Lake Charles industry to pay $5.5 million for Calcasieu contamination
Nine Lake Charles area chemical companies and oil refineries have agreed to pay the federal government $5.5 million for their contamination of the northern...
CF Industries inks contract for green hydrogen facility in Donaldsonville
CF Industries has signed an engineering and procurement contract with thyssenkrupp to supply a 20-megawatt (MW) alkaline water electrolysis plant to produce green hydrogen...
ExxonMobil proposes $100B carbon capture hub, but there’s a catch
ExxonMobil Corp. has proposed a giant, $100 billion hub to capture carbon dioxide emissions along the Texas Gulf Coast but warns that government funding...
BASF, LASM launch virtual STEM learning program
BASF and the Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) recently launched their first-ever virtual Kids’ Lab program, according to a BASF press release. The...
Louisiana-bound Argos makes pit stop in Corpus Christi
The longest leg of a 15,000-mile journey for BP's massive floating production unit, Argos, ended last week when the 60,000-ton structure docked at Kiewit...
Shell focuses even more on offshore as it touts lower-carbon impact
Despite corporate mandates to reduce carbon emissions and a temporary halt for new federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico, Royal Dutch Shell sees...
New Orleans City Council considers opposing Formosa plant
The New Orleans City Council is considering a resolution opposing a massive Taiwanese plastics facility in St. James Parish, reports NOLA.com.
The resolution won’t likely...
Active hurricane forecast again threatens Louisiana industry
Tropical weather and climate researchers at Colorado State University are predicting 17 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes in 2021, reports S&P...
ExxonMobil considers sale of elastic polymer business
ExxonMobil is exploring the sale of its Advanced Elastomer Systems division, potentially valuing the elastic polymer maker at around $800 million including debt, Reuters reports.
The...
ExxonMobil plans $334M expansion at Baton Rouge chemical plant
ExxonMobil is planning to invest $334 million on expansion and maintenance projects at its Baton Rouge chemical plant on Scenic Highway, according to an advance...
