Surge Protection: South Louisiana maintenance turnarounds could max out the labor force when owners...
A significant uptick in maintenance turnarounds is most definitely on the way, beginning this spring then followed by a much larger splash in October.
From a...
Georgia-Pacific investing $50M in its Port Hudson paper mill
Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to upgrade its Port Hudson paper mill near Zachary, the company announced last week.
The work will increase capacity and...
Ship to house offshore wind technicians being built in Louisiana’s oil country
Down in Terrebonne Parish, where oil rig supply ships are as much a part of the waterside scenery as shrimp boats, a new kind...
LSU report touts potential of planned carbon capture hub in Calcasieu Parish
A planned carbon capture and sequestration hub in Calcasieu Parish could abate some $11 billion in environmental damages over its lifetime, according to a new...
CapturePoint to invest in CENLA Hub CCS site
Texas-based CapturePoint LLC has announced it will invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure in Louisiana, reports Carbon Herald. The investments will be...
Hwy. 70 widening to support industry in Ascension, St. James parishes
State and local officials broke ground last week on the $53.2 million widening of Hwy. 70 from the Sunshine Bridge in St. James Parish...
Edwards criticizes EPA for slow approval of carbon reduction projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving too slowly to allow states to permit and oversee carbon-reduction projects, says Gov. John Bel Edwards...
Long-awaited Baton Rouge ExxonMobil plastics plant expansion goes online
State and city-parish officials and ExxonMobil leadership celebrated the startup of the company’s long-awaited polypropylene growth project at its north Baton Rouge plant last...
Tri-state hydrogen partnership entering second phase of grant application
Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma will submit a formal application to the Department of Energy for funding of their regional hydrogen hub, reports The Center...
CF Industries, Mitsui select Thyssenkrupp Uhde for blue ammonia project
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and CF Industries Holdings Inc. have selected Thyssenkrupp Uhde as technology provider for their new blue ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, reports...
