ExxonMobil announces eighth discovery offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil said today it made its eighth oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well, creating the potential for additional resource development in the...
Pipeline companies seek relief from steel tariffs
Major U.S. energy companies—including Plains All American Pipeline, Hess Corp and Kinder Morgan Inc.—are among those seeking exemptions from steel-import tariffs as the United...
‘This is not your grandfather’s Gulf of Mexico’
The tides are changing in the Gulf of Mexico, as federal agencies open up larger swaths of the outer continental shelf to oil and...
Company News across south Louisiana’s industrial corridor [Q2 2018]
GBRIA honors safety leaders
The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc. announced the winners of its 22nd Annual Contractor Safety Excellence Awards at a banquet...
David Dismukes: The irrelevance of energy dominance
Politicians love buzz words and phrases in attempting to simplify and codify energy policy. In the past, “energy independence” was the rage and had...
Scientists are on the trail of new solutions to oil seepages
As owners go to extraordinary lengths to prevent environmental impacts in their offshore oil and gas operations, science is taking a laboratory-based approach to...
ExxonMobil contemplates doubling light crude refining capacity along the Gulf Coast
ExxonMobil is bullish on growing global markets, and the Gulf Coast could be the beneficiary.
A top ExxonMobil official confirmed in March a multibillion-dollar plan...
Shell Cougar: Sleeping with the fishes
In the early 1980s, the Shell Cougar platform helped define the outer limits of the Gulf of Mexico—a steel monument to human ingenuity and...
With oil prices brutally low, all eyes are on the Gulf
These are interesting times for the oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico, which is so critical to the economic fates of families and businesses...
Step inside ExxonMobil’s new aviation lubrication plant in Louisiana
ExxonMobil celebrated the first birthday of its newest Baton Rouge-area plant last summer with an open house for public officials and the media. The...
