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Dec 20, 2018 @ 13:56
Louisiana plans to collect no industrial property tax from the $15.2 billion Driftwood liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal planned for its southwest corner, state officials announced last week.
Critics say this tax break is worth $1.4 to $2.4 billion, making it one of the largest local corporate tax exemptions in American history even larger than those offered to Amazon for its much sought-after second headquarters.
Proposed by the natural gas firm Tellurian, the Driftwood terminal, which would liquefy and export 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day, is one of over a dozen gas export terminals proposed around the U.S. and fueled by a glut of shale gas released by fracking. The final investment decision for Driftwood is expected in early 2019, as are decisions on two other proposed Gulf Coast export terminals.
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Baton Rouge energy giant ExxonMobil is a step closer to a big expansion
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BATON ROUGE - Tax breaks for upgrades at ExxonMobil s Baton Rouge refinery cleared a major hurdle Friday.
The State Board of Commerce and Industry signed off on a tax break which Exxon says is needed for the quarter-billion-dollar project.
Exxon wants to bring its plant up to 2021 standards, making it competitive globally. This project helps us to retain the hundreds of jobs in Baton Rouge. When we retain jobs for the hundreds of direct employees that work at our refinery, that means we re always hiring, Gloria Moncada, refinery manager for ExxonMobil Baton Rouge said.
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