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Lessons learned: Plant leaders share reliability and resiliency strategies
A number of unplanned events can impact a plant’s reliability and resiliency in south Louisiana.
Louisiana oil producers want Biden to visit before heading to Saudi Arabia
The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association has signed onto a letter with dozens of other industry trade organizations to urge President Joe Biden...
Shell donates $27.5M to LSU energy research initiatives
Shell USA is donating $27.5 million to LSU to create the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation and support the construction of the previously announced Our Lady of the Lake Interdisciplinary Science Building, the school announced at an event today.
ExxonMobil CEO says oil markets could be tight for years
ExxonMobil executives believe global oil markets could remain tight for another three to five years, largely because of a lack of investment since the pandemic began, Bloomberg reports.
Lotte Chemical considering electrolyte solvent facility in Lake Charles area
Lotte Chemical Corp. announced Monday it is considering constructing an electrolyte solvent facility in the Lake Charles area to bolster its battery components business,...
Natural gas becoming bigger business in Louisiana
Louisiana’s liquefied natural gas industry and the Haynesville Shale play are now inseparably linked as they move in tandem toward a future where natural ga
Why are refineries closing amid oil price windfall?
Even as oil and gas companies’ profits soar, refineries across the country are being retired and converted to other uses as owners balk
Higher US exports of gasoline, diesel draining already-low inventories
A rapid rise in American fuel exports this year has had a hand in the record $5 a gallon gasoline prices, and is pressuring...
LMOGA criticizes Biden’s policies after he tells refiners to increase production
President Joe Biden called on U.S. oil refiners today to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of...
As Louisiana doubles down on biomass, Europe cools on wood pellets as energy source
Louisiana is pivoting toward green energy, a notable move for a state historically steeped in fossil fuels.
Clean energy startup considering West Baton Rouge for $800M facility
Houston-based Arbor Renewable Gas LLC is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility
Rising sea levels threaten state’s surging LNG industry
Cameron Parish and Lake Charles are home to an industrial revival, as companies scramble to build new export terminals a
Louisiana industrial space shifting for inevitable energy transition
Owners in the industrial space are no longer digging in their heels in resistance to a changing global energy dynamic
Chevron completes Renewable Energy Group purchase that includes Geismar plant
Chevron has completed a $3.15 billion cash acquisition of Renewable Energy Group, which includes a biorefinery in Geismar.
Westlake Chemical spending $110M to cut air pollution as part of settlement
Three subsidiaries of Westlake Chemical on Thursday settled allegations that they violated federal and state pollution control laws.
Last year’s Seacor Power tragedy could change worker protections
More than a year after the April 2021 Seacor Power lift boat tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico, legal changes may be on the way that could have lasting effects on the Jones Act, reports Legal Reader.
Rising natural gas prices raise concerns for Louisiana industry
the Henry Hub price for natural gas is over $9 per million Btu, more than double what it was a year ago, which raises serious concerns for the domestic petrochemical industry.
Honeywell, EnLink partner to grow carbon capture in region
Honeywell and EnLink Midstream today announced a partnership to expand their carbon capture services in the Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Industrial: In need of supply
The industrial sector is significantly underbuilt in the region, making it harder for companies to expand or be recruited to the market.
Sen. Kennedy talks Ida recovery, oil lease delays, inflation
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy fielded questions in Houma last Thursday at a luncheon hosted by the South Central Industrial Association and Bayou Industry Group,...
