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• Records reveal federal criminal search warrant served at Smittys Supply Play Video

  January 12, 2026 1:24 PM

  ROSELAND ( La. Illuminator ) — Federal law enforcement agents served a search warrant at the Smitty’s Supply plant in November, records show, signaling a rare criminal investigation could be underway into last year’s fire and oil spill disaster at a Tangipahoa Parish petroleum products supply plant. The U.S.... more »

• Officials address oil leak concerns in Tangipahoa River Play Video

  August 25, 2025 9:43 PM

  AMITE - During a press conference held in Amite, Gov. Jeff Landry and several officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality addressed concerns about oil leaking following an explosion at Smitty's Supply in Roseland into the Tangipahoa River. "Based on current data,... more »

• 2 Your Town Morgan City: Officials anticipate Shrimp and Petroleum Festival by talking safety, parking Play Video

  August 22, 2025 11:37 AM

  MORGAN CITY - Shrimp, fish, gumbo, jambalaya and more are coming to Morgan City this upcoming weekend for the 90th Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. But that's not all that is on the menu. This year, officials want to make sure safety is a priority. WBRZ met with Morgan... more »

• Baton Rouge company awarded $1.4 billion contract to maintain federal emergency stockpile of petroleum Play Video

  April 9, 2025 5:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge environmental consultancy firm was awarded a $1.4 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to maintain the nation's emergency stockpile of petroleum. APTIM and joint venture partner BWX Technologies were given the contract to manage and operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as... more »

• LSU, petrochemical companies collaborating to create third on-campus research well by 2025

  September 30, 2024 11:25 AM

  BATON ROUGE — The LSU College of Engineering announced Monday an upcoming collaboration with petrochemical companies Halliburton and ExxonMobil that will see a new CO2 research well dug on LSU's campus. The collaboration will see a third research well dug at LSU's Petroleum Engineering Research, Training and Testing Lab.... more »