Tag: Louisiana

Setpoint I.S. expands territory agreement

Setpoint Integrated Solutions (Setpoint I.S.) has announced that effective midnight Dec. 1, 2018, Setpoint I.S. has expanded the exclusive Representative contract into Texas for different brands.

Construction begins on Louisiana ethane cracker

LACC LLC, the joint-venture company formed by Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation of the Republic of Korea, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, construction site.

ExxonMobil to expand lubricants capacity

ExxonMobil has announced an investment of more than US$200 million to increase the capacity of its Baton Rouge chemical and lubricants plants for synthetic lubricant base stocks manufacturing and lubricants blending, packaging and storage. The expansion will increase ExxonMobil’s worldwide capacity of synthetic esters and alkylated naphthalene by more than 25 per cent.

Foster Wheeler contracted for Louisiana LNG facili

   A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner's engineer contract by Sempra Energy affiliate Cameron LNG LLC, for a new LNG liquefaction project in Hackberry, Louisiana.

Cheniere Energy export terminal approved

Houston, Texas based Cheniere Energy Inc. has been granted government approval to build a facility that will make the company the first large-scale natural gas exporter in the United States.   Cheniere has said that regulators have approved the construction of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Trunkline files to build Lake Charles LNG project

   Energy Transfer Equity’s Trunkline LNG Company, Trunkline LNG Export and Trunkline Gas company subsidiaries have filed a request with the Federal Regulatory Commission to build a natural gas liquefaction project that is under development in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Methanol plant to move from Chile to Louisiana

The world's largest supplier of methanol to the major international market, Methanex Corporation, has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Denbury to sell non-core assets for USD155 million

Denbury Resources Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to sell non-core assets located in central and southern Mississippi and southern Louisiana to privately held Petro Harvester Oil and Gas. The USD155 million sale is expected to close in late February, subject to customary closing conditions.

Larox solves fly ash application for Big Cajun

NRG Big Cajun Power Plant in Ventress, Louisiana, USA, has bought DN 300 Larox wafer knife gate valves to its fly ash application. Big Cajun II comprises three coal-fueled steam units, which generate 1700 MW of baseload or load-following generating capacity.

Chlor-alkali plant for Louisiana

Westlake Chemical has selected Chlorine Engineers Corp, LTD as process technology provider and engineering contractor for the previously announced new chlor-alkali plant being constructed at its vinyls manufacturing complex in Geismar, Louisiana.