Cabot Corp. completes air emissions project in Franklin
Cabot Corporation announced April 1 that it had successfully completed a major air emissions control project at its carbon black manufacturing facility in Franklin,...
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...
ExxonMobil creates carbon capture business unit
ExxonMobil Corp. says the time has come to turn capturing carbon emissions into a real business, as it faces pressure from activists to become...
The big freeze: Dow, Formosa and others still contending with fallout
Dow Chemical, Formosa Plastics, Lotte Chemical, Shell and Sasol are among the petrochemical producers in Louisiana still contending with the impact of freezing temperatures...
Stepan Company acquires Louisiana fermentation plant
Stepan Company last week announced it has closed on the acquisition of a shuttered fermentation plant in Lake Providence.
Financial terms of the transaction were...
Ingevity expanding Louisiana facility, upping polyol production by 40%
Ingevity Corporation is adding caprolactone polyol production capabilities at its facility in DeRidder.
The North Charleston, South Carolina based company said in an announcement late...
Sasol: No share sale necessary after first-half profits triple
Sasol Ltd has retreated from a potential $2 billion share sale and announced that its first-half profit has more than tripled, marking the highest...
Crest Industries starting new specialty chemicals company in Louisiana
Crest Industries is creating a new specialty chemicals company that will manufacture innovative products at the Central Louisiana Regional Port in Alexandria.
Crest Industries will...
ExxonMobil names new manager for Baton Rouge refinery
ExxonMobil announced Feb. 4 that David Oldreive has been named manager of its Baton Rouge Refinery. Oldreive replaces Gloria Moncada, who will become vice...
LSU study suggests carbon tax could help meet emissions goals
A new white paper published by LSU's Center for Energy Studies suggests that carbon tax revenues could advance carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS),...
