BC&I revisiting Marathon Oil’s controversial ITEP request
The Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry on Wednesday will again consider whether to grant Marathon Oil’s controversial request for a property tax abatement...
Southeast Super Region supporting infrastructure reform act
The Southeast Super Region Committee is supporting the Government Reform in Transportation, or GRIT Act, which includes deepening of the Mississippi River and upgrades...
Cassidy hopes bill will reverse Keystone EO
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the “Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act” last week in hopes of authorizing the continued construction of...
Drilling restrictions will hit Gulf harder than other regions, expert says
President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to drilling on federal lands leaves the vast majority of U.S. crude production untouched, but it may be the...
Drilling restrictions will hit Gulf harder than other regions, expert says
President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to drilling on federal lands leaves the vast majority of U.S. crude production untouched, though it may be, as...
Loren Scott: State could recover all jobs lost from pandemic
After originally predicting last fall that it could take up to two full years for Louisiana to recover all the jobs lost since the...
Contractors optimistic after ExxonMobil’s ITEP approval
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry voted unanimously Jan. 29 at a virtual meeting to approve ExxonMobil’s request for a property tax abatement,...
ExxonMobil files ITEP request for Baton Rouge refinery modernization
ExxonMobil is requesting a roughly $2.7 million property tax break over the first year of a project to modernize and upgrade its aging north Baton Rouge...
Local oil industry groups protest drilling ban, Keystone cancellation
Reaction to President Biden’s twin executive actions to ban new oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for 60 days and revoke...
Cameron LNG joins six other Louisiana export facilities with extended authorization through 2050
Add Cameron LNG to the list of export facilities getting an extended authorization through 2050.
The facility is among five entities the U.S. Department of...
