Formosa Plastics planning $332M expansion in Baton Rouge
Formosa Plastics Corporation announced today that it’s planning a $332 million expansion of its Baton Rouge PVC production plant.
The project, according to Plant Manager...
Will trade wars with China delay Louisiana LNG projects?
At least two Louisiana LNG projects could delay final investment decisions until 2020, as trade war tensions complicate negotiations with prospective Chinese buyers, Bloomberg...
$32B in construction projects are lined up through 2022. Can Louisiana handle it?
A trucker’s daily bumper-to-bumper crawl on I-10 in Lake Charles and Baton Rouge has consequential impacts on commerce, to be sure, but it spotlights...
Megalesson: The success of Sabine Pass LNG was an anomaly—but not by chance
It wasn’t dumb luck. While there were bumps in the road, to be sure, an unmatched level of transparency and a good dose of...
Shareholder concerns grow over Sasol’s troubled Lake Charles Chemicals Project
Sasol Ltd. has been meeting with shareholders as dissatisfaction grows with cost overruns at the $13 billion Lake Charles chemical project in the U.S.,...
Port of Greater Baton Rouge expanding container storage capacity
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is expanding its Inland Rivers Marine Terminal’s container storage yard, allowing the port to handle and hold an...
Indorama’s Lake Charles steam cracker startup pushed to 2020
Although Indorama's Lake Charles steam cracker was mechanically complete in May, the plant likely won't fully start up until January 2020.
In its latest quarterly...
Entergy New Orleans adding solar to its energy mix
Entergy New Orleans is moving forward on a portfolio of proposals that will add 90 megawatts of solar energy to its energy mix.
The company...
Sasol begins startup of Lake Charles cracker
Sasol is initiating the startup of its new 1.5 million tons-per-year cracker in Lake Charles. However, the company's new associated 420,000 million tons per...
Federal regulators green light commercial service at Cameron LNG
The Federal Energy Regulation Commission has approved Sempra Energy’s request to begin commercial service of the first liquefaction train at its $10 billion Cameron liquefied...
