Oil Prices & the State Budget (2018)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2018-05-18
Duration: 00:05:41
Subjects: OIL INDUSTRY | GAS INDUSTRY | STATE BUDGET | Economy
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Upton, Greg Interviewee
Description
This segment from the May 18, 2018, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s interview with Dr. Greg Upton, a professor with the LSU Center for Energy Studies. He discusses: the impact of technology on the oil industry in the past ten years; the importance of oil and gas revenues to the state budget; and how the increase in oil prices could impact the state’s current revenue projections.