at the age of 77.

“I think Otis [Loga] himself has been part of 10 championship boy teams.” “It’s just a culture of excellence and I think that’s something I really enjoy,” added senior cross country ...