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Port of N.O. barrel-storage facility to sell for $4.8M (9/29/08) CityBusiness

Less than 1 percent of Gulf platforms destroyed by Ike (9/16/08) CityBusiness

Big Easy comes up in Big Oil scandal (9/12/08) Times-Picayune

Gulf oil, gas industry shutting down for Ike (9/11/08) CityBusiness

Texas prepares for an ominous Hurricane Ike (9/11/08) CityBusiness

House Democrats delay drilling expansion plan (9/11/08) Times-Picayune

Texas evacuates parts of Gulf Coast ahead of Ike (9/11/08) CityBusiness

Oil prices slip after OPEC vows to stick to quota (9/10/08) CityBusiness

Gulf oil and gas production slows because of Gustav (8/29/08) CityBusiness

Oil industry may get first post-Katrina test (8/29/08) CityBusiness

La. poised to reap rewards of quest to tap natural gas (8/13/08) Times-Picayune

Power plant switch is pushed back (8/13/08) Times-Picayune

Ethanol-blend fuel will power N.O. motor fleet (7/23/08) Times-Picayune

Plants file to opt out of new town (7/3/08) Times-Picayune

Stage set for suit against refinery (7/3/08) Times-Picayune

Biofuel project wins GO Zone bonds (6/20/08) Times-Picayune

DEQ ends cleanup of Earhart site (6/9/08) CityBusiness

Verenium starts Jennings ethanol plant (5/28/08) The Advocate

Ideas aim to green up N.O. (5/21/08) Times Pacayune

Petrochemical enters joint venture with Spanish company (2/22/08) CityBusiness

Motiva to spend $10 million to clean up polluted bayou (2/15/08) Times-Picayune

Dow to close St. Charles factory Times Picayune (12/05/07)

Valero plans $1.4B Norco refinery expansion (11/07/07) CityBusiness

Entergy moves ahead with split (11/06/07) Times-Picayune

WINDING RIVER New technology could harness the [power of the Mississippi, turning it into a power plant (11/04/07) Times-Picayune

Groups protest Entergy's fuel choice for power plant (10/11/07) CityBusiness

Petroleum futures retreat from earlier highs (9/26/07)  CityBusiness

Entergy project costs up 50% (7/12/07) Times-Picayune

Murphy Oil seeks to add 4 storage tanks  (7/2/07) Times- Picayune

McMoran buys 1 million Gulf acres (6/22/07) Times-Picayune

Biodiesel plant breaks ground in St. Rose   (6/22/07) Times-Picayune

Exploration costs eat into McMoRan revenues (6/19/07) CityBusiness

Historic Gulf lease sale proposed (5/22/07) CityBusiness

Fueling change (5/20/07) Times-Picayune

Plan boosts offshore drilling (5/1/07) Times-Picayune

State to receive millions in oil and gas revenues (4/17/07) Times-Picayune

Keeping the oil flowing (4/15/07) Times-Picayune

Energy forum set this week (4/3/07)Times-Picayune

Service companies gush profits in rig rental race  (4/2/07) Citybusiness

Drilling rig damaged by hurricane repaired  (3/30/07) Times-Picayune

Industry keeps marching through the wetlands  (3/5/07)Times-Picayune

Trip aims for more oil ties in Brazil (2/25/07) Daily Advertiser

Steel maker shortage stalls energy project completions (2/19/07) CityBusiness

Warming to the future (2/18/07) Times-Picayune

Celunol marks groundbreaking for nation's first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol Facility (2/16/07) Celunol

Jeff Council tightens rules on drilling in parish  CityBusiness (2/8/07)

Louisiana's plea to East Anglian firms (2/8/07) Eastern Daily Press

Help Wanted  (2/4/07) Times-Picayune

Exodus of oil workers gets nearer (2/4/07) Times-Picayune

McMoRan borrows $100M for future drilling, debt (1/23/07) CityBusiness

$1B LNG plant to cut costs, up inventory (1/22/07) CityBusiness

Ethanol plant investor has sweet dreams (1/21/07) Times-Picayune

Goodrich Petroleum selling south Louisiana interests (1/16/07) CityBusiness

Louisiana gains six rigs in a week (1/15/07) CityBusiness

Bush raises deepwater royalties (1/10/07) Times-Picayune

Fourchon oil port joins list for federal security grants  (1/6/07)Times-Picayune

Biodiesel firm may build plant   (1/6/07) Times-Picayune

McMoRan's LNG port approved  (1/5/07)Times-Picayune

GO Zone projects on the move (12/22/06) Times-Picayune

Ethanol refinery discussion begins (12/21/06) Times-Picayune

Fried fuel (12/18/06) CityBusiness

Competitors draining Gulf of deepwater rigs  (12/18/06) Citybusiness

Company to break ground on new plant (11/15/06) Times-Picayune

Formosa Plastics plans $100 million expansion for BR plant (11/14/2006) Times-Picayune

LA pitch to Kuwait creates buzz (11/9/06) Times-Picayune

Quest to land new refinery in La. called a long shot (11/8/06) Times-Picayune

Dow to expand Hahnville plant (11/7/06) Times-Picayune

Marathon plans $3.2 billion refinery expansion(11/7/06)  Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

State in hunt for giant refinery (11/3/06) Times-Picayune

Valero seeks expansion at Norco refinery  (10/23/06) CityBusiness