ExxonMobil to temporarily shut down portion of Baton Rouge refinery in January
ExxonMobil intends to temporarily shut down a coker and crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery in January for maintenance, Reuters reports.
The Baton Rouge refinery...
Cargill to upgrade salt mine facility near Breaux Bridge
Cargill, a Minneapolis-based food supplier that operates salt mines in Louisiana, announced last week that it is upgrading its facility near Breaux Bridge to...
Are carbon capture projects worth their weight in tax exemptions?
Louisiana officials over the past week have been touting state incentives for a $198.5 million carbon capture project at an Ascension Parish chemical plant.
However,...
Cheniere to continue expanding in Louisiana after productive year
Cheniere Energy Inc. is in the early stages to again expand LNG export facilities in Louisiana and Texas following a series of supply deals...
BASF announces $19.8M Geismar plant expansion
BASF announced last week that it will invest $19.8 million in its Ascension Parish manufacturing complex to increase production of the chemical intermediates HEP...
CF Industries to invest $185.5M at Ascension Parish plant
CF Industries today announced it plans to invest $198.5 million to construct a CO2 compression and dehydration unit at its Ascension Parish plant in...
Louisiana’s entry into biofuels market energizes timber industry
Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials recently announced the construction of a new, $110 million sawmill by British Columbia-based Teal Jones. The groundbreaking...
Wind farms planned off Louisiana, Texas could power 3 million homes
The Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind farms will be developed off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, the Biden administration announced last week,...
Calucem plans $35 million specialty cement facility for industrial, commercial use
Specialty cement manufacturer Calucem will enter the U.S. market by developing a $35 million manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans, announces GNO Inc. Calucem,...
Contractors face pressure from high material prices
Impacts from rising construction material prices still are being felt despite recent signs of stabilization, reports Engineering News-Record.
The Associated General Contractors of America report...
