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St. John schools get Marathon donations
Principals from all of St. John the Baptist Parish’s public and private schools gathered at Marathon Petroleum’s Garyville refinery Tuesday to accept donations for the next school year from plant officials.
The refinery already has established partnerships with East St. John Elementary, East St. John High School and Garyville/Mt. Airy Math and Science Magnet, but this year plant officials decided to expand the partnership program to include the remaining schools in the parish. Each principal, or administrative representative, left with a $1,000 check to be used for any school-related cause. Plant Manager Aulton “Bubbie” Anderson said the presentation marks the beginning of what he hopes will be an annual donation to parish schools.
BP unveils new well capping system
Sitting at a construction yard along Houston's Ship Channel is a 35-foot-tall, 100-ton hunk of steel that its owners hope never to use.
The device is BP's new capping system, designed to halt gushing crude from damaged deep-water wells. It joins other subsea containment systems designed for the Gulf of Mexico and other parts of the world, including Angola and the North Sea.
Marathon wants to increase crude oil capacity at Garyville refinery
Marathon Petroleum Co.'s Garyville refinery is seeking a state permit to expand its crude oil capacity by 20,000 barrels per day, as well as expanding the output of its production units, according to a permit application filed with the state Department of Environmental Quality. The improvements to the refinery, outlined in a request to the state to modify its air quality permit, are designed to increase the capacity of a hydrocracker to 110,000 barrels of oil per day from the current 90,000.
ConocoPhillips split becomes official as company ‘shrinks to grow’
Global oil giant ConocoPhillips splits into two smaller energy companies Tuesday, abandoning the super-major model that its retiring leader helped engineer a decade ago.
After directing the 2002 merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum, CEO James Mulva's final act was to disassemble it. He leaves behind a more modest oil exploration and production company, streamlined by the aggressive asset sell-off that has defined his final years at the helm.
LMOGA Welcomes New Member Baker Donelson
Please join us in welcoming new member company, Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, to LMOGA.
As the 72nd largest law firm in the U.S., Baker Donelson gives clients access to a team of more than 600 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas, all seamlessly connected across 18 offices to serve virtually any legal and policy need. We are thrilled to have their New Orleans Office as a member of LMOGA!