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Venture Global lands large LNG export deals with China
China reached an agreement on three huge liquefied natural gas deals with U.S. exporter Venture Global LNG, bringing the exporter’s Plaquemines Parish plant one...
Guest opinion: Setting the record straight on industry response to orphan well claims
Recently, environmental groups have called for the removal of oil and gas industry representatives from Louisiana’s Oilfield Site Restoration Commission, the body that oversees the Department of Natural Resources' Orphan Well Program.Â
‘Perfect storm’ exposes fragility of Louisiana’s industrial supply chainÂ
It came as a surprise to many that Louisiana’s industrial supply chain was so vulnerable. A series of unfortunate and unthinkable events in 2020...
Air Products aims to bring another clean energy project to the heart of petrochemical...
Air Products, a global industrial gas company, has announced plans for a $4.5 billion clean energy complex in Ascension Parish.
Biden administration’s COVID-19 mandates could divide trucking industry
President Joe Biden’s recent order that companies with 100 or more employees require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing could divide the trucking industry, industry reps say.Â
Angelle to discuss offshore oil and gas in Oct. 28 webcastÂ
Scott A. Angelle, former director of the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, will discuss the importance of the offshore oil & gas...
Industrial gas company to build $4.5B clean energy complex in Ascension ParishÂ
Air Products, an industrial gas company, is planning to build a $4.5 billion clean energy complex in Ascension Parish, according to a news release.Â
Baton Rouge port mostly unaffected by widespread supply chain issues
Supply chain shortages and bottlenecks are affecting commerce around the globe, but it seems the Port of Greater Baton Rouge has been mostly untouched by the problems that plague other ports.
New ExxonMobil plastics plant scheduled for late 2022 completion
Behind ExxonMobil’s polyolefins plant on Scenic Highway, the oil and gas giant has been constructing a new, $500 million polypropylene plant since 2019. After a few delays, the project is slated to be finished in late 2022.
Feds telling pipeline owners to improve cybersecurity
The federal government is moving from asking oil and gas pipeline owners to improve their cybersecurity to telling them to do so, an attorney whose practice includes cybersecurity says.Â
Shale gas rigs in Louisiana returning to pre-pandemic numbers
Oil companies across the country are slowly deploying more shale oil rigs as the economy recovers from the 2020 recession, but shale rig numbers in Louisiana are already close to pre-pandemic levels as oil prices continue to rise.
Turner Industries creates new spinoff to take advantage of renewables sector
Turner Industries has created a new subsidiary, Turner Industries Energy Services, that will focus on the growing renewable energy sector.
BC&I chair pledges to keep open mind regarding noncompliant ITEP companies
The chairman of the state board that handles manufacturers’ requests for local property tax exemptions says the circumstances of each company that fails to live up to its job-creation commitments should be judged individually.Â
Russel Honoré calls on oil companies to seal abandoned wells  Â
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré called on Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana’s Legislature to force oil companies to seal the roughly 4,600 abandoned oil wells around the state, during a demonstration in Lafayette today.Â
Is COVID, hurricanes enough reason for companies to miss ITEP requirements?
Manufacturing companies that utilize Louisiana’s Industrial Property Tax Exemption Program but don’t hit their employment and payroll targets will be asked to justify keeping their exemptions.Â
Inside the broken supply chain squeezing businesses everywhere
The commercial pipeline that each year brings $1 trillion worth of toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the U.S. is clogged and no one knows how to unclog it.
ExxonMobil presses on after other oil giants drop green algae as biofuel
Nearly every other major oil company has abandoned algae research after a flurry of investment at the start of the last decade yielded few results. It’s another example of how ExxonMobil appears to be on a divergent path from its peers.Â
Feds schedule Gulf offshore oil lease sale for November
President Joe Biden’s administration says it has followed a court order to schedule an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of...
Louisiana industry so far not seeing benefit from oil price spike
The recent increase in the price of oil could lead to increases in production and jobs, but the change isn’t showing up in the data yet, the acting president for a state industry group says.Â
From paints to plastics, a chemical shortage ignites prices
Shortages are cutting into one of the humblest yet most vital links in the global manufacturing supply chain: The plastic pellets that go into a vast universe of products ranging from cereal bags to medical devices, automotive interiors to bicycle helmets.Â
