Speaking Wednesday to the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge,  Louisiana Chemical Association  President and CEO David Cresson discussed the “hard truths” facing the state’s chemical industry—rampant litigation, high insurance costs and workforce shortages among them. But the point he spent the most time on was his desire to push back against what he described as “misinformation” about Louisiana’s industrial corridor, misinformation he said has tainted public opinion of one of the ke

(By Alton Wallace/The Center Square) – The next sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of America is set for March 11, one of dozens scheduled over the next 15 years as part of President Donald Trump’s push to increase domestic oil and gas production. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by Trump in July, mandates 30 auctions in offshore waters in the Gulf and six in Alaska’s Cooks Inlet before the end of 2040. The March sale will open more than 80 million acres on the Oute

Louisiana’s thriving energy economy is a testament to the state and federal regulatory environments that allow it to flourish, because both balance growth with ensuring that the highest safety and environmental standards are followed to the letter of the law. This balance affords us both residential and industrial electricity rates that are significantly lower than national averages. Yet that is not enough for the European Union, which sought to impose statutes, signed an oce

Australia’s Woodside Energy has brought U.S. pipeline giant Williams Companies on board as a major investor in its ambitious Louisiana LNG project, marking a major vote of confidence in the Pelican State’s role in the global liquefied natural gas supply chain. Williams will take a 10 percent equity stake in the holding company for the project and assume an 80 percent interest in the associated Driftwood pipeline that will deliver feed gas to the LNG facility. The company is c