Petrochemical

USA Industries opens new Prairieville office, warehouse

USA Industries LLC announced that it is opening a new product and sales warehouse location in Prairieville. The company is a designer, manufacturer and supplier...

Dow explosion’s impact on nearby water still not clear

Nearly two weeks after the explosion at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, a preliminary incident report from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality...

SunGas Renewables considers Rapides Parish for $1.8B methanol facility

SunGas Renewables, an independent division of GTI Energy, announced last week that it’s considering investing $1.8 billion for a renewable low-carbon methanol production facility...

New ExxonMobil plant manager focused on long-term success at site

Laura Eiklor, the new manager at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge plastics and resin finishing plant, says her goal in transitioning into the role is to...

Petroleum production on pace for record year

American petroleum production is on pace for a record-breaking year, helping keep energy prices stable despite the efforts of other major oil exporters to...

U.S. oil refiners again expand fuel capacity after big shrink

U.S. crude oil refining capacity has reversed two years of declines and climbed by more than 100,000 barrels, to 18.1 million barrels per day,...

Advance notices filed for new Exxon-affiliated recycling facility

Advance notices were filed with the state on Friday for a new recycling facility that would process plastics that are traditionally hard to break...

BASF’s Holland: Digitalization has been challenging but necessary during Geismar mega-project

BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current MDI3 expansion project in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges. As vice president and...

Louisiana petrochemical industry launches sustainability effort

The Louisiana petrochemical industry is launching the creation of a new “sustainability council,” reports Louisiana Illuminator. The Louisiana energy and chemical companies along with the...

Surge Protection: South Louisiana maintenance turnarounds could max out the labor force when owners...

A significant uptick in maintenance turnarounds is most definitely on the way, beginning this spring then followed by a much larger splash in October.  From a...

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