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How will the state split the revenue from carbon capture?

Louisiana lawmakers are grappling with how to ensure equitable revenue distribution from emerging carbon capture and sequestration projects, The Center Square reports. Recent testimony before the state...

What Trump’s pick to head the DOE says will be his first priority

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump‘s choice to head the Department of Energy, says his first priority will be to expand domestic energy production including...
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What a ban on new drilling in most US coastal waters would mean for...

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible...

LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois talks Trump tariffs

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trade partners like China, Mexico and Canada on his first day in office. Tariffs...

LMOGA leader: Trump signals a ‘welcome departure’ for state’s oil and gas industry

Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association President Tommy Faucheux sees bright days ahead for Louisiana’s oil and gas industry. Speaking at the Press Club of Baton Rouge’s...

Landry criticized for ITEP decision

According to a new report from the Sierra Club, tax breaks to the LNG export industry could deprive Louisiana communities of more than $21...

Why drivers might have to wait for a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton...

A $280 million tax-reform shift in House Bill 10 will redirect vehicle sales tax revenue to Louisiana’s general fund, delaying infrastructure projects such as...

Oil and gas producers unlikely to radically increase production

U.S. oil and gas producers are unlikely to radically increase production under president-elect Donald Trump as companies remain focused on capital discipline, a senior...

Treasury secretary pick targets 3 million additional barrels of oil per day

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick, Scott Bessent, has a government deficit-reduction plan, neatly packaged as 3-3-3, which includes the U.S. producing an additional 3...

What Trump’s vow to end offshore wind energy development means for Louisiana

President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the...

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