Will safety rules on oil drilling stand up in court after Scott Angelle’s changes?
As the offshore oil industry’s federal regulator completed its overhaul of a major well-drilling safety rule in 2018, the agency’s director, Louisiana native Scott...
Diamond Green Diesel strikes deal with IMTT for pipelines, storage
Diamond Green Diesel will use the St. Rose International-Matex Tank Terminal as a logistics hub for its renewable diesel facility in Norco.
Diamond Green Diesel...
Lafayette firm pleads guilty in oil spill incident
An oil production company based in Lafayette Parish and its president pleaded guilty
yesterday to violations stemming from an oil spill that occurred in 2016.
In...
Will oil demand plateau in the 2020s? Louisiana leaders say ‘maybe’
Some industry leaders say it’s entirely possible that growing climate change concerns could lead to flattening oil demand in this decade. That’s as alternative...
FLIR makes ‘strategic investment’ in Baton Rouge emissions monitoring tech firm
S&P 500 thermal imaging giant FLIR Systems Inc. has made what it calls a "strategic investment" in a tiny Baton Rouge firm that has...
Audubon Society opposes Commonwealth LNG project in Cameron Parish
Environmentalists are raising concerns that building a new liquefied natural gas export terminal along the mouth of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in southwest Louisiana...
An environmental breakthrough at Shell’s Norco plant
At its chemical plant in Norco, Shell made a technological and environmental breakthrough: It turned hard-to-recycle plastics into high-end chemicals.
As part of its ambition...
Port Fourchon project moves forward with public/private funding
The Water Institute of the Gulf has received a $500,000 grant through the National Coastal Resilience Fund to move forward with its Port Fourchon...
Harvey Marine now operating five dual-fueled LNG supply vessels
Since launching its first offshore supply vessel powered by liquefied natural gas in 2015, Harvey Gulf International Marine of New Orleans company remains alone...
EPA’s proposed ethylene oxide rules may impact South Louisiana chemical plants
Louisiana chemical manufacturers would be forced to trim their annual emissions of ethylene oxide under an Environmental Protection Agency proposal.
The proposed new rules targeting...