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...
CF Industries considering $2B investment in Ascension Parish
CF Industries is evaluating a site in Ascension Parish for construction of a proposed $2 billion blue ammonia production facility.
The project would create 103...
Swift, Groft optimistic about southwest Louisiana’s future
Southwest Louisiana is embarking on a new chapter as it continues to recover from business disruptions caused by the pandemic and the weather fiascoes...
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...
ExxonMobil, Chevron report unprecedented profits
Last week, ExxonMobil booked an unprecedented $17.85 billion profit for the second quarter and Chevron made a record $11.62 billion, reports the Associated Press. ...
Sasol deploys AI technology in Lake Charles to target emissions
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd., has announced that it will deploy innovative AI-driven technology at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex to...
Study says one area is responsible for most of state’s carbon emissions
The industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to south of New Orleans accounts for more than half of the state's greenhouse...
Petrochemical decline biggest reason for Louisiana’s shrinking economy
Louisiana's economy shrank dramatically to start 2022, according to new federal data, driven by a sharp pullback in part of the state's manufacturing sector as...
Baton Rouge-area students complete BASF TECH Academy
Fifteen Baton Rouge-area high school students recently completed BASF’s TECH Academy – a week-long educational and workforce development program hosted at River Parishes Community...
Why are refineries closing amid oil price windfall?
Even as oil and gas companies’ profits soar, refineries across the country are being retired and converted to other uses as owners balk at...
