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3 days ago

In sharply changing energy world, Louisiana, Gulf Coast expected to see big investment

With rising global demand, Louisiana's growing energy sector is expected to try to balance continuing fossil fuel-based production and...

Dec 2

Rising LNG Prices and Louisiana's Critical Role in the Global Market

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are set to rise sharply as demand outpaces supply heading into 2025. After record-low prices in 2023...

Dec 2

Addressing Louisiana’s Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: A Call for Reform

Louisiana’s oil fields, long a cornerstone of its economy, now bear the scars of regulatory neglect. Abandoned wells, rusty tanks, and...

Nov 18

WSJ: Trump's Energy Renaissance

Donald Trump ’s nominations are a mix of good, bad and ugly. His choice of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department...

Oct 2

Near Tiger Stadium, there's a plan to dig into Louisiana's energy future.

Within walking distance of Tiger Stadium, LSU researchers are about to dig a very deep hole that they believe will help lead to...

Aug 23

Offshore natural gas pipeline explosion in Louisiana

An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, Louisiana, on Saturday (17 August, 2024) night, killing one person, was owned...

Jun 25

WSJ OP-ED: Governments push heavily subsidized renewables, but fossil-fuel use continues to increase even faster.

Globally, we spent almost $2 trillion in 2023 to try to force an energy transition. Over the past decade, solar and wind energy use has...

Jun 25

LED: The company is expected to create 81 direct new jobs at the Port of Caddo-Bossier

SHREVEPORT, La. – Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. announced it is moving forward with the first phase of a decarbonization project...

Jun 11

Louisiana’s first wind energy degree program prepares new industry workforce

When they’re not studying hydraulic systems, electric motors and coastal ecology, the inaugural class of a first-of-its-kind community...

Jun 10

ExxonMobil awards EPC contract for Louisiana CCUS project

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to Technip Energies and Turner...

Jun 6

Louisiana lithium industry gets a sales tax rebate. A lawmaker says there's more to come.

Though lithium has not yet been publicly discovered in the north Louisiana Smackover formation, Louisiana is ready for it with a newly...

Jun 3

HUNTSMAN: Silicon Valley’s Coming Energy Crisis

The campaign to phase out fossil fuels is on a collision course with the artificial-intelligence revolution. Energy-intensive AI...