RE-ENERGIZED – Legacy, emerging firms chart energy future of Louisiana
March 30, 2021
In a glass-walled conference room atop their Maritime Security Operations Center, Port of Greater Baton Rouge commissioners are considering the future of energy. It’s one week after the U.S. presidential election. But the project they’re weighing has been incubating for years.
From their promontory on the west bank of the Mississippi River, they command a view of the 517,000-barrels-per-day ExxonMobil refinery; the nation’s tallest state capitol; a Water Campus guiding Louisiana’s $50 billion coastal master plan and global research; and, ...
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Prime Time: Headquarters, Helicopter, Technology Wins Highlight Louisiana’s Growth
April 3, 2020
CenturyLink is a rare commodity: a global business with over $60 billion in assets, headquartered in a city of fewer than 60,000 people. It’s also a Fortune 500 company with a track record of maximizing the human resource and higher education resources its Louisiana home provides.
Seventeen months after finalizing a merger with Denver-based Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink announced a commitment to remain headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, through 2025. Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana Economic Development officials, and regional and local ...
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