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Two Ochsner-backed PPE production facilities coming to AcadianaÂ
Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner Thomas and SafeSource Direct CEO Justin Hollingsworth today announced the development of two manufacturing facilities for personal protective...
ExxonMobil posts profit, ending four-quarter losing streak
ExxonMobil returned to profitability during the first quarter, beating top- and bottom-line estimates for the period, as the company recovers from the havoc wreaked...
Bill to make Louisiana fossil fuel sanctuary state comes with risks
An attorney for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources said today that a bill to make Louisiana a fossil fuel sanctuary state could jeopardize...
Emails show how industry groups mobilized against Biden’s energy order
Fossil fuel trade groups in Louisiana and New Mexico rallied Democratic governors in opposition to President Joe Biden’s executive order pausing new oil and...
CF Industries inks contract for green hydrogen facility in Donaldsonville
CF Industries has signed an engineering and procurement contract with ThyssenKrupp to supply a 20-megawatt alkaline water electrolysis plant to produce green hydrogen at...
LNG industry rebounding from pandemicÂ
Industry analysts were raising concerns about a glut of liquefied natural gas coming onto global markets when the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020....
After year of delays, industrial maintenance work forecast to surge Â
When COVID-19 decimated the demand for fuels, the first reaction by industry was to delay costs—especially in gasoline and fuel production. A great number...
Strategic Biofuels plans to develop renewable fuels plant in north LouisianaÂ
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Paul Schubert, CEO of Strategic Biofuels LLC, today announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, plans to...
Port of South Louisiana completes Dow rail storage project
Construction of a six-track rail yard for Dow Chemical in St. Charles Parish is now complete, according to a news release issued by the...
ExxonMobil proposes $100B carbon capture hub, but there’s a catch
ExxonMobil Corp. has proposed a giant, $100 billion hub to capture carbon dioxide emissions along the Texas Gulf Coast but warns that government funding...
Grön Fuels complex moves step closer as two firms come on board
Koch Engineered Solutions today announced that two of its companies have partnered with Fidelis Infrastructure to work on the highly anticipated Grön Fuels renewable energy complex in West Baton Rouge Parish.
What does energy’s evolution mean for Louisiana?
It’s a hotly debated subject, to be sure, but most would agree that a move toward alternative forms of power, net-zero emissions and other...
Bill would undo ethics charge on industry appointees to Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission
A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would allow industrial companies to nominate their employees to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission, an 18-member volunteer panel that regulates the Southern Hills Aquifer. The aquifer supplies Baton Rouge's fresh drinking water and provides area industrial plants with water for their operations.
ExxonMobil, other oil giants, looking to commercialize carbon capture
Oil companies have for decades made money by extracting carbon from the ground, but now they are trying to make money putting it back.
Energy...
BREC steps up opposition to legislation that would split up parks
BREC is stepping up its opposition to a bill by Sen. Bodi White, R-Central, that would break up the parish parks system and create three new smaller agencies to run parks and recreation in the cities of Central and Zachary and in the prospective city of St. George once it is incorporated.
National business leaders call for ambitious climate goal; LMOGA urges balance
More than 300 businesses and investors, including such giants as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to set...
Active tropical season forecast raises risks for Louisiana oil and gas industry
Tropical weather and climate researchers at Colorado State University are predicting 17 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes in 2021, reports S&P...
Louisiana drivers can expect gas prices to reach 3-year high this summer
Louisiana drivers can expect to pay more at the pump this summer, with gas prices projected to rise to the highest levels they’ve reached since 2018.
ExxonMobil considering sale of elastic polymer business
ExxonMobil is exploring a sale of its Advanced Elastomer Systems division, potentially valuing the elastic polymer maker at around $800 million including debt, according...
Loren Scott, Scott Angelle headline webcast: ‘The Energy Evolution: How Will Louisiana Fare?’
Louisiana economist Loren Scott and Scott Angelle, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for the U.S. Department of the Interior under...
