Piece by piece: The next installment of Assembly Required will highlight creatives in technology. The conference series, which unites different communities around themes, will take place from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, at the offices of ThreeSixtyEight, 212 S. 14th St. The lineup includes Chris Stapleton, chief innovation officer and co-founder of Virtual World Society; Chris Meaux, CEO of Waitr; Christina Troitino, channel marketing manager of Facebook; and Cathy Novelli, global head of corporate marketing at Quantcast, among others. Tickets cost $60 and are on sale through Jan. 24. Get more information.
All aboard: The set director for a World War II naval drama filming in Baton Rouge this spring toured the USS Orleck in Lake Charles on Friday in search of period items to use in the movie, The American Press reports. “Greyhound,” starring Tom Hanks, will be filmed aboard the USS Kidd and in other Baton Rouge locations in March. The film’s budget is $50.3 million, and an estimated $29.5 million of that will be spent in the state, including $7.6 million in payroll for Louisiana residents. Set Director Leonard Spears visited the Orleck to learn from local experts and search for pieces to bring back to Baton Rouge, where he and his team are busy constructing the set. Read more.
Here’s the plan: Houston-based Tellurian Inc. plans to boost natural gas reserves tenfold at a northern Louisiana deposit as it seeks partners to build a fuel supply chain from the wellhead to global buyers. The developer of LNG projects is targeting reserves of about 15 trillion cubic feet at the Haynesville Shale block in Louisiana, CEO Meg Gentle says. Tellurian has reached 10% of its reserve goal since buying access to the acreage in September to feed its own LNG facilities. Tellurian plans to start building its Driftwood LNG export terminal in Lake Charles next year. Read more.
