On track to open by year’s end: Marathon Oil Corp. says some of the units at its Garyville refinery expansion are starting up. The refinery expansion should be complete by the end of the year, but the facility shouldn’t be at full output until the spring, because of a planned turnaround on existing units, Marathon officials disclosed during a conference call with analysts and reporters. The $3.4 billion project, which started in 2007, brings the refining capacity of the plant from 256,000 barrels of oil a day to 436,000 barrels.
On the hunt: HGTV is still looking for potential Baton Rouge homebuyers and Realtors to appear on House Hunters, which follows buyers and their agents as they search for the right home. High Noon Entertainment, which produces the popular show, is looking for homebuyers who are actively searching for a house or closing within the next month or so on a property within 90 minutes of Baton Rouge, Lafayette and surrounding areas. That’s a change from High Noon’s original request for people who were set to close on a house in a month or so. Marcia Neville, an associate producer, says this changes the dynamic of House Hunters, since participants might not necessarily end up buying a house. To learn more about House Hunters, click here for the HGTV site and here for the High Noon site. To apply, contact Neville by phone at (303) 712-3209 or by e-mail at mneville@highnoontv.com.
