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Bill could make Louisiana a hub for carbon capture and sequestration

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the nation’s first comprehensive carbon dioxide infrastructure package, which could make...

Loren Scott, Scott Angelle to headline May 5 energy webcast

Louisiana economist Loren Scott and Scott Angelle, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for the U.S. Department of the Interior under...

Landry authorizes lawsuit settlement between oil company, state

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced on March 4 that he has signed off on a deal to resolve litigation involving an oil-and-gas company...

GAO cites BSEE improvements under Angelle

Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office's biennial High-Risk Series Report cited the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE’s) for progress in addressing...

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...

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