Baton Rouge company awarded $1.4 billion contract to maintain federal emergency stockpile of petroleum

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge environmental consultancy firm was awarded a $1.4 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to maintain the nation's emergency stockpile of petroleum.APTIM and joint venture partner BWX Technologies were given the contract to manage and operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as well as its associated facilities and systems in Louisiana and Texas.APTIM will take over the management and operation of the reserve, which is t