NPRBoom Time Again For US Oil Industry, Thanks To OPECNPROil producers across the country are watching to see what OPEC does at its meeting in Vienna this week, since the cartel of oil-exporting countries has recently played a big role in turning around a …

Is China's Oil Demand Growth About To Plummet?OilPrice.comA much bigger one, literally, is the problem that led to this week's OPEC meeting in the first place, and years of headache for OPEC and non-OPEC nations: a record global oil inventory glut. …

Norway's Disgruntled Oil Workers Settle On 2017 WagesOilPrice.comThe great majority of oil workers in Norway, or 87 percent,, have agreed on wages for this year with the companies that employ them. The workers are represented by the two largest industr …

CNBCTrump wants to stop sharing Gulf of Mexico oil money with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and TexasCNBCThe White House proposed ending payments to four states under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas stand …

Dramatically different views emerge on the future of oilMarketplace.orgOPEC nations meet this week to discuss cuts to oil production, as prices for crude remain in a slump. Price volatility, changes to car technology, and other major uncertainties are lead …

Louisiana Tech aerospace engineering club launches balloon toward spaceKnoe.comRUSTON, La. (Press Release) – The Louisiana Tech University Aerospace Engineering Club recently launched Harley II, the second in a series of high-altitude weather balloons laun …

WIAT 42Over 800 gallons of oil spills into Mississippi RiverWIAT 42VENICE, LA. (WKRG) — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to an oil spill off the coast of Venice, Louisiana in the lower Mississippi River region. An estimated 840 gallons of crude oil spilled i …

KTALBPCC to hold LA Region 1 Science & Engineering FairKTALThe 2017 Region 1 Science and Engineering Fair marks the 43rd year BPCC has served as host. The Fair includes students in grades 4-12 from a 5-parish area: Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Red River, an …

Knoe.comLouisiana Tech civil engineering professor receives state professionalism awardKnoe.comRUSTON, La. – Dr. Norman Pumphrey, associate professor of civil engineering and program chair of construction engineering technology at Louisiana Tech University …

College of Engineering's STARS program wins $2.2M to improve access for low-income studentsUW TodayA University of Washington program aimed at increasing the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged students from Washington who graduate w …