In the pipeline: Tallgrass Energy and Drexel Hamilton Infrastructure Partners announced plans this morning to build a crude oil export terminal on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. The proposed Plaquemines Liquids Terminal is permitted for up to 20 million barrels of crude oil storage and could be fully operational by mid-2020. The terminal would be fed by a pipeline with the capacity to transport up to 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Louisiana. Project partners estimate the combined pipeline and terminal project will represent a $2.5 billion capital investment. The project is expected to create 35 permanent new direct jobs and at least 1,250 temporary construction jobs, according to an LED announcement.
All heart: LSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering Professor Cristina Sabliov and Tammy Dugas, professor in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, have joined forces to fight peripheral artery disease, an ailment affecting 8 million Americans. Thanks to a $200,495 Louisiana Board of Regents grant and $50,000 LIFT2 grant, the pair is developing an alternative treatment for PAD using a nanoparticle delivery system and nontoxic polyphenols that will give patients better options for PAD treatment with possibly fewer side effects. LSU has complete details.
Something to sing about: John Turner and Jerry Fischer have made a historic $4 million gift to the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts’ renowned opera program and on-campus recital hall. Turner and Fischer’s donation is the largest gift in the college’s history and will create the John G. Turner and Jerry G. Fischer Center for Opera at LSU and pay for renovations to the LSU School of Music Recital Hall. LSU has complete details.
