In Louisiana, Woodland Biofuels has announced a $1.35 billion investment to establish a large-scale renewable natural gas and green hydrogen production facility in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The plant, which will be located at the Globalplex facility at the Port of South Louisiana will use waste biomass to produce sustainable biofuels for transportation, […]
In Louisiana, Maritime Partners, a leading maritime financing firm, specializing in Jones Act trade vessels has acquired e1 Marine LLC, a pioneer in marine hydrogen generation technology, the terms of which were undisclosed. e1 Marine specializes in methanol-to-hydrogen generation products, offering a cleaner fuel alternative for marine vessels. The technology, developed by Element 1 Corp., […]
In Louisiana, Bia Energy Operating Company recently announced significant project updates for its low carbon methanol production facility at the 4,000-acre Port of Caddo-Bossier industrial multimodal facility in northwest Louisiana. The facility is designed to be able to reduce carbon emissions by over 92% compared to traditional methanol production by capturing CO2 and utilizing hydrogen […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels announced a strategic investment commitment from Magnolia Sustainable Energy Partners (M-SEP), a newly formed Japanese-based investment consortium created by Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX). The investment from M-SEP will be used to further advance the company’s flagship Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) project, […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels announced a strategic investment commitment from Magnolia Sustainable Energy Partners (M-SEP), a newly formed Japanese-based investment consortium created by Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX). The investment from M-SEP will be used to further advance the company’s flagship Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) project, an ultra-low […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
