Crest Industries starting new specialty chemicals company in Louisiana
Crest Industries is creating a new specialty chemicals company that will manufacture innovative products at the Central Louisiana Regional Port in Alexandria.
Crest Industries will...
ExxonMobil names new manager for Baton Rouge refinery
ExxonMobil announced Feb. 4 that David Oldreive has been named manager of its Baton Rouge Refinery. Oldreive replaces Gloria Moncada, who will become vice...
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),...
Norco plant to complement Port Arthur renewable diesel facility
Darling and Valero recently announced that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval to begin construction of a renewable diesel...
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,...
Shintech investing $1.3B to expand facilities in Iberville, West Baton Rouge
Shintech Louisiana is investing $1.3 billion to expand its manufacturing and packaging facilities in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
Loren Scott: State could recover all jobs lost from pandemic
After originally predicting last fall that it could take up to two full years for Louisiana to recover all the jobs lost since the...
Contractors optimistic after ExxonMobil’s ITEP approval
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry voted unanimously Jan. 29 at a virtual meeting to approve ExxonMobil’s request for a property tax abatement,...
Edwards hopes to get oil leases, permitting ‘back on track’
The best medicine for the Louisiana economy will be overcoming COVID-19 and its impact on consumer confidence and business activities.
That’s according to Gov. John...
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...
