The Natural Gas State: Shale and LNG become big business in Louisiana
Louisiana’s liquefied natural gas industry and the Haynesville Shale play are now inseparably linked as they move in tandem toward a future where natural...
More than 450 attend GBRIA’s first Industry Showcase
More than 450 decision makers from area petrochemical plants attended the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance's first Industry Showcase tradeshow on June 9.
Participation was...
Brave New World: Growing for the inevitable energy transition in Louisiana
It represents a monumental shift in mindset. Owners in the industrial space are no longer digging in their heels in resistance to a changing global...
Chalmette Refining moves forward with renewable diesel project
MRC Global last week announced that Chalmette Refining has selected MRC Global as the primary pipe, valves and fittings provider for Chalmette’s renewable diesel project...
Biden administration wants to re-start shuttered refineries
The Biden administration is reaching out to the oil industry to inquire about restarting shuttered refineries, as the White House scrambles to address record...
Mississippi River bridge options narrowed to three Iberville Parish sites
Officials last week presented three location options for a new Mississippi River bridge crossing in the Capital Region.
The three sites are all in Iberville Parish...
Nutrien plans world’s largest clean ammonia plant in Geismar by 2024
Nutrien, one of the largest producers of potash and nitrogen fertilizers, has struck a deal with Denbury Carbon Solutions to handle captured emissions from...
Why shale drillers aren’t pumping out more oil and gas
Though shale drillers have been hampered by pipeline constraints, rising prices for oil-field supplies and shortages of roughnecks and rigs, The Wall Street Journal reports there...
Powered by methanol: An investment surge in Louisiana
When Danish shipping giant Maersk announced in August that its first decarbonized ships would run on green methanol, then ordered a dozen 16,000-TEU container...
Federal grant supports biopharmaceutical manufacturing in Acadiana
The Acadiana Planning Commission has been awarded a grant to develop biopharmaceutical manufacturing in the Acadiana area, reports KATC News.
The grant, a total of...
