Tag: Louisiana

Lake Charles Methanol announces plans for $3.2 billion renewable methanol plant

Lake Charles Methanol announces plans for $3.2 billion renewable methanol plant

February 18, 2024 |

In Louisiana, 7KPLC reported that Lake Charles Methanol announced plans for a new $3.2 billion manufacturing plant at the Port of Lake Charles that would turn natural gas and renewable gas feedstocks into blue methanol. According to the report, the facility would reform natural gas and renewal gas feedstocks into hydrogen, while capturing carbon dioxide, […]

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CF Industries and Mitsui complete FEED for ammonia and CCS facility in Louisiana

CF Industries and Mitsui complete FEED for ammonia and CCS facility in Louisiana

February 15, 2024 |

In Louisiana, in the fourth quarter of 2023, CF Industries and Mitsui completed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study on a greenfield steam methane reforming (SMR) ammonia facility with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies at CF Industries’ Blue Point Complex in Louisiana. The FEED study estimates the cost of a project with these […]

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Sumitomo to lead Japanese-based investment consortium to support Louisiana Green Fuels FID

Sumitomo to lead Japanese-based investment consortium to support Louisiana Green Fuels FID

February 7, 2024 |

In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation have entered into a Joint Development Agreement for the Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) project at the Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.  SCOA will take an anchor position and lead the formation of a Japanese-based investment consortium aimed at […]

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ExxonMobil exploring biofuel production at Baton Rouge refinery

ExxonMobil exploring biofuel production at Baton Rouge refinery

February 7, 2024 |

In Louisiana, The Advocate newspaper reports ExxonMobil is exploring the use of used cooking oil and other plant oils to produce biofuels at its refinery in Baton Rouge. The company says its expertise in, and use of proprietary catalysts allows to it process a wide range of molecules as potential feedstock. Such an investment would […]

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Louisiana gives Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant $100M bond allocation for expansion

Louisiana gives Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant $100M bond allocation for expansion

February 6, 2024 |

In Louisiana, Governor Jeff Landry announced a $100 million bond allocation for the expansion project at Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant. This expansion project is expected to bring 90 new permanent jobs and 1,500 temporary jobs. The improvement and expansion project was announced with Governor John Bel in 2020 and Chevron received approval for the bond […]

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