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Trump's Energy 'Emergency' Sets Up Carbon Capture as a Solution
President Donald Trump’s executive orders and energy “emergency” declaration signal the US is going to expand the carbon capture and...
Feb 28, 2025


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 9, 2024


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, 2024


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...
Dec 2, 2024


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...
Nov 18, 2024


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...
Oct 2, 2024


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...
Aug 23, 2024


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, 2024


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 25, 2024


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 11, 2024


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 10, 2024


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 6, 2024
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