ExxonMobil selects Baton Rouge for plant expansion worth up to $1B
ExxonMobil has chosen Baton Rouge as the site of its long-discussed new polypropylene production unit worth an estimated $500 million to $1 billion. The...
Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal construction will begin ‘immediately’
Venture Global LNG Inc. tells Bloomberg it will start construction immediately on its $5 billion Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas export terminal in Louisiana...
Praxair starts up new syngas plant in Geismar
Praxair has started up its new syngas plant in Geismar.
The company on Monday announced the new plant that will increase carbon monoxide supply to...
Sasol’s polyethylene unit achieves ‘beneficial operations’
Sasol's new U.S. linear low-density polyethylene unit has achieved beneficial operations—the first of the seven LCCP production facilities to come online.
Sasol is building a...
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IN GEISMAR
With the completion of Shell’s $700 million Tiger A04 project, Geismar is now home to the largest alpha olefins producer in the world....
Southland Steel investing $18 million in expansion
Southland Steel Fabricators Inc. is expanding to a second Louisiana site, creating new fabrication and coating lines with a $18 million capital investment at...
Lotte Chemical starts up Calcasieu Parish facility
Lotte Chemical Louisiana has begun production of its world-scale ethylene glycol (EG) manufacturing facility in Calcasieu Parish.
The Lotte Chemical Louisiana EG plant is a...
Sasol’s Louisiana project beset by more delays
Sasol's Lake Charles chemical plant is again facing delays and cost overruns.
The South African company's share price recorded its biggest one-day drop in nearly...
How Lake Charles is prepping for historic workforce challenges
Some would say it’s a good problem to have. Southwest Louisiana has about $44 billion in industrial investment under construction and more is coming...
The good news/bad news of the Atlantis announcement
BP’s discovery of an additional 400 million barrels of oil in the Atlantis field—and its associated $1.3 billion expansion announcement in January—underscore the power...
