Louisiana Refinery Set to Close, 700 Jobs Will Go With it
European petroleum giant Dutch Royal Shell dropped a bombshell on the oil and gas industries in Louisiana. The company has announced that it will be closing the refinery located in Convent in the near future. According to KATC, this shutdown will also mean the loss of 700 jobs. Shell claims that this closure is part of a larger strategy to reduce to the company’s carbon footprint.
The process of shutting down the 4,400 acre oil-refining supersite is set to begin mid-November (just over a week away) as Shell slims its number of refineries around the world from 14 to just 6.
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