Post-Katrina promise of oil money didn’t live up to expectations
In 2006, a year after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the U.S. government struck a deal to give...
Court OKs directional drilling engineers as independent contractors
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has overturned a lower court’s decision and found that directional drilling engineers can be classified as independent...
First Sabine Pass commercial delivery expected in August
The first commercial delivery of LNG from the Sabine Pass in Cameron Parish is expected in August 2019.
That comes now that Cheniere Energy Partners...
Buyers commit to 50% of Commonwealth LNG from proposed Cameron export terminal
Commonwealth LNG has received commitments from European buyers to take almost half of the liquefied natural gas from its planned 8.4-million-tons-per-year export terminal in...
LOGA Annual Meeting lineup: Halliburton’s Stephen Ingram, Chevron’s Steve Conner
Halliburton's Stephen Ingram, Chevron's Steve Conner, Venture Global LNG's Mike Eberhardt and Aethon's Paul Sander are headlining the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association's annual...
Praxair building one of nation’s largest hydrogen plants in Louisiana
Two weeks after starting up its new syngas plant in Geismar, Praxair Inc. has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to...
Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal construction will begin ‘immediately’
Venture Global LNG Inc. tells Bloomberg it will start construction immediately on its $5 billion Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana...
LSU grad student engineering E. coli to produce biodiesel
Can a dangerous bacteria be transformed into feedstock? One LSU mechanical engineering graduate student may answer that question.
LSU mechanical engineering graduate student Tatiana Mello...
Pointe LNG signs Kellogg Brown & Root for Plaquemines Parish facility
Pointe LNG announced Monday that it has signed an engineering and technical services agreement with Kellogg Brown & Root to provide front-end engineering design...
Industry Connections: Making an impact
I’ve spent my entire career working closely with Louisiana’s industrial sector. Refineries, chemical plants, storage terminals, other manufacturing sites, and the industrial contractors who...
