International Paper announces $52 million upgrade in Bogalusa
Bernie Chascin, plant manager at International Paper in Bogalusa, announced last week that the company plans to invest up to $52.2 million to increase...
Dow settles pollution allegations in Louisiana, Texas
Dow Chemical Co. and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corp., will pay millions to settle allegations that they polluted the...
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...
Oil giant Total ends American Petroleum Institute membership
The French oil company Total has ended its membership in the American Petroleum Institute, Maritime Executive reports. Total operates one of the world’s largest...
U.S. rig count jumps in latest January numbers
The total U.S. oil and gas rig count jumped by 18 to 424 in the week ending Jan. 13, with the Permian Basin seeing...
St. Rose facility to produce marine, power fuel
Arq CEO Julian McIntyre announced last week that his company would invest in a new $40 million St. Rose facility that will produce a...
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...
LMOGA emphasizes energy policy in letter to Biden
In a Jan. 14 letter to President-Elect Biden, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA) addressed the challenges and opportunities facing Louisiana’s oil...
Top industry stories of 2020
A litany of tumultuous events turned 2020 into a very bipolar year. Few in south Louisiana’s industrial sector escaped the fallout from the COVID-19...
