Dow idles 2 elastomer units in Louisiana
Dow has idled two of its elastomer units in Louisiana as part of a larger strategy to balance supply with lower demand.
Speaking at the...
How Louisiana industry is prepping for the ‘new normal’
Petrochemical leaders are finding they have a lot in common with other market sectors as they sit on the various COVID-19 task forces overseen...
Louisiana’s Benteler Steel cutting workforce in half on July 1
Come July 1, a Louisiana steel tubing manufacturer that supplies the oil and gas industry is slashing its workforce in half.
Benteler Steel has notified...
Gulf Island Fabrication under fire over PPP loan
Congressional Democrats want a publicly traded offshore oil service company to return a $10 million federal small business loan that helped boost profits and...
Dow explores sale of ports, storage and railway businesses in Louisiana, Texas
Dow Inc. is exploring the sale of its ports in Louisiana and Texas and six railway hubs as it refocuses on chemicals, Bloomberg reports.
The...
ExxonMobil modifies Louisiana operations to manufacture hand sanitizer
ExxonMobil Corp. has reconfigured manufacturing operations in Louisiana to produce medical-grade hand sanitizer for donation to COVID-19 response efforts in Louisiana, New Jersey, New...
ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge facility steps up polypropylene production for protective gear
ExxonMobil has increased production of critical raw materials for masks, gowns and hand sanitizer used by medical professionals and first responders on the front...
Loren Scott: Louisiana economy will recover, but at slower pace than U.S.
How quickly Louisiana’s economy overcomes the coronavirus pandemic depends on two key factors: how quickly—and thoroughly—the U.S. will stop the virus’s spread, and how...
Saturation Point: What do low prices mean for ethylene and LNG projects planned for...
Sometimes too much is just too much. While the supply glut in natural gas, ethylene and oil ultimately provides cheaper feedstocks for the petrochemical...
Amid pandemic, some industrial owners suspend production to decontaminate
As cases of COVID-19 permeate Louisiana’s industrial complex, some plants are shutting down temporarily to decontaminate their facilities, while others struggle to remain fully...
