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THE CENTER FOR ENERGY STUDIES (CES) is mandated to provide energy information and
analysis that responds to the needs of the legislature, public agencies, and business
and civic groups. The Center maintains some unique energy data bases and is the official
repository of energy information from the state and The Energy Council. Staff respond
regularly to requests from a wide variety of individuals and institutions for specialized
energy data and information.
CES comprises the following units:
Other units affiliated with CES:
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NEWS
Louisiana Coastal Geohazards Atlas Planned
La. Geological Survey, N.O. Geological Society lead application of landforms base
map
The Louisiana Geological Survey, or LGS, and the New Orleans Geological Society have
joined to lead the development of a Louisiana Coastal Geohazards Atlas. The focus
will be on the landforms developed in a variety of underlying geologic settings and
which are affected by faulting, subsidence, and flooding. The atlas will have a landforms
base map that will provide useful information for technical analysis and use by governments,
the private sector and informed citizens in planning land use and infrastructure development.
A final draft of the atlas is scheduled to be available for review in late December
2018, with production planned for mid-2019.
CES-led Team Awarded DOE Grant to Research Subsea C02 Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced its intention to fund a cutting-edge
research project, associated with offshore carbon capture and storage, for several
LSU researchers who are working as part of a multi-regional team headed up by the
Southern States Energy Board, or SSEB. The LSU-SSEB team was one of only two selected
by DOE for this highly competitive research project. The team, led by Dr. David Dismukes,
executive director, LSU Center for Energy Studies, includes researchers from the Craft
& Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering (Drs. Richard Hughes and Mehdi Zeidouni)
and the Department of Environmental Sciences (Dr. Brian Snyder).
Dismukes Named to National Petroleum Council 
David E. Dismukes, professor and executive director at the LSU Center for Energy Studies,
has recently been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to serve as a member
of the National Petroleum Council.
LSU Researchers Release Inaugural Gulf Coast Energy Outlook 
Researchers from the E. J. Ourso College of Business and the Center for Energy Studies
have released the inaugural Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. The publication provides a broad overview of the current status and trends guiding
energy markets with an emphasis on the Gulf Coast.
