The potential success of Louisiana’s energy industry during the next few years largely depends on how determined industry leaders are to get crude oil and natural gas to the state’s refineries and manufacturing plants, an industry economist said Thursday. Greg Upton, an assistant professor at LSU’s Center for Energy Studies, was guest speaker during the Atchafalaya Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute’s meeting at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City. He discussed the center’s Gulf Coast Energy Outlook, a project started in 2017 designed to give synopsis of the energy industry in Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast region. Researchers ...