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Megaprojects require complex negotiations involving multiple stakeholders—particularly when it comes to logistics
Operating in a global economy involves partnerships within and across industries. This is evident with a number of large-scale, complex projects taking place across...
The big picture: The giant of the Gulf
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
In October, Ingleside, Texas, welcomed the hull of Shell’s Appomattox production platform, floating aboard a massive heavy-transport vessel, after its journey...
From trusting contractors to losing workers at the start of hunting season, Louisiana’s top...
Robert Chandler, Turner Industries’ senior vice president for maintenance and specialty services, says the 3,200 or so turnaround workers he oversees are “a different...
The South Louisiana Economic Council stays ahead of the curve during the oil slump...
Unlike a lot of economic development groups, the South Louisiana Economic Council is more about business retention than attraction these days. Given the post-2014...
Insight: Invest in people
Each year companies invest countless dollars in maintaining and upgrading their equipment, technology, products and services. Yet many fail to invest in their employees’...
Editor’s take: Looking into the future of energy
The troublesome ripple effects that new brands of renewable energy might have on oil and gas weigh heavily on Louisiana’s younger generation, as indicated...
Rise of propane ignites Vacherie Fuel’s return to prominence
Though both had good jobs in engineering, Albert “Allie” Waguespack III, right, and Sina Zarei chased their entrepreneurial dreams by bringing Vacherie Fuel...
While industry is encouraged by regulation postponements, DEQ fears funding cuts might slow permitting
The person leading the EPA’s Region 6 in Dallas is nearly as important to Louisiana industry and the state’s Department of Environmental Quality as...
My toughest challenge: Johnny Chavez Jr.
Position: Vice president and site director, St. Charles operations
Company: The Dow Chemical Company
What they do: Dow’s St. Charles operations comprises a 2,000-acre petrochemical manufacturing complex...
Launch: The end of the car as we know it
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat, Bloomberg noted in July.
OPEC quintupled its forecast for...
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 of Louisville
A Texan by birth, Jason French spends most of...
The skills gap: Does it exist in Louisiana?
The skills gap is a topic that has gained increased attention over the last 10 years. The issue described is one where potential employees...
Strategic planning: Fact and fiction
What is strategic planning? A written strategic plan, when done well, is both the road and the map itself.
Fact: Simply put, it is a...
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 million-$250 million. Second line shows projected capital investment and direct...
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 laser scanning have taken the place of more traditional design...
Insight: A summer of discontent
Summer weather forecasts in south Louisiana are often not very difficult to predict: “hot, humid, with a high probability of afternoon thunderstorms.” The same...
Petrochemical owners and contractors ponder how to handle a second wave of Louisiana capital...
Get ready for another round of petrochemical investment. Experts say the U.S.—and the Gulf Coast in particular—is due for another, albeit smaller, round of...
Malware is targeting the petrochemical and oil & gas industries. What’s being done to...
The headlines are worrisome and increasingly frequent. Time and again, the business community is successfully targeted by enterprising cyber profiteers who hack into corporate...
Based in rural St. Helena Parish, Southland Steel Fabricators has put itself on the...
Just off the Zachary Taylor Parkway in Greensburg, sitting on 60 acres amidst the gentle hills, pasture land and piney forests of rural St....
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) Foundation has gone public with a unique new coastal restoration...
