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• Shell donates $27.5 million to LSU for energy institute

  June 23, 2022 3:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Shell has donated $27.5 million to LSU to establish the Institute for Energy and help pay for construction of the Our Lady of the Lake Interdisciplinary Science Building. The donation is the largest from a for-profit company in the university’s history. Twenty-five-million dollars will go... more »

• St. James Parish plant shuts down; local leaders scramble to revitalize faltering economy

  December 12, 2020 7:00 PM

  ST. JAMES PARISH - A year of unprecedented change, and losses, is ending with the shutdown of a Louisiana plant that supplied 700 jobs to area citizens and had an economic impact of over $18,000,000 on St. James Parish in 2017. According to The Advocate , the Shell oil... more »

• Closure of Shell's Convent refinery causing concern for neighboring businesses Play Video

  November 5, 2020 10:12 PM

  ST. JAMES PARISH - Thursday's news that Shell would be shuttering its Convent plant after more than 50 years of operation left employees and business owners shell-shocked. "We just are getting in the door there, with this location, and you know, what a blow," Kyle Smith of Pot &... more »

• Shell sustains $22 billion hit from coronavirus price slump

  June 30, 2020 6:40 AM

  After oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell announced in mid-April an ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, Shell now says its writing down the value of its assets by as much as $22 billion. According to CNN , the company is accelerating its shift away... more »

• Gas station shooting sends one person to hospital Play Video

  March 8, 2017 7:15 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police say one person was shot in the arm at a gas station on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard late Tuesday night. The shooting happened at the Shell gas station in the 2200 block of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard near Harrells Ferry Road around 11:30 p.m. ... more »

• EBRSO investigating armed robbery at Coursey Blvd. gas station

  February 8, 2017 11:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery at a Coursey Blvd. gas station. An EBRSO spokesperson says a Shell gas station in the 11000 block of Coursey Blvd. near Sherwood Forest Boulevard was robbed just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Two black... more »

• Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

  May 12, 2016 11:37 PM

  NEW ORLEANS -- On Thursday, the US Coast Guard responded to a crude oil spill from an underwater Shell pipeline. Shell officials said they believe about 2,100 barrels of oil were released as a result of the spill. Authorities said Shell has isolated the leak and shut down production... more »

• Jazz Fest a success despite weather-dampened attendance numbers

  May 3, 2016 4:32 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Shell, presenter of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, is calling the 2016 edition of the event a success after it wrapped up on Sunday. Shell says more than 425,000 fans “rocked the free world” on the final Sunday of the festival, despite less... more »