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Executive Profile: David Rentrop
Name: David Rentrop
Position: Operations Director
Company: W.R. Grace, Lake Charles Plant
Age: 60
Hometown: Lake Charles
Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Where did your career start, and how...
Indorama gets permits, edges closer to refurbishing Carlyss facility
This summer, a Thailand-based industrial owner took a critical step toward breaking ground at the dormant Occidental Chemical Corp. ethane cracker site in Carlyss,...
As construction passes the halfway point, Sasol completes a major review of its...
South Africa-based Sasol completed a detailed review over the summer of its ongoing Lake Charles Chemicals Project, leading to the release of a full...
LNG plant is one of several megaprojects underway in southwest Louisiana
Three cylindrical buildings—each larger than the Superdome—now dot the Hackberry skyline, signaling that construction on Cameron LNG is well underway.
The project—backed by San Diego-based...
Shippers take advantage of new direct service from New Orleans to South America
In mid-August, the Pomerenia Sky arrived at the Port of New Orleans, marking the beginning of a new direct service from Louisiana to the...
Maps of the largest industrial projects driving growth in south Louisiana
Louisiana industrial projects announced or proposed since 2009 with projected capital investment of $250 million or more. Second line shows projected capital investment and...
Other ways in which the energy world is changing
Over the past two years, most energy market discussions have focused almost exclusively on production, or supply-oriented factors impacting global energy markets. Supply-side trends,...
Tax changes take aim at industry
So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer...
Site selection decisions rest on many factors. How does south Louisiana measure up?
Site selection has become an increasingly competitive process in the U.S., as hundreds of regional and state economic developers fight to qualify for investors’...
SWAT assembles elite turnaround team, raises productivity threshold.
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
Despite the lawsuits in the headlines, industry and environmental advocates have become critical partners...
Tension between development and the environment is not a uniquely Louisiana issue. From logging in the Pacific Northwest to fracking in water-scarce states, the...
Competition, technology and safety are the key drivers in today’s heavy lifting industry
As industrial owners design vessels and structures that are heavier, taller and in increasingly tighter spaces, the facilitators of their installations—the heavy lifting industry—have...
A lost generation of oil workers leaves few options for next boom
The oil industry is fighting a generation gap.
Already contending with a global price slump, U.S. explorers are also grappling with the demographic hangover of...
Executive Profile: Erick Knezek, PE
Where did your career start, and how did you get to where you are today?
I served in the Navy for six years after Annapolis...
Local oil and gas producers predict EPA will soon target existing facilities
Taking what they say is a sizeable step toward corralling methane emissions by U.S. oil and gas producers, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a...
Chinese investment in St. James Parish remains on track
Yuhuang Chemical’s multiphase, $1.85 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish is on track for a late 2016 groundbreaking despite uncertain market demand for...
The first Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer class graduates
The Inaugural Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer (CWD) class was recognized at the June meeting of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, where graduates...
Vitter gets a signature win with a new law regulating chemicals
It took five years and lots of bipartisan wrangling, but Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana can finally claim victory in his battle to...
MUDBUG and Spider highlight new products
Chet Morrison Contractors of Houma debuted a new tool for cleaning drilling and production risers that the company says is safer, faster and more...
Why worker productivity is in decline and what contractors can do about it
Contractors typically lean upon established industry norms to calculate their expectations for a typical hour’s labor, or productivity rate, but some in the Gulf...
