Energy

Researchers clash over merits of freshwater diversion  

Scientists and state agencies say freshwater diversions are the key to saving Louisiana’s rapidly...

Placid Refinery pays $4.8M for BRAF’s former downtown headquarters

Port Allen's Placid Refining Co. has purchased the building that formerly housed the Baton Rouge Area Foundation along with a parking lot straddling the Central Fire Station on Laurel Street for $4.78 million.

Metro Council will again consider repeal of stormwater district

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council on Wednesday may officially repeal the stormwater district they voted to create in September. 

Energy industry expert David Dismukes retiring from LSU this week 

David Dismukes, the longtime executive director of LSU’s Center for Energy Studies is retiring,...

Louisiana oil and gas sector expected to shrink this year 

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is expected to shrink slightly this year due to a combination of economic and geopolitical factors, experts who follow the sector say

BRAC, LCA applaud ruling against carbon capture moratorium

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the Louisiana Chemical Association are praising a federal judge’s recent ruling that Livingston Parish cannot enforce a carbon capture and sequestration moratorium. 
- Advertisement -

Louisiana’s industrial sector struggling to attract skilled labor

The biggest problem facing the industrial sector this year is a lack of skilled workers. 

How offshore wind energy can benefit the oil industry

Offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico proposed by the Biden administration could...

Tallgrass sells 500 acres in Louisiana to help restore coastline 

Midstream oil and gas giant Tallgrass announced last week that it would sell 500-plus...

The top 10 Capital Region industrial projects currently in the works 

Industry's push for cleaner energy is fueling construction projects. Dozens of companies have announced...