Weatherford land secured by port

The one that got away
January 10, 2012
Roy Ivey
January 13, 2012
The one that got away
January 10, 2012
Roy Ivey
January 13, 2012

The Port of Terrebonne has acquired the vacated Weatherford property at 202 Industrial Blvd. by way of donation in Houma. Weatherford donated the real estate through the Terrebonne Economic Development Foundation early in 2011 and the beginning of 2012 saw completion of the transaction.


The Terrebonne Port Commission now owns the one-time oil well equipment machine shop located on 13 acres of property next to the 680-acre Port of Terrebonne.

Weatherford vacated the structure almost three years ago to move into a new state-of-the-art facility on La. Highway 311 near U.S. Highway 90.


The donated warehouse and land had once been listed for $8.25 million by Grand Terre Real Estate and spans approximately 192,800 square feet.


The port commission had originally discussed a donation concept with Weatherford in August 2009. “At that time we were told by Weatherford that they wanted to sell the building,” Terrebonne Port Commission Director David Rabalais said. “The entire facility is just a shell of what it used to be since vandals have stolen all the cooper wire that once powered the buildings. The first thing we will have to do is re-wire the entire facility before we can lease the property.”

Don Hingle, who played a dual role as president of the port commission and Chairman of TEDFO, in 2011, said he is extremely happy with the arrangement and anticipates great opportunities because of it.

“Terrebonne Parish is the fortunate beneficiary of the most generous donation by our fine corporate citizen, Weatherford Gemeco,” Hingle said. “The port is uniquely positioned by both location and expertise to leverage this donation into an attractive economic development engine for our parish.

“We are extremely thankful to Weatherford for their donation to Terrebonne Parish.” he added.

“The Port of Terrebonne is an important economic-development asset for the parish,” Rabalais said. “It offers publicly held waterfront property available for industrial activity.

“This site will bring in more jobs to the area and more income to the port for additional expansions,” he said.