Williams to spend $400M on Louisiana plant
Williams Companies Inc. said today it will spend up to $400 million to expand an ethylene production facility in Baton Rouge, La.
View ArticleOil recycler opens Baton Rouge distribution center
A Wichita, Kan., company that re-refines used motor oil has opened a 12,000-square-foot distribution center in Baton Rouge.
View ArticleReport: Bad gasoline shipped from Exxon’s Baton Rouge terminal
Exxon Mobil's Baton Baton Rouge gasoline terminal shipped out tainted fuel that has clogged up car systems, the state's commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry told The Advocate.
View ArticleExxon gasoline terminal reopens after bad batch
ExxonMobil has reopened the racks at its Baton Rouge gasoline terminal after it shut the facility down because of problems involving more than 5 million gallons of unleaded regular fuel.
View ArticleNew Louisiana law can’t stop ‘Big Oil’ lawsuit
A state judge in Baton Rouge ruled Monday that Louisiana's Legislature missed its mark when it passed a bill seeking to halt a south Louisiana flood board's lawsuit against dozens of oil, gas and...
View ArticleLawsuit alleges Exxon denied more claims than paid
Two batches of bad fuel produced at Exxon Mobil in mid-March 2014 caused some Baton Rouge area drivers to experience problems with their intake and valve systems.
View ArticleExxon to get federal money for WWII-related cleanup
Exxon Mobil Corp. will get help from the U.S. government in paying for clean up costs at two refineries that produced billions of gallons of aviation fuel for allied forces during World War II and the...
View ArticleStrategic Petroleum Reserve shouldn’t be used to fill federal coffers,...
Congress should not use the nation's emergency oil stockpile as an ATM, with sales of the crude funding unrelated legislative priorities, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said as she toured one of the Louisiana...
View ArticleCompany announces plans for major LNG facility in Cameron
Baton Rouge-based G2 LNG LLC. announced on Monday that it plans to construct an $11 billion liquefied natural gas export facility on the ship channel in Cameron Parish.
View ArticleBP to reimburse Louisiana $58.2 million for legal fees, other costs
The Advocate reports the money was included in BP's record settlement of more than $20 billion finalized last week between the federal government and five Gulf Coast states involved in the sprawling...
View ArticlePhillips 66 grows in Texas, Louisiana to feed refineries
Construction recently began for a new hydrotreater at the Lake Charles Refinery to meet federal Tier 3 standards for lower sulfur content in gasoline for the beginning of 2017.
View ArticleShell Chemical has more plans for Gulf Coast growth, Geismar GM says
Shell said the expansion will make the Shell Geismar Chemical Plant the largest producer of alpha olefins in the world.
View ArticleJudge puts on hold lawsuit over energy lease on sacred land
The Interior Department last month said it plans to cancel the 6,200-acre lease. It was granted in 1982 on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada.
View ArticleFlooding forces Exxon to shut down Louisiana refinery
Exxon Mobil curbed operations at the fourth-largest U.S. refinery in the U.S. as record flooding in Louisiana shut roadways, sent tens of thousands fleeing from their homes and threatened the state’s...
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