New catalyst blending plant coming to Lacassine
Lacassine Operating Company is building a catalyst blending plant in Lacassine to serve oil refineries around the world.
The $12.5 million facility will be the...
A record six supertankers keep Louisiana Offshore Oil Port busy
Medium-sour crudes from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are being snapped up by overseas buyers, paving the way for a record six supertankers to...
Insight: A tenuous recovery
Crude oil has recently moved to some of its highest pricing levels since last October, when prices touched close to $85 per barrel (“Bbl”)...
Executive Profile: Elizabeth Ellison-Frost
Name: Elizabeth Ellison-Frost
Position: Community Relations, Chalmette Refining - PBF Energy
Hometown: Lafayette
Education: LSU, bachelor’s degree in Political Science; UL Lafayette, master’s in English
Although Elizabeth Ellison-Frost...
Not everyone can play offshore
All signs point to greater stability in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In the last four years, the rig count has increased by some...
$1.3B equity investment planned for Calcasieu Pass
Venture Global LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners have executed definitive agreements under which Stonepeak will exclusively provide a $1.3 billion equity investment in Venture...
Delek plans $150M in Krotz Springs refinery enhancements
Energy company Delek will invest $150 million to enhance its refinery in Krotz Springs via a series of projects over the next five years.
In...
LAGCOE adds second exhibit hall to meet demand
With just five months remaining until the LAGCO expo and conference opens, the energy organization is opening a second exhibit hall at the Ernest...
Shell’s Appomattox begins production
Production has begun several months early at the Appomattox platform, about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico....
ConocoPhillips anticipates Austin Chalk results by year’s end
ConocoPhillips has drilled two wells in Louisiana’s Austin Chalk formation and may be able to judge the potential of the play by the end...
