Honeywell expanding Baton Rouge facility
Honeywell is planning to expand its Baton Rouge facility to double the production capacity of Solstice ze, a supermarket refrigerant that it says uses...
Orion Engineered Carbons to convert Franklin reactor to make ‘hard carbon black’
Orion Engineered Carbons, a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, announced last week that it plans to convert a reactor line at...
Ascension school superintendent: CF Industries deal would create growth
Ascension Parish Public Schools Superintendent David Alexander says he believes an 80 percent property tax abatement for CF Industries’ proposed “green ammonia” nitrogen complex...
FERC OKs early site work at Venture Global Louisiana Plaquemines LNG
Venture Global LNG received permission on Oct. 29 to start early site work on the company's proposed Plaquemines export plant, reports Reuters. The Federal...
Venture Global lands large LNG export deals with China
China reached an agreement on three huge liquefied natural gas deals with U.S. exporter Venture Global LNG, bringing the exporter’s Plaquemines Parish plant one...
ExxonMobil projects could be in jeopardy as it debates investment strategy
ExxonMobil’s remade board of directors is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects as the company reconsiders its investment strategy...
Grön Fuels shifts focus to renewable jet fuel, inks key agreement with state
Grön Fuels has cleared a significant hurdle in the development of its massive renewable fuels complex planned for the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.
The...
A shortage of everything: A ‘perfect storm’ exposes the fragility of Louisiana’s industrial supply...
It came as a surprise to many that Louisiana’s industrial supply chain was so vulnerable. A series of unfortunate and unthinkable events in 2020...
James Construction lands Phase 2 contract for vital LA 1 corridor
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development recently awarded the contract for phase two of the LA 1 corridor project to James Construction Group,...
COVID, hurricanes complicate ITEP compliance
A "handful" of industrial owners that utilize Louisiana’s Industrial Property Tax Exemption Program won't hit their estimated employment and payroll targets due to the...
