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...
Magnolia LNG in Lake Charles inks 20-year supply deal with Vietnam
A liquefied natural gas export terminal Australia-based LNG Limited is developing in Lake Charles has landed an agreement for a power project planned in...
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...
While expanding Louisiana refinery, Diamond Green begins review for Texas plant
With an expansion already underway at its Norco refinery in Louisiana, Diamond Green Diesel Holdings is initiating an advance engineering and development cost review for...
Wanhua drops application for $1.25 billion complex in St. James
As south Louisiana awaits the start of the next industrial construction boom to lift it out of an economic slowdown, one of the major...
Dow retrofitting Plaquemine cracker to meet propylene demand
Dow plans to retrofit proprietary fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation (FCDh) technology into one of its mixed-feed crackers in Plaquemine to produce on-purpose propylene, allowing it...
Energy Transfer seeks five-year extension for Lake Charles LNG
Dallas pipeline operator Energy Transfer is asking federal regulators for a five-year extension to build the company's proposed Lake Charles LNG export terminal, the...
Epic Piping building fabrication facility in north Louisiana
Baton Rouge-based Epic Piping plans to build a 40,000-square-foot pipe supports fabrication facility in Lake Providence, near the Mississippi border. The plant will feature...
