EPA’s proposed ethylene oxide rules may impact South Louisiana chemical plants
Louisiana chemical manufacturers would be forced to trim their annual emissions of ethylene oxide under an Environmental Protection Agency proposal.
The proposed new rules targeting...
Port of Lake Charles expands lease agreement with Big Lake Fuels
The Port of Lake Charles is expanding its long-term lease agreement with Big Lake Fuels by adding 58 acres of port property to reroute a...
Westlake entity ups its share in LACC petrochemical complex
Westlake Chemical will own a larger share of the LACC ethylene production facility in Calcasieu Parish, following a transaction last week with Lotte Chemical.
Westlake's...
Sasol’s joint CEOs out over Lake Charles project failures
Sasol's joint CEOs are stepping down Thursday following an independent investigation into Lake Charles Chemicals Project, in what the company's board of directors describes...
SNF investing $375M to expand Plaquemine petrochem plant
SNF, the U.S. subsidiary of France-based SNF Floerger, is expanding its petrochemical plant along the Mississippi River in Iberville Parish.
The company is spending an...
Louisiana is the nation’s No. 3 employer of chemical engineers
Louisiana ranks No. 3 in the nation for the number of chemical engineers it employs—just behind Texas and California.
But according to a recent report...
Air Liquide investing $270M in Geismar to fulfill agreement with Methanex
Air Liquide will invest more than $270 million to enhance its operations in Louisiana to help fulfill an agreement with Methanex Corp. to supply...
Saudi oil fields attack could spell bad news for Louisiana’s petrochemical boom
A drone attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia has chilling implications not only for Louisiana’s petrochemical industry but for...
Lotte Chemical facility in Lake Charles is now online
The new $3.1 billion petrochemical facility in Lake Charles owned by Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Berhad and Lotte Chemical Corporation came online last month.
The...
Sasol deepens investigation into Lake Charles problems
Sasol has delayed its annual financial results for a second time to allow for a deeper investigation into what went wrong during construction of...
