Robots could replace 140,000 U.S. oil and gas jobs over next 10 years
After losing thousands of jobs to the pandemic downturn, robotics and automation could slash hundreds of thousands more oil and gas jobs around the...
Louisiana Space Campus planned at Michoud
The State of Louisiana has signed an agreement with NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility that could lead to the creation of a Louisiana Space Campus,...
ElementUS plans $800 million ‘rare earth elements’ project
ElementUS, a joint venture of DADA and Enervoxa, announced last week that it's planning to make an $800 million capital investment to extract rare...
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...
ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training takes off
It has been under development for some time, so chalk up ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training initiative to serendipity. The effort is coming to full...
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),...
Audit questions state’s air quality enforcement
Though Louisiana’s air quality has improved in recent years, state regulators should be doing more to ensure companies are complying with air quality rules,...
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...
Louisiana industry cuts toxic chemical releases by 5.6 percent
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that Louisiana industrial plants reduced their toxic chemical releases by 5.6 percent in 2019 compared to...
LSU professor lands NSF award to study ultrasonic processing for manufacturing
The National Science Foundation has awarded LSU mechanical engineering professor Genevieve Palardy with a five-year, $585,950 CAREER Award to study the use of polymer...
