Marathon Petroleum, Southside Machine Works honored with Lantern Awards
Marathon Petroleum Co. of Garyville and Southside Machine Works of Lake Charles were recently honored by Louisiana Economic Development as 2019 Lantern Award winners.
Marathon...
Executive Moves: Alliance Safety Council expands leadership; Shell EVP Greg Guidry joins Danos board
The Alliance Safety Council has expanded its leadership to support the organization’s continued growth and diversification of programs and services.
Alliance has named three new...
A decade later, Stanford Group fraud still impacts industry retirees
Kathy Mier still remembers the feeling she got in the pit of her stomach when she heard that federal agents had raided the downtown...
Newsmakers: New Danos VP, ExxonMobil safety awards, CITGO conservation and more
Gray-based Danos has appointed Daryl Rousse, a 30-year industry veteran, as vice president of production services, the company said in a news release. The...
Baton Rouge’s Industrial Fabrics owner purchasing GEC Inc.
Local engineering firm GEC Inc., known for its expertise in state transportation infrastructure, is slated to be sold to investor and businessman Cary Goss,...
ABC Pelican brings home 14 national awards
The Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. brought home 14 awards from the national ABC Convention in Long Beach, California—including the ABC...
ABC Pelican national Excellence in Construction, Craft Championship winners
The following ten ABC Pelican Member Company projects received chapter honors in December 2018 and national honors during Associated Builders and Contractors’ 29th annual Excellence in Construction...
Family of imprisoned Citgo executives with ties to Lake Charles speaks out
The two eldest daughters of Citgo executives with ties to Lake Charles who remain imprisoned in Venezuela are speaking out in hopes that the...
Exxon’s Moncada elected first female chair of Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery plant manager Gloria Moncada has been elected the first female chairwoman of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association in...
The diversity challenge
In their myriad forms, diversity programs aimed at removing workplace obstacles to women, minorities and other groups are proliferating across the industrial landscape. While...
