Insight: Valuing our energy infrastructure
American consumers often have little appreciation for how energy supplies are delivered to their homes or the marketplace. When we flip an electrical switch,...
Insight: Sue or get out of the way
On Sept. 21, 2016, a letter was signed and sent by Gov. John Bel Edwards to multiple coastal parishes in the state of Louisiana...
Showdown over new tank car standards
A battle is brewing over just how stringent industry standards for tank cars should be, and the outcome will have dramatic implications for Louisiana.
Freight...
2017 Industry Outlook: Cautious optimism as price of oil slowly rises
This story has been updated since its original publication to correctly attribute the source of information from CF Industries.
In an economic landscape shaped by anemic global...
Other ways in which the energy world is changing
Over the past two years, most energy market discussions have focused almost exclusively on production, or supply-oriented factors impacting global energy markets.
Supply-side trends, particularly...
Insight: Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
Local oil and gas producers predict EPA will soon target existing facilities
Taking what they say is a sizeable step toward corralling methane emissions by U.S. oil and gas producers, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a...
MUDBUG and Spider highlight new products
Chet Morrison Contractors of Houma debuted a new tool for cleaning drilling and production risers that the company says is safer, faster and more...
What will the industrial boom look like in the long term?
On paper, the sheer volume of announced industrial work in Louisiana is unprecedented—pegged by economists at as much as $140 billion since 2012. In...
Insight: Are oil prices bouncing back?
There are some that anticipate (and hope) that crude oil markets are starting to rebound from the abysmal price deflation seen over the past...
