Placid Refinery pays $4.8M for BRAF’s former Baton Rouge headquarters
Port Allen’s Placid Refining Co. has purchased the building that formerly housed the Baton Rouge Area Foundation along with a parking lot straddling the...
BASF breaks ground on $780 million MDI capacity upgrade in Geismar
BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of its expansion project for polyurethane precursor MDI at its integrated site in Geismar,...
Company with Louisiana project completes first CO2 direct-air capture
Startup Climeworks AG achieved an important milestone recently by successfully pulling CO2 from the open air and storing it underground for the first time, The Wall...
Study says ExxonMobil scientists knew of impending climate change
ExxonMobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions,...
BRAC, LCA applaud ruling against carbon capture moratorium
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the Louisiana Chemical Association are praising a federal judge’s recent ruling that Livingston Parish cannot enforce a carbon...
Denka’s LaPlace plant to face new EPA rules on waste disposal
Federal regulators announced Wednesday they had reached an agreement with the controversial Denka Performance Elastomer plant in LaPlace over violations of hazardous waste rules related...
ExxonMobil boosts petrochemical capacity in Baton Rouge
ExxonMobil has ramped up more polypropylene production at its petrochemicals complex in Baton Rouge, increasing capacity to 450,000 metric tons/year, reports Natural Gas Intelligence.
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Entergy donates $122,000 to SWLA Economic Development Alliance to retain business, attract new industries
Entergy Louisiana announced last week that it has donated $122,000 to the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance to help fund initiatives around retaining businesses and...
English chemical company adding Broussard facility to supply product for PPE manufacturing
England-based company Aquaspersions is building a facility in Broussard to supply SafeSource Direct and other U.S. companies with chemicals used to produce personal protective...
How do you create a safe workplace? It starts with culture
Organizational flaws are usually to blame for a poor safety culture. Fortunately, there’s a lot an owner can do about it, and in turn...
