Drilling restrictions will hit Gulf harder than other regions, expert says
President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to drilling on federal lands leaves the vast majority of U.S. crude production untouched, but it may be the...
Drilling restrictions will hit Gulf harder than other regions, expert says
President Joe Biden’s temporary halt to drilling on federal lands leaves the vast majority of U.S. crude production untouched, though it may be, as...
Loren Scott: State could recover all jobs lost from pandemic
After originally predicting last fall that it could take up to two full years for Louisiana to recover all the jobs lost since the...
Contractors optimistic after ExxonMobil’s ITEP approval
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry voted unanimously Jan. 29 at a virtual meeting to approve ExxonMobil’s request for a property tax abatement,...
Top stories of 2020
A litany of tumultuous events turned 2020 into a very bipolar year. Few in south Louisiana’s industrial sector escaped the fallout from the COVID-19...
UL Lafayette launches industrial master’s program
UL Lafayette’s Ray P. Authement College of Sciences will offer the state’s only master’s degree in industrial chemistry in Fall 2021, reports KATC in...
Shell may begin Convent refinery permanent shutdown this week
Royal Dutch Shell PLC may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211,146 barrel-per-day Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week, Reuters reports.
Shell announced on Nov....
Five decades after the birth of OSHA, Louisiana’s injury rates continue to decline
Five decades have passed since President Richard Nixon signed the act into law to create the Occupational Safety & Health Administration and National Institute...
Breaking barriers: Louisiana women and minorities in industry make gains in the quest for...
There’s a big difference between diversity and inclusion. While diversity goals are undoubtedly important, they mean little if there are inherent obstacles in the...
Whether ExxonMobil layoffs will include Baton Rouge employees still unclear
While ExxonMobil Corp. announced yesterday it would shed as much as 15% of its global workforce over the next year, it’s not clear whether the company’s...
