What does energyâs evolution mean for Louisiana?
Itâs a hotly debated subject, to be sure, but most would agree that a move toward alternative forms of power, net-zero emissions and other environmental goals is quickly accelerating. The COVID-19 pandemic bears some of the blame, as it temporarily obliterated the worldâs demand for oil and gas. That was followed in January by a flurry of presidential executive orders intending to force industry in a greener direction.
âThings were already changing, but now theyâre really changing,â says David Dismukes, executive director of LSUâs Center for Energy Studies. âCompanies are transforming their entire business modelâpipelines, oil and gas, electric power, you name it.â
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Offshore oil exploration can go hand-in-hand with President Joe Biden’s stated goals of reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change, Louisiana officials argued Wednesday.
State government and business leaders said they are deeply concerned about the federal government’s current 60-day moratorium on oil production on federal land and water, and about what regulations will be imposed on the industry after the moratorium ends. For Louisiana, the main concerns have to do with offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, a Baton Rouge Republican, was one of several speakers at Wednesday’s joint meeting of the state House and Senate natural resources committees who said offshore oil production in U.S. waters has a small effect on overall carbon emissions compared with other sources, especially oil and gas from other countries wi
St. James Parish plant shuts down; local leaders scramble to revitalize faltering economy
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ST. JAMES PARISH - A year of unprecedented change, and losses, is ending with the shutdown of a Louisiana plant that supplied 700 jobs to area citizens and had an economic impact of over $18,000,000 on St. James Parish in 2017.
According to The Advocate, the Shell oil refinery in Convent is expected to complete its shutdown by the close of Sunday, Dec. 13, which is when it will begin removing inventories of oil, chemicals and other materials.
LUTCHERÂ â The pending closure of the Shell Oil refinery in Convent, an industrial mainstay and top employer in St. James Parish, could cost th… It been a great plant with great people, and it s a painful thing to do, but we re hoping to find a lot of folks jobs and, hopefully, we sell the plant, too, said Allen Pertuit, the Convent refinery s general manager, in a recent interview.
Pertuit addressed the St. James Parish School Board about the planned closure last week. The school system, which is trying to figure out how to adjust to the expected loss of revenue from the departure of St. James top taxpayer, plans to ask voters to refinance and extend the schools long-term debt and shift a portion of the property taxes that pay for that debt toward operations, school officials said.