by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: capital investment, employee, employer, energy, expand, expansion, job, job creation, port, ship, shipper, shipping, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Genesis Energy plans to more than double its railcar capacity at its terminal in the Natchez-Adams County Port. The Natchez Democrat reports the expansion will create approximately 20 new jobs, including 15 equipment operators and five professional staff. The announcement comes as the company finalized its first phase — which includes 40 railcar [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: demand, energy, export, exporter, exporting, gas, import, importer, importing, liquid natural gas, natural gas, supply
PASCAGOULA — Big changes may be coming for Gulf LNG, the liquefied natural gas terminal that has two huge storage tanks on the horizon south of Pascagoula. The owners want to begin exporting natural gas. It would be quite the turnaround for the $1.1-billion terminal built more than two years ago to import the super-chilled [...] [...]
Mississippi’s leaders expect a parade of oil drillers to converge on the southwest corner of the state and are happy to cover the cost of striking up the marching music. When a potential to fill seven billion barrels awaits, let’s get cracking, they say. So far, state officials are getting the answer they wanted when [...] [...]
Always alert to the pitfalls of overstatement, economic development executives resist the term “transformative.” They reserve the adjective for developments that have already achieved momentous economic importance or ones that are about to. You can put the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale play into the “about to” column, according to Manning McPhillips, chief administrative officer for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: bond, electricity, energy, executive, lawmaker, legislative, President, sale, sell, Senator, utility
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation’s largest public utility is never sold. The Tennessee Republican said TVA bonds lost about $500 million in value after the president’s announcement last [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 13,2013
Tags: agriculture, Alternative energy, alternative fuel, bioenergy, biofuel, ecosystem, energy, environment, federal agency, federal government, forest, forester, forestry, incenntive, lawmaker, legislative, lumber, marketing, public releations, Senator, sustainable energy, sustainabliity, timber, tree
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is questioning whether a U.S. Department of Agriculture bio-based marketing program amounts to a bias against traditional forest products and whether such policies are fair. Cochran broached the topic at a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the FY2014 budget request for the USDA. The USDA BioPreferred [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 10,2013
Tags: agriculture, bioenergy, biofuel, biotech, energy, farm, Farm Bill, farmer, farming, federal government, food, lawmaker, legislative, REFINERY, Senator
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — A group of Mississippi biotechnology companies and state associations have written Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), urging him to support mandatory funding for renewable energy programs in a new Farm Bill. Elevance Renewable Sciences of Natchez and DuPont Corporation, which has operations in Pass Christian and Pascagoula, sent the letter along with supporters [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: crude oil, diesel, energy, federal government, fuel, gasoline, governor, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, state government
GULF OF MEXICO — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more efficient process. The governors of Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Alaska spoke Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Officials from Louisiana and Virginia also [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, biofuel fuel, economic development, employment, energy, job creation, lease, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, sustainability, town, town government, wood pellet, work, worker
GLOSTER — The town of Gloster has signed a lease with Drax Biomass International for its Amite BioEnergy wood pellet plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the 15-year lease calls for the company to pay the town $8,000 per year for the first 10 years and $9,000 for the next five. There are options to continue [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: alternative fuels, bond, county government, economic development, employment, energy, industrial real estate, job creation, land, loan, plant, property, real estate, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County will borrow the $9 million it now needs to buy the former International Paper property from Rentech. County officials announced earlier this week they had reached a deal with Rentech for the 478-acre property. Officials tell the Natchez Democrat the board of supervisors will adopt a resolution to issue bonds for the [...] [...]
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