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Biden’s ban on new federal leases prompts outrage from energy industry
Industry is reacting with outrage to President Joe Biden’s announcement today of a moratorium on new oil and gas lease sales on federal lands...
Contractors indicted over oil leaks from platforms off Louisiana
Two supervisors with a Houston-based oil company are facing federal charges after federal prosecutors said they knowingly allowed oil to leak from their platforms...
Shintech investing $1.3B to expand facilities in Iberville, West Baton Rouge
Shintech Louisiana is investing $1.3 billion to expand its manufacturing and packaging facilities in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
Biden to halt new fossil fuel leasing involving federal lands and waters
President Joe Biden is poised to impose a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leasing Wednesday, according to three people briefed on the...
ExxonMobil releases economic impact on proposed refinery upgrade
ExxonMobil released new economic impact numbers today from one of the state’s leading economists in an effort to bolster support for its proposed $240...
Together Baton Rouge yet to take stance on ExxonMobil’s ITEP request
Together Baton Rouge has yet to take a position on ExxonMobil’s recently requested property tax abatement for its north Baton Rouge refinery modernization project,...
Audit questions state’s air quality enforcement
Though Louisiana’s air quality has improved in recent years, state regulators should be doing more to ensure companies are complying with air quality rules,...
ExxonMobil files ITEP request for north Baton Rouge refinery modernization
ExxonMobil is requesting a roughly $2.7 million property tax break over the first year of a project to modernize and upgrade its aging north...
LOGA responds to Biden’s executive orders on drilling, Keystone
The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association today released a statement in response to executive orders taken by President Joe Biden this week to suspend...
Dow, subsidiaries will pay $294M to settle pollution allegations in Louisiana, Texas
Dow Chemical Co. and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corp., will pay millions to settle allegations that they polluted the...
US rig count jumps in latest January numbers
The total U.S. oil and gas rig count jumped to 424, an increase of 18, for the week ending Jan. 13, with the Permian...
Report: Baton Rouge among worst U.S. cities for ‘clean energy’ efforts
Baton Rouge ranks 97th out of 100 U.S. cities measured for their “clean energy” efforts, according to the 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard.
The scorecard,...
Trade Construction acquires Fabex Inc.
Trade Construction, a Baton Rouge-based full-service industrial contractor specializing in pipe manufacturing, today announced it has acquired Fabex Inc., an area manufacturer of ASME...
2020 proved how crucial oil and gas industry is to US
From providing the building blocks for PPE manufacturing to powering hospitals, the American oil and gas industry proved last year it is not only an essential industry but that it’s also critical to pandemic recovery efforts moving forward.
Quebec company acquires Baton Rouge’s Drillco
Baton Rouge’s Drillco is one of two companies acquired by a Montreal, Quebec-based company on a quest to become a global leader for productivity...
Grön Fuels project named nation’s No. 2 deal by ‘Business Facilities’
Grön Fuels’ proposed renewable fuels complex in West Baton Rouge Parish has been named the nation’s No. 2 project in Business Facilities magazine’s 2020...
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds acquires Hydroprocessing Associates
Gonzales-based industrial services company Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC has bought a Mississippi petrochemical maintenance business with international offices.
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds acquired Hydroprocessing...
Surging demand in Asia drives interest in Louisiana LNG supply contracts
Surging LNG demand in Asia is driving a renewed interest in long-term supply contracts, which could be good news for pending projects in south...
Shell laying off nearly 700 workers at Convent refinery
Royal Dutch Shell has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, with state officials regarding a planned layoff of nearly 700 workers...
Port NOLA eyes property for $1.5B container terminal
The Port of New Orleans could soon begin the due diligence process for a potential $1.5 billion multimodal container terminal to serve the largest...
