Archives for October 2010
Scott: Forecast on jobs not bad
The effects of a continued moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling and possible added federal taxes related to oil exploration may hamper the Louisiana economy, long after the BP oil leak, said Loren Scott Wednesday. Job growth for the state is projected to be flat over the next two years adding just 10,600 jobs, as industry leaders in the oil and gas sectors continue to worry about the effects of a moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and proposed multibillion-dollar federal taxes on the oil extraction industry, according to a report by Louisiana…