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Executive profile: Jason French

Name: Jason French Position: Vice President of Government and Public Affairs Company: Tellurian Inc./Driftwood LNG Age: 38 Hometown: Houston, Texas Education: Bachelor of Arts, University...

Strategic planning: Fact and fiction

What is strategic planning? A written strategic plan, when done well, is both the...

The skills gap: Does it exist in Louisiana?

The skills gap is a topic that has gained increased attention over the last...

Maps of the largest industrial projects driving growth in south Louisiana

($25M-$250M) Louisiana industrial projects announced or proposed since Jan.1, 2014, with projected capital investment of $25...

The desire for cost efficiency and speed pushes engineers and contractors into futuristic territory.

Such futuristic buzzwords as augmented reality, immersive mixed reality, building information modeling and digital...

Insight: A summer of discontent

Summer weather forecasts in south Louisiana are often not very difficult to predict: “hot,...

Petrochemical owners and contractors ponder how to handle a second wave of Louisiana capital investment

Get ready for another round of petrochemical investment. Experts say the U.S.—and the Gulf...

Malware is targeting the petrochemical and oil & gas industries. What’s being done to combat the risk?

The headlines are worrisome and increasingly frequent. Time and again, the business community is...

Based in rural St. Helena Parish, Southland Steel Fabricators has put itself on the cutting edge of the steel fabrication business—and at the center...

Just off the Zachary Taylor Parkway in Greensburg, sitting on 60 acres amidst the...

The big picture: Building ‘a rig’ to save the coast

THE IDEA: A Baton Rouge-based nonprofit called the Restoration Initiative in the Gulf (RIG)...
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