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Friday, May 16th, 2025
 
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A $1 billion project in Acadia Parish

BY ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana Business Editor​ ​ ​

It was not at all official, but the news came out anyway late Wednesday: An Oklahoma-based company wants to build a $1 billion refinery in Acadia Parish that it says would be the world’s first net-zero emissions facility and employ 160.

Clean Refineries Inc. made the announcement of a refinery that will have no toxic emissions or detectable odors and a “dramatically reduced” carbon footprint. 

It will repurpose an existing petroleum terminal but did not specify where. One source close to the deal told me it will be in the Evangeline community area. 

Here's another interesting part: the average salary would be $105,000. 

An official announcement about this could come in the near future, I was told. 

You can read my story here. 

 
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