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2019 WIB: Dima Ghawi
Profession: Leadership keynote speaker & executive coach, Dima Ghawi LLC
Hometown: Born in Turkey, raised in Jordan, and a proud Louisianan for the past 6...
When it comes to the ITEP debate, what does Texas do?
When Baton Rouge school board officials in January delivered the city’s first denial of an Industrial Tax Exemption Program request to ExxonMobil, business groups...
Stanford Group: Baton Rouge was ‘prime hunting ground’
In the decade since the Stanford collapse, there’s been a lot of time for introspection. Why was Baton Rouge so ripe for this scam?...
ExxonMobil picked Baton Rouge but ITEP debate isn’t over
The local business community, fearful of the fallout from the ongoing controversy over the Industrial Tax Exemption Program, breathed a sigh of relief in...
Together Baton Rouge: ExxonMobil project worthy of ITEP
Together Baton Rouge joined the chorus of applause following ExxonMobil’s announcement today that Baton Rouge will be the site of a major expansion project,...
Updated: Industry cheers ExxonMobil Baton Rouge expansion, calls for further ITEP reform
Industry groups are celebrating ExxonMobil’s long-awaited announcement this morning that Baton Rouge will be the site of the company’s new polypropylene production unit, a...
News alert: ExxonMobil selects Baton Rouge for plant expansion worth up to $1B
ExxonMobil has chosen Baton Rouge as the site of its long-discussed new polypropylene production unit worth an estimated $500 million to $1 billion. The...
Praxair to build hydrogen plant in Louisiana
Praxair Inc. announced plans this morning to build a large-scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana after signing a long-term supply contract with a major refinery...
Epic Piping acquires Interline Avenue building for new HQ
Baton Rouge-based Epic Piping has acquired a 24,000-square-foot building on Interline Avenue that will serve as the new corporate headquarters for the rapidly growing...
Gulf of Mexico oil making a comeback
While the energy world’s gaze has been focused on West Texas’ Permian Basin, the Gulf of Mexico has been working to make its own...
DEQ using drone technology to monitor the Louisiana skies
Jason Smith has flown more than 60 missions with a single drone since the 2017 creation of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s Unmanned Aircraft...
Industry battling over state appointments and river pilot fees
Even as alleged improprieties in the selection of its at-large commissioners are hashed out in 19th Judicial District Court, industry representatives on the Louisiana Pilotage...
Sunshine Bridge won’t fully reopen until August
Repairs to the Sunshine Bridge are expected to be completed in early March, but the Mississippi River span won’t fully reopen until August, as...
400,000 acres in Austin Chalk, Louisiana-Mississippi stack up for grabs
Amelia Resources is offering of 400,000 net acres in the Louisiana-Mississippi Austin Chalk and Louisiana-Mississippi Stack Play, according to 10/12 Industry Report.
“EOG, ConocoPhillips,...
The good and bad of BP’s big discovery
BP’s discovery of an additional 400 million barrels of oil—and its associated $1.3 billion expansion announcement in January—underscore the power of large “portfolio players”...
LNG export plants ramping up use as Gulf Coast fog clears
After collapsing to their lowest level in almost a year, natural gas flows to U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals are expected to increase...
Port of Greater Baton Rouge container movement sees 66% increase in 2018
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge moved more than 13,600 containers last year, a 66% increase from 2017’s some 8,200 containers.
Jay Hardman, executive...
Will ITEP debate hurt Baton Rouge economy?
Unpredictable. Inconsistent. Anti-business.
These words, or some variation of them, have dominated discussion among the business community lately, describing the current Baton Rouge environment surrounding...
Governor, TBR oppose lawmakers’ back to the future ITEP plan
Together Baton Rouge has come out strongly against plans by two Baton Rouge-area lawmakers to file legislation that would return full authority over the...
LMOGA makes it official, naming Tyler Gray president
General Counsel Tyler Gray is now president of Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, the association announced today.
Gray, who has been at LMOGA...
