Louisiana has plugged 300 orphaned wells in 2023, but thousands remain
Contractors have plugged 300 orphaned well sites in Louisiana over the past 4½ months, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Department of Natural Resources Secretary...
Baker Hughes: U.S. oil & gas rigs fall by most in a month since...
Energy services firm Baker Hughes Co. says that the U.S. oil and gas rig count fell by 44 this month, the biggest drop in...
Solar power investments globally set to overtake spending on oil production this year
Investments in solar power around the world are on course to overtake spending on oil production for the first time, the foremost example of...
Venture Global asks DEQ for permit increase at Calcasieu Pass
Virginia-based Venture Global LNG has asked the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to increase its pollutant-permitting allowances at its Calcasieu Pass plant, but environmental...
While Texas balks, Louisiana pursues clean energy projects
Speaking to a room full of carbon storage developers in Houston earlier this month, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards couldn’t help but compare the...
Louisiana’s natural gas and oil resources valued at more than $54B
The oil and natural gas industry in Louisiana supported more than 346,000 jobs in multiple sectors and contributed more than $54 billion to the...
LNG lobbyists ghost wrote Louisiana officials’ letters supporting gas storage project
In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected...
Oil production in the Gulf is cleaner than elsewhere, report shows
Oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is cleaner than in other parts of the world, producing up to 46% less greenhouse gas emissions...
U.S. will replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Texas, Louisiana this summer
The U.S. government may begin replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as early as in June, Reuters reports.
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm...
Turnaround boosts Citgo’s Lake Charles production
A turnaround completed at Citgo Petroleum's Lake Charles refinery has upped nameplate crude oil processing capacity at the complex by 38,000 barrels per day...
