Interview with Barry Heinen

Accession No.: 
BE4-006

00:30 - Family background - German, one of 8 children;
01:00 - Great-grandfather bought property in Robert's Cove from a German abbey in 1883;
03:00 - Little interaction between German and Cajun settlers until 1950-1960 then intercultural marriage began;
05:50 - Family has leased land to oil companies since the 1950's - talks about lease amounts;
08:00 - Barry, as an attorney, deals with the oil companies for his family and placement of rigs on the properties;
09:00 - The German community was hesitant to lease to the oil companies. Pugh clause and leasing acreage to the oil companies;
12:00 - Regulation on price of gas depending of depth the rig would drill, thus paying more for gas locally than out of state;
15:00 - Federal government regulating oil prices, and oil companies limiting production to make profits;
16:30 - Supply and demand on the price of gas prices; Mexico and UK not members of OPEC;
19:00 - Economic impact in Lafayette "Lafayette lives and dies in the oil field." All the money was new money coming in, not money circulating within the community;
23:30 - Comp law lowered to 25% disability for workers;
24:00 - Overall slow down in the area is due to fewer exploration in the out areas around Lafayette;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Beard, Jack
Subject: 
Oil; South Louisiana, German Settlers
Creator: 
Jack Beard
Recording date: 
Thursday, July 25, 1985
Coverage Spatial: 
Rayne, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
26:20
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Original Format: 
Cassette - 60
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 10 Row 4