API’s Sommers tours Louisiana to fight offshore drilling ban
Mike Sommers, chief executive officer of the American Petroleum Institute, got the whirlwind tour of Louisiana last week, meeting with membership companies and politicians...
Landry leads 13-state lawsuit to overturn lease ban
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a 13-state lawsuit against the Biden administration for what he calls “an attack on American energy independence,...
Edwards named chairman of OCS Governors Coalition
The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition announced March 22 that Gov. John Bel Edwards has been selected as its new chairman. Formed in 2011,...
Bill could make Louisiana a hub for carbon capture and sequestration
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the nation’s first comprehensive carbon dioxide infrastructure package, which could make...
Loren Scott, Scott Angelle to headline May 5 energy webcast
Louisiana economist Loren Scott and Scott Angelle, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for the U.S. Department of the Interior under...
Landry authorizes lawsuit settlement between oil company, state
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced on March 4 that he has signed off on a deal to resolve litigation involving an oil-and-gas company...
GAO cites BSEE improvements under Angelle
Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office's biennial High-Risk Series Report cited the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE’s) for progress in addressing...
BC&I revisiting Marathon Oil’s controversial ITEP request
The Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry on Wednesday will again consider whether to grant Marathon Oil’s controversial request for a property tax abatement...
Southeast Super Region supporting infrastructure reform act
The Southeast Super Region Committee is supporting the Government Reform in Transportation, or GRIT Act, which includes deepening of the Mississippi River and upgrades...
Cassidy hopes bill will reverse Keystone EO
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the “Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act” last week in hopes of authorizing the continued construction of...
